Commissioner investigate activities of the social network outside the U.S. and Canada. 
Advocacy groups complain of privacy practices.

Facebook is the target of investigations in Ireland, where its European headquarters, for alleged violation of laws to protect users’ data, said the “Financial Times” on Friday (30).

The newspaper said the activities of the social network outside the United States and Canada will be reviewed after complaints from privacy advocacy groups.

The groups say they are concerned about how the social network shares on the user’s activities, as well as trace level of the records left by the navigation users.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and creator of the Facebook

The “Financial Times” reports that Gary Davis, Irish Commissioner for Data Protection, said his office will conduct a detailed analysis of the group’s activities.

“The investigation will also examine whether Facebook complies with data protection laws of Ireland,” he said.

New page name coincides with the user company in Chicago. 
Function was announced in the last 22 days, at a conference on Facebook.

Facebook is being sued by a Chicago company for use of the mark ‘Timeline’, according to TechCrunch. The social network announced oa new user’s personal page, a sort of timeline, in the last 22 days and named it “Timeline” .

The timelines, company whose Web site allows people to record and share personal or historical events, the new tool claims that Facebook can get to eliminate it from your business.

Zuckerberg shows the 'Timeline' new page personal Facebook

“Given the size and scope of Facebook, the use of the mark by Timeline Timelines eliminate the social network and leave the public with the impression that the company is somehow affiliated with Facebook,” the lawsuit says, according to the blog.

TechCrunch says the lawsuit also states that Facebook took you the URL Facebook.com / timelines, which was previously used as a home page of the Chicago company.

Facebook released new features that address the way in which users listen to music and watch TV, offering tools and services like Hulu Spotify as an attempt to integrate social media to your network.

The funds were announced on Thursday (22) during the annual conference for developers of Facebook, f8 , San Francisco, its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg has the network news media during f8

For Facebook, a further integration of music, movies and other media at your service makes it more likely that users spend more time on site, allowing the company to generate more advertising revenue.

The change comes at a time when Facebook is facing competition from Google, which launched in June a social networking service competitor, Google +.

Another application allows users to hear the same music as their friends in streaming services like Rhapsody and Spotify.

Mark Zuckerberg wants employees are focused on products. 
the company’s IPO will be done until the end of 2012.

Facebook will postpone its initial public offering (IPO, its acronym in English) by the end of 2012, so your employees can focus on product development for the social network, according to the “Financial Times”.

Facebook plans to make its offer in late 2012, a delay compared to initial plans, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the routine of the company as a source. The expectation is that the social network’s IPO is one of the largest in history.

The “Financial Times” says Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of the company, wants to delay the IPO for its employees may be focused on “product development, not payments.” The decision was made not by market conditions, the newspaper said.

Sources told Reuters earlier this month that Facebook’s revenue doubled to $ 1.6 billion in the first half of 2011.

Social network plans to gather updates on a resume. 
Users may opt for the continuation of individual notifications.

Facebook plans to reduce the number of notifications sent to users by e-mail to notify them about updates and comments recorded in your profile on social networking.

In a statement posted on his mural official explained that Facebook is testing a solution that meets the most active users of the notifications in a summary sent by email to avoid an excessive number of notifications.

“We will send an email with a brief to end most of the individual notifications,” says the company run by Mark Zuckerberg.

However, users who want to continue receiving individual notifications will keep them, simply indicate your preference settings in your account.