Facebook

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch.

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You’ll Never Guess Who’s Mining Facebook Data
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Mining Facebook Data
October 14, 2014  |  International

MasterCard has agreed to a 2-year-contract to mine user data from Facebook Asia-Pacific, packaging it and then reselling it to banks. “MasterCard aims to feed the...

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Facebook Payments Code Detected
Facebook Payments Code Detected
October 06, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

The long-anticipated Facebook Messenger payments offering is real and imminent, based on screen captures of Facebook code now circulating. “Messenger’s payment option lets users send...

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Stripe Ecosystem Getting A $10 Million Venture Capital Boost
Stripe Ecosystem Getting A $10 Million Venture Capital Boost
October 01, 2014  |  B2B Payments

The Stripe Connect platform has gotten a major vote of confidence from General Catalyst Partners.  The firm is set to invest $10 million for market-changing...

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Stripe Supports Facebook’s “Buy” Button
Stripe Supports Facebook’s “Buy” Button
September 29, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

In a move that could help solidify its status as the go-to payments power behind social media’s expansion into e-commerce, Stripe has been named Facebook’s...

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How Banks Can Survive In A Post-2020 Payment Market
How Banks Can Survive In A Post-2020 Payment Market
September 29, 2014  |  Controversial

What a payment represents in 2020 will be much different from it does today, as it will represent much more than just the settlement of...

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Drug Dealer’s Best Friends Are Bitcoin, Prepaid Debit
Drug Dealer’s Best Friends Are Bitcoin, Prepaid Debit
September 12, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

For those who say there is no e-commerce application for social media the drug dealing population of Instagram stand as a stark, if weird, counter-example. ...

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Nordstrom Helps Bring E-Commerce To Instagram
Nordstrom Helps Bring E-Commerce To Instagram
September 04, 2014  |  News

Nordstrom has become the first retailer to launch the Like2Buy platform, which lets customers click on a product image on the chain’s Instagram page and...

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Headed For IPO, Alibaba’s Mobile Business Zooms 10x
Headed For IPO, Alibaba’s Mobile Business Zooms 10x
September 01, 2014  |  News

As Alibaba prepares for a roadshow to convince investors that its $20 billion IPO will be a good deal, the Chinese e-commerce giant has a...

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Retailers Struggle To Remain Relevant To Teens
Retailers Struggle To Remain Relevant To Teens
August 26, 2014  |  News

Teen-focused retailers Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters and Aeropostale have lost their cool image and are now turning to social media and improved supply...

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