Consumer Web/Social Media
Your network is equal to your net worth: Soon, Facebook can approve loans based on your friends' credit scores
Facebook patented a social network system that could advance search results, identify spam messages and sort offensive topics. It could also distinguish if a potential borrower is capable of paying debts through the user's network connections.
Twitter shares drop 15%; Is the microblogging platform ripe for a takeover?
Twitter could be in the crosshairs of acquisition attempts from other technology companies should the microblogging stalwart fail to reverse the freefall its stock prices have caught in.
Facebook posts Q2 gains, but expenses worry investors; shares rise, fall
Facebook has met nearly all expectations for the second quarter, yet shares fell soon after the release of its earnings report.
Yahoo paid out more than $1 million to vulnerability reporters in their Bug Bounty Program
Yahoo has revealed that it has spent more than $1 million dollars for security researchers participating in their Bug Bounty Program.