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SAN FRANCISCO: A group protesting Facebook's privacy policies said on Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant. "For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department," the organizers, who did not identify themselves, said on their website for Monday's "Quit Facebook ... Full story

Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies, which bought a USD 300 million stake in Facebook last year, is preparing to buy stakes in dozens of well-known Internet companies, its chief executive said. Yuri Milner told the Sunday Telegraph that DST had built up a war chest of more than USD 1 billion to fund the next stage of its investment strategy and said it was ... Full story

Popular social networking site Facebook can now be accessed through mobile devices for free or without any data charges in 45 countries, including India, on select mobile networks. Facebook, which has over 400 million users worldwide, has tied up with Indian wireless operators -- Reliance Communications and Videocon -- to make the site available for cell phone users with zero data charges. For this purpose, the entity ... Full story