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 share price set at $38

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

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

Pass notes, No 3,176: The Dark Side of the Moon

The Pink Floyd album is David Cameron's favourite. Or is it?

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

Is your university monitoring your social networks?

Social networking not only leaves academics at the mercy of unfair comments but it's also turning universities into Big Brother, says one academic anonymously

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 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

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