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• Facebook may be eyeing Opera web browser, reports say

  Facebook's advertising appetite could be in for a nice snack if the company gobbles up the Opera web browser as some technology observers have speculated it may, and investors who have been edgy since the social network's recent IPO could also get some relief.

• Report: Facebook bolsters efforts to build smartphone

  Facebook is revitalizing its effort to create a smartphone, recruiting engineers who have experience with mobile devices, according to a story in the New York Times Sunday.

• Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

  The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

• Refund for some Facebook investors

  Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

• Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

• Facebook used as terrorist tool: Expert

  Terrorist groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it, a leading counter-terrorism expert says.

• Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

• Facebook stock slumps for third day

  In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

• Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.

• Facebook becomes antivirus reseller

  Facebook has teamed up with five security vendors to offer a range of free and subscription-based antivirus packages.

• Facebook shares sink below IPO price

  Facebook shares plunged nearly 11 per cent on Monday during the stock's first full day of trade as the enthusiasm from a massive public offering for the social network giant turned to scepticism.

• Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions

  The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monday. As a result of this technical glitch in its Nasdaq OMX system, the market expects to pay out US$13 million or even more to traders.

• Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

  Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.

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  Facebook vs. Google: Who will win?

  Facebook is now officially a public company, scads of new millionaires are on a Silicon Valley spending spree, and media outlets near and far have yet to pipe down about the IPO, likely one of the most anticipated in history.

• Pakistan's block on Twitter over blasphemous content reversed

  Pakistan late Sunday reversed a block on Twitter in the country over material it considered anti-Islam, the country's interior minister said.