Facebook: A kind of flash democracy
Even Marc Zuckerberg knows that his journey from Harvard dorm to global domination in less than a decade is based on the fickleness of “friends”.
Facebook frenzy turns to fury amid claims banking giants Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and others tipped off a select number of investors about an analyst’s negative report days before shares traded.
After a less than impressive first day of trading on Friday, shares in the social networking site Facebook have dropped below their original $38 price. Has the bubble already burst?
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg marries his long-term girlfriend in secret, the day after the firm lists on the Nasdaq stock exchange and was valued at $117bn.
Even Marc Zuckerberg knows that his journey from Harvard dorm to global domination in less than a decade is based on the fickleness of “friends”.
Facebook shares launch at 42 dollars and 99 cents a share despite concerns about the company’s long-term money making potential.
British counterterrorism officers arrest five men over online posts inciting race hate.
Primary and secondary school teachers are facing death threats, abuse and allegations of sexually absurd behaviour from cyberbullies, including parents and pupils, a new poll suggests.
How do we find 2.5 million jobs? We’re launching the Channel 4 Jobs Report – an interactive project looking at the biggest question facing the UK economy in 2012.
As Twitter’s Biz Stone says too much time spent on social media “sounds unhealthy”, Channel 4 News hears from a neuroscientist, the author of the Geek Manifesto and a self-proclaimed Twitterholic.
As the death of Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin sparks a new wave of outrage at the bloodshed in Homs, Channel 4 News looks at the unofficial journalists dying to tell their story.
In a video posted on YouTube, an angry father in the US takes his gun out and fires bullets into his daughter’s laptop, following complaints she apparently made about him on Facebook.
Unhealthy food is being targeted at children via social media and web games by firms avoiding strict TV rules, says the Children’s Food Campaign, which calls for action from the advertising watchdog.
Facebook is on course for the biggest internet stock flotation after announcing plans to sell shares to the public, but founder Mark Zuckerberg says he does not wake up with the goal of making money.
A crazy bubble price, or a sensational bargain? Channel 4 News Business Producer Ben King assesses rumours Facebook is about to launch on the public stock market, valued at $100bn.
A “chronic lack of specialist teachers” is causing school pupils to reject computer studies, says the Royal Society. Channel 4 News examines how British teenagers can be switched back on.