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It's common knowledge some people make their own decisions and others follow the pack. Even the pack follows decisions made by just a few influencers. Now a new study shows how to pick out those with real influence and who, on average, has the most pull (older, married men).

Now that Facebook has officially swallowed Face.com, its facial recognition tech is about to get a lot better. What could happen then? Here are five possible scenarios.

Evidon's first Global Tracking Report says the biggest Web trackers are Google and Facebook

Can you tell the cops to keep their mitts off your Facebook page? Is Facebook really asking you to vote on its new privacy policy? Read on for the answers.

Gartner published a report this week that looks like a warning that employers are too smart to continue demanding Facebook passwords. Instead they'll spy directly by searching social networks for employees' activity; Gartner's warning is a guide to how to do that legally.

What is Facebook doing to stop botnets from operating freely out in the open? Apparently not enough.

Shares of social networking giant Facebook plummet in early Monday trading nearly 14% below Friday's first-day closing price.

Social networking giant Facebook went public Friday in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in history.

Facebook's long campaign to set up suckers for its IPO is nearly complete. Suckers, please report to the starting gate.

Will Facebook start charging users to promote their posts to friends? A test going on in New Zealand says this might well be so.

Facebook may be enjoying its IPO roadshow at the moment, but out there lurks the company that will destroy the social networking giant.