Facebooks “Safety Center,” which features new tools for parents, teachers, teens and law enforcement, is the first major endeavor from the social networking site and its four-month-old global safety advisory board.
The company unveiled its Safety Center a day after meeting with child advocacy officials in the U.K., who had been pushing the company [...]

“If Im found guilty on this it is going to be open season” on parents, Denise New said Wednesday.
New, of Arkadelphia, a small college town an hour southwest of Little Rock, said many of her sons postings didnt reflect well on him, so after he failed to log off the social networking site one day [...]

Facebook already lets people show that they like comments or pictures posted on the site, and it says users click that term almost twice as much as they click “become a fan.” Facebook says changing the button will make users more comfortable with linking up with a brand and will streamline the site.
Businesses use Facebook [...]

European regulators are investigating whether the practice of posting photos, videos and other information about people on sites such as Facebook without their consent is a breach of privacy laws.
The Swiss and German probes go to the heart of a debate that has gained momentum in Europe amid high-profile privacy cases: To what extent are [...]

Using Omnitures products, companies will be able to measure how effective their ads are on Facebook. They will also be able to use Omnitures search engine marketing management tool to buy Facebook ads. And they will be able to compare how well their ad campaigns do on Facebook compared with other outlets.
EMarketer analyst [...]

Users in the U.S. and other countries reported problems beginning Saturday morning. Some could not log in, and the site was unusually slow and glitchy for others. Users in London, Bangkok and Mexico City reported problems. Many used Twitter to complain.
Facebook spokesman Matt Hicks it was a “small percentage of users” who had [...]

The companies said Thursday that advertisers on the worlds largest online social network will be able to use eBay Inc.s online payments business to buy ads. The service will roll out over the next couple of weeks.
Using PayPal instead of credit cards, PayPal says, would make life easier for small international companies to [...]

Facebook is already testing the payment option in at least 17 games, including “Happy Aquarium” and “Restaurant City.” The company will make the service available in more games ahead of its annual developers conference in April, said the people, who declined to be named because the plans arent public.
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AOL said Wednesday that a new version of AIM connects with the instant-messaging function on Facebooks Web site, letting AIM users communicate with friends who are logged on to the social network and available to chat.
Once an AIM user downloads the new software and links it with their Facebook profile, their buddy list [...]

“Its been unbelievable,” said Azaria, a singer who lives in San Francisco. “It was just a quick post on Facebook, but one of my Facebook friends is friends with some people in Austin,” and those friends sent her tips on everything from yoga studios to local bus service.
Social media is changing the way people travel. [...]