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• Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

  By Marc Ferranti | 25 May, 2012 22:22

  The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

• Refund for some Facebook investors

  By AAP | 25 May, 2012 09:43

  Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

• Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

• Facebook used as terrorist tool: Expert

  By AAP | 24 May, 2012 09:43

  Terrorist groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it, a leading counter-terrorism expert says.

• Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

• Facebook stock slumps for third day

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 05:55

  In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

• Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  By Ershad K. | 22 May, 2012 23:32

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.

• Facebook shares sink below IPO price

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:01

  Facebook shares plunged nearly 11 per cent on Monday during the stock's first full day of trade as the enthusiasm from a massive public offering for the social network giant turned to scepticism.

• Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions

  By Joab Jackson | 22 May, 2012 05:18

  The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monday. As a result of this technical glitch in its Nasdaq OMX system, the market expects to pay out US$13 million or even more to traders.

• Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

  By Lucian Constantin | 22 May, 2012 02:34

  Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.

• Facebook vs. Google: Who will win?

  By Christina DesMarais | 20 May, 2012 11:59

  Facebook is now officially a public company, scads of new millionaires are on a Silicon Valley spending spree, and media outlets near and far have yet to pipe down about the IPO, likely one of the most anticipated in history.

• Pakistan's block on Twitter over blasphemous content reversed

  By John Ribeiro | 21 May, 2012 13:50

  Pakistan late Sunday reversed a block on Twitter in the country over material it considered anti-Islam, the country's interior minister said.

• Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 21 May, 2012 09:07

  Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports.

• Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

  By Cameron Scott | 19 May, 2012 09:43

  The mobile gift-giving app Karma has announced it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.

• 15 fun Facebook facts and stats on IPO day

  By Kristin Burnham | 19 May, 2012 06:52

  After months of speculation, one of the most hyped and anticipated IPOs comes to fruition: Today, Facebook went public and started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The company, which is valued at $104 billion, had humble beginnings in a Harvard dorm but has grown into the world's largest social network.