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• 03 February 2012

• News: 18 Staggering Stats From Facebook's IPO

  After months of rumors and speculation, Facebook finally filed for its IPO late Wednesday, disclosing details of its astounding growth, revenue, technology and user base.

• News: Mobile devices drive Twitter use in Africa, report says

  The rapid increase in the number of mobile devices in Africa is driving growth of Twitter usage, as people in the region eagerly adopt social media communications, according to recently released research by Portland Communications.

• News: Facebook Members Get More Than They Give

  Most Facebook users get more from their "friends" on the social network than they give to their friends, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Friday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

• News: 10 interesting facts about Facebook

  The social media giant, that is Facebook, is taking the plunge and going public. So while the buzz around the world's second most popular website (pipped only by Google) is higher than ever, we have prepared a quick fact sheet for you to glance your eyes over and impress your friends with…or not.

• 02 February 2012

• News: Facebook's IPO Filing Reveals Technology Details

  One of the most anticipated tech IPO filings ever revealed what everyone already knew: Facebook is stinking rich.

• News: Facebook IPO details strategy and its vision of itself

  Facebook's IPO filing lays out a pretty good image of where CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to take the company: He sees the social network as having significant historical value to the economy, governments and -- he hopes -- to every person connected to the Internet around the world.

• News: Before Facebook: How other recent dot-com IPOs have fared

  A look back at how the newest dot-com stocks have fared since they hit the market

• News: Facebook ripe for ridicule as it suffers outage a day after IPO filing

  Social networkers resorted to Twitter during and following a brief Facebook outage on Thursday, a day after the company filed for its initial public offering.

• News: Facebook IPO filing reveals some eye-poppers

  When Facebook filed its IPO papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, some interesting facts about the company were revealed.

• News: Showyou social video app relaunches with new interface, search

  Showyou, an iOS app that aggregates videos from a variety of social networking services, has relaunched with new navigation options to help users find their friends’ media.

• Video: Video: Facebook files for $5 billion IPO

  The SEC filing does not give a proposed date for the IPO and Facebook hasn't released its expectations for the initial stock price.

• News: Facebook Goes Public: Surprising Facts Learned from IPO Paperwork

  We always knew Facebook was big, but until the social network filed papers to become a publicly traded company, we didn't know exactly how big. Facebook is very close to hitting the one billion user mark, and as predicted, that will probably happen in 2012. The company also turned a tidy profit to the tune of $1 billion in 2011. More than half of Facebook's monthly active users visit the social network from mobile devices, and about 80 percent of Facebook's fans are outside the U.S. and Canada.

• News: Could Facebook IPO help it dominate Google?

  With the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) now official, industry and financial analysts say that a huge influx of cash could enable the social networking company to topple Google from its dominant position in the online world.

• News: Facebook unsure it can enter China because of government regulations

  China, one of the world's largest Internet markets, could be out of reach of Facebook because of the Chinese government's strict censorship policies, the company said in its filing on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO).

• News: Facebook IPO filing addresses mobile, e-commerce

  Facebook's application Wednesday to sell shares on the open market includes hints about its plans for mobile use and online payments, and reveals previously guarded information about how much its executives get paid.

• News: Remains of the Day: Shoot the moon

  Tim Cook shoots off an email, Donald Trump shoots off his mouth, and the new iPod nano may shoot (not great) pictures. The remainders for Wednesday, February 1, 2011 are taking a shot in the dark.

• 01 February 2012

• News: What Facebook's IPO means for users

  Facebook's decision to become a public company is seen as a bellwether for Web 2.0 stock offerings, but what will it mean for the social networking giant's 800 million users, and for the companies that build third-party apps for the site?

• News: Facebook files for IPO, reveals $3.7 billion revenue

  Facebook filed papers Wednesday to become a public company, in the most anticipated IPO in a decade, with the company looking to bring in US$5 billion in investment.

• News: Facebook files for highly anticipated IPO

  Facebook filed papers Wednesday to become a public company, in the most anticipated IPO in a decade, with the company looking to bring in US$5 billion in investment.

• News: Senate's Approach to Facebook and Netflix Should Be All or Nothing

  Netflix has a Facebook app that can automatically broadcast what movies you're watching and make recommendations based on friends' viewing habits, but a 24 year-old law prevents the app from being available in the United States.

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