Google+: still not as interesting as Pinterest, new study finds

Comparing public user engagement suggests that Google+ is still a niche pursuit, despite Google claiming it has 170 million people signed up - while Pinterest's attraction remains high. By Charles Arthur

Facebook IPO: social network makes stock market debut – Friday 18 May

• Facebook breaks even in first day of trading• IPO smashes record for trading volume with 565m shares• Underwriters step in to shore up $38 offer price• Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq• Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: from Harvard hijinks to hoodie billionaire

The social network's stock market debut has made Zuckerberg the 23rd wealthiest person on earth but he's no evil genius. By Josh Halliday

Facebook IPO: is a smartphone next on the agenda for Zuckerberg?

With Facebook now sitting on $16bn after its flotation, will we see the massive social network do a Google and develop its own phone?. By Charles Arthur

Facebook preaches accountability – but doesn’t practise it

Mark Zuckerberg's control of Facebook shares means there could be tension over strategy in the future

Facebook users file class action suit in US over web tracking

Users of the social network have filed a $15bn class action complaint over data collection. By Simon Goodley

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg college messages reveal steely ambition

Instant messages sent to college friends in 2004 paint Facebook founder in unflattering light. By Josh Halliday

Who’s the fool in the Facebook IPO? It may be you

Joris Luyendijk: Bankers' fees for the flotation total about $100m. Is Facebook being conned – or is it ultimately someone closer to home?

Vyclone video app aims to out-social Viddy and Socialcam

New iPhone app connects people shooting videos of the same event, and edits their footage together

Facebook share price set at $38

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPO

Pinterest valued at more than $1bn after raising $100m funding

Popular social network valued at between $1bn and $1.5bn following a $100m round of funding. By Charles Arthur

Facebook Nasdaq flotation set to raise $16bn

Facebook's stock exchange debut increases by 25% as demand for shares pushes early backers to cash in

Facebook: a tale of two media models

Michael Wolff: The irony of the Facebook epoch is that old media covets its IPO billions, while new social media envies the old's content

Facebook raises float price after being ‘swamped’ by investors

Price hiked to $34-$38 a share – valuing social network at $104.2bn and the most expensive US company to go public

Facebook ‘co-creator’ continues legal action over The Social Network

Aaron Greenspan will fight on despite judge dismissing copyright infringement claims relating to book on which film is based

Facebook raises price range ahead of IPO

Social network has raised price target to $34-$38 a share, potentially valuing the company at more than $100bn. By Charles Arthur

Police call on ‘Twitter squad’ to fight web bullies

Police chiefs ask users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to help combat criminal behaviour online

Facebook IPO overvalued at $96bn, say investors

Poll finds 79% think social media giant's price tag is too high – but report says next week's flotation is already oversubscribed. By Juliette Garside

Facebook App Center to herald launch of first paid apps on social network

Cross-platform store will take user ratings into account when deciding whether to list apps. By Stuart Dredge

‘Snooper’s charter’ delayed after last-minute coalition talks

Tracking of email, internet, Facebook and text use turned into standalone measure to speed crime bill's passage

My day doing everything the internet told me to

The internet bombards us with advice on how to spend our money and our time. So what would it be like to follow every single suggestion for a day?

Facebook likely to be the fourth richest flotation in stock market history

Despite almost certain IPO success, Facebook has to start making money from mobile phone advertising soon

Facebook is a phenomenon, but is it a good investment?

How hard can users be milked for advertising revenues before they decide corporate messages are a turnoff?

Facebook encourages cyber-security poachers turned gamekeepers

Hackers who break through the social networking site's firewalls can be rewarded, thanks to the company's White Hat programme

Why Twitter put me on the naughty step

Laura Marcus: Watch out where you click and tame your enthusiasm – or you may get booted out of the twittersphere

So you’re an organ donor on Facebook – but at what cost?

Arwa Mahdawi: People don't realise how much their data, freely shared on Facebook, is worth to brands who anticipate every move

Facebook IPO set for 18 May

Mark Zuckerberg to join Facebook IPO roadshow ahead of company stock market float on 18 May. By Charles Arthur

Organising against the enemies of internet freedom

Naomi Wolf: There are powerful state and corporate interests ranged against an open internet. We need a global movement to check them

What’s so wrong with eating alone?

Diane Shipley: A new website allows women to pair up with friendly lunch dates – but surely it would be better to stop stigmatising solitary types

Me and my data: how much do the internet giants really know?

James Ball discovered the information Google and Facebook hold on him is disturbing and creepy, but also comforting

Online identity: is authenticity or anonymity more important?

Facebook and Google want to link online and offline personas, while 4Chan and other social sites prefer people to play with the freedom of pseudonyms

Draw Something gets more social with chat and Facebook/Twitter sharing

Dan Porter talks new features, TV possibilities and localisation plans for popular game. By Stuart Dredge

Tim Berners-Lee: demand your data from Google and Facebook

Exclusive: world wide web inventor says personal data held online could be used to usher in new era of personalised services

Tim Berners-Lee urges government to stop the snooping bill

Exclusive: Extension of surveillance powers 'a destruction of human rights'

A life online: ‘I flew to San Francisco to spend the weekend with someone I’d only met on the net’

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