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In a strongly-worded post, Mark Zuckerberg on Friday hit out at the US government over the alleged surveillance and monitoring of web users by the National Security Agency (NSA). "I've been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behaviour of the US government. When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we're protecting you (Facebook users) against criminals, not our own government," Zuckerberg wrote. "I've called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform." Zuckerberg vented frustration at the US government a day after documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a security contractor who worked with NSA, showed that US spies used servers with fake Facebook credentials to fool web users and infect millions of computers with malware and viruses. "The US governm...

Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock in the firms biggest ever acquisition.The world's biggest social networking company said that it is paying $12 billion in Facebook stock and $4 billion in cash for WhatsApp. In addition, the app's founders and employees will be granted $3 billion in restricted stock that will vest over four years after the deal closes.  WHATSAPP IN NUMBERS Over 450 million people using the service each monthFirm has 50 employees70% of those people active on a given day;Messaging volume approaching the entire global telecom SMS volumeService adds more than 1 million new registered users per day600m photos uploaded each day200m voice messages sent each dayFacebook says it is keeping WhatsApp as a separate service, just as it did with Instagram, which it bought for about $715.3 million.'The acquisition supports Facebook and WhatsApp's shared mission to bring more connectivity and utility t...

Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg earned more than USD 2 billion worth of stock and USD 503,000 in base pay last year for running the world's leading social network. Zuckerberg was also given bonuses that added up to slightly more than USD 266,000, according to a Facebook filing on Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He received USD 1.22 million in "other compensation," more than half of which was said in the filing to involve the use of chartered aircraft for travel by Zuckerberg and guests as part of a "comprehensive security program." Facebook provided US regulators a breakdown of executive compensation and other matters that will be topics at an annual meeting of shareholders set to take place on June 11. "In the first quarter of 2012, the compensation committee decided to increase the base salaries of our executive officers, other than our CEO," Facebook said in the document. "Accordingly, our compensation com...

Source-ANI: Google has paid 200,000 dollars in damages to a Melbourne man after he won a defamation case against the Internet search engine giant. Milorad Trkulja, also known as Michael, sued the multinational over images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure that appeared in its search results. The Supreme Court jury found last month that Trkulja had been defamed by the images, which he first contacted Google about removing in 2009. Google search results also linked to a page on a now defunct website, Melbourne Crime, which had published photos labelled with his name, the report said. The paper quoted Trkulja, as saying that he had never initially intended to sue Google, but had been galvanised into action after his request for the content to be removed from its searches in 2009 was not granted.

  Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account. Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments ) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologised, a mob of some 2,000Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic at Palghar. "Her comment said people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that," said PI Uttam Sonawane.  

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a new corporate logo for the first time in 25 years as the US tech giant geared up for a series of big product launches.The new logo features a square made up of four separate colored squares. The move comes with Microsoft ramping up the buzz for its Windows 8 operating platform and its first tablet computer, called Surface. The company is also making an aggressive effort to gain ground in the smartphone market. "It's been 25 years since we've updated the Microsoft logo and now is the perfect time for a change," said Microsoft brand strategy manager Jeff Hansen. "This is an incredibly exciting year for Microsoft as we prepare to release new versions of nearly all of our products. From Windows 8 to Windows Phone 8 to Xbox services to the next version of Office, you will see a common look and feel across these products providing a familiar and seamless experience on PCs, phones, tablets and TVs. "This wave of new releases is ...

Mundane status updates, posting photos of food and writing about your boring habits are among the top Facebook gripes, a new study has found. Public displays of affection, wonderful partner and equally brilliant children also make people sick and if you don't stop clogging up others' news feeds with your mundane status, you're likely to get unfollowed, according to the study. While 59 per cent of the 1000 Aussies surveyed admitted they would delete friends that hogged their news feed, 42 percent named using the social network as a diary as the most annoying Facebook habit, followed closely by posting Instagram photos of their food. Checking in everywhere you go rated a 38 per cent annoyance rate, and your public fawning over your latest squeeze is causing 29 per cent of your friends to want to never see your name on their screen ever again. As many as 21 per cent of people want to stop following you if you keep posting photos of your baby 'News.com.au' reported...