By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN updated 9:37 AM EST, Tue January 31, 2012 Mark Zuckerberg is expected to file to make Facebook a public company Editor's note: Douglas Rushkoff, who writes regularly for CNN.com, is a media theorist and the author of "Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age" and "Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How We Can Take it Back." (CNN) -- We all knew he'd eventually get around to it: Mark Zuckerberg is expected to finally bring

Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in a patent lawsuit over smartphone technology that will set the stage for further battles between rival makers in the fiercely competitive market. In a case seen as a proxy for a larger fight between Google Inc's Android operating system and Apple's iOS, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that HTC infringed on one of four patents Apple had disputed and imposed a sales ban on some of the Taiwan maker's phones. While

A German court has ruled in Motorola Mobility's favour in a patents dispute with Apple. The Android smartphone maker had complained that Apple failed to license one of its wireless intellectual properties. Apple uses the technology in its iPhones and 3G iPads. Motorola could now try to force Apple to remove the feature from its devices or halt sales in Germany. However, Apple said it intended to appeal. Motorola said the ruling validated its "efforts to enforce its patents against Apple's infr

Have you ever been chatting with a friend on Facebook only to realize it would be nice to actually hear the person’s voice? You’re not alone. A recent survey found that 88% of Facebook users want voice chat capabilities within the site.* Today, Bobsled by T-Mobile, is making that possible. Free Voice Calls Within Facebook The new Bobsled application provides Facebook’s more than 500 million users worldwide with free, one-touch calling to their Facebook friends from a personal comp

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc won a dismissal of a second lawsuit by the Olympic rowing twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss seeking to boost their $65 million settlement with the company and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock in Boston dismissed litigation over the accord, three months after a federal appeals court in San Francisco turned aside a related lawsuit. The 2008 settlement was intended to resolve claims that Zuckerberg stole the twins' idea for what

Prepare for more news content on Facebook than ever before. Facebook is reportedly working with publishers to create “Facebook editions” of their products to deliver news to social networkers. Facebook is looking for new ways to hang on to its now 750 million users and avoid becoming the next social networking ghetto.With new competition looming. One way the company is looking to keep users interested is by porting news over from select news outlets to app versions that can be read while

Social networking giant Facebook and video chat leader Skype have announced a video sharing partnership enabling Facebook users to place Skype calls directly to any of their Facebook ‘Friends’ without having to leave the firm’s website. Facebook users do not need to have Skype already on their system, with installation of a Java plug-in the only requirement. The partnership builds on the existing alliance between the two companies, which enabled users to message Facebook friends or ‘Like’ t

Have you ever been chatting with a friend on Facebook only to realize it would be nice to actually hear the person’s voice? You’re not alone. A recent survey found that 88% of Facebook users want voice chat capabilities within the site.* Today, Bobsled by T-Mobile, is making that possible. Free Voice Calls Within Facebook The new Bobsled application provides Facebook’s more than 500 million users worldwide with free, one-touch calling to their Facebook friends from a personal compu

(Reuters) - Joe Lockhart, a former press secretary for President Bill Clinton, is joining Facebook to oversee the company's policy, international and corporate communications efforts. Lockhart, who joins Facebook next month as Vice President of Global Communications, represents the company's latest move to enlist Washington insiders. In May, Facebook hired two former officials who worked for former President George W. Bush, including Joel Kaplan, who served as Bush's deputy chief of st

London, June 7, 2011- Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom network provider in the Middle East, has won the 2011 Global Telecoms Business Innovations Award for the successful launch and implementation of its ‘Zain E-mal’ service in Jordan, at the annual prize-giving ceremony in London. The most comprehensive and accessible package of Mobile Financial Services currently available anywhere in the world Zain is the first mobile operator in the Middle East to launch a mobile commerce servic