Facebook, Google and other social networks and sites with a presence in Europe must heed to the European strict data privacy rules, said EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding.

Companies outside the

A NSW teen says she has called in the police after her Facebook birthday party invitation went viral with almost 200,000 people threatening to show up.

The 15-year-old's home and mobile

In the United States, Warner Bros. is experimenting with a new distribution channel. Facebook is offering Hollywood films for rent.

For the president

An Egyptian man, caught up in enthusiasm over the revolt against Mubarak, and mindful of the role that social media played in its success, has named his newborn daughter Facebook. One's first reaction is "poor little thing", but after all, worst case, they are syllables in a foreign language – better than many names one could think of. And besides, awareness of the role of Facebook pages in promoting the revolution may be a living cultural current in Egypt all her life – perhaps the name will be a constant inspiration and a spur to action.

It's not as if the name,

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in an interview that aired Wednesday: "We are not for sale."

He dismissed rumors that the company

Kraft cookie line Oreo is attempting to become the first brand to enter the Guinness World Records with a Facebook title, by recording the highest number of "likes" posted over a 24-hour period.

The global record attempt

Business-oriented social network LinkedIn has started placing in his pages contextual ads, notes the Wall Street Journal.

The ads will be

В Колумбии произошли три убийства, анонсированные в социальной сети Facebook. Жертвами преступников стали молодые люди в возрасте от 16 до 19 лет, проживающие в небольшом городе Пуэрто-Асис на юге страны, сообщает CNN.

Имена погибших фигурируют в списке,

Популярная социальная сеть Facebook позволит пользователям задавать вопросы другим участникам соцсети. Бета-версия соответствующего сервиса была запущена 28 июля, сообщается в блоге Facebook.

Пользователи смогут задавать

Соцсеть Facebook переманила из Google создателя и главного разработчика операционной системы Chrome Мэттью Папакипоса (Matthew Papakipos), пишет техноблог TechCrunch.

Папакипос разместил