FB - Facebook, Inc.
161.85 -0.04 (-0.02%)
After hours: 7:59PM EST
| Previous Close | 160.04 |
| Open | 160.58 |
| Bid | 161.62 x 900 |
| Ask | 161.85 x 900 |
| Day's Range | 160.31 - 162.41 |
| 52 Week Range | 123.02 - 218.62 |
| Volume | 15,858,468 |
| Avg. Volume | 23,821,388 |
| Market Cap | 462.032B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.23 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 21.39 |
| EPS (TTM) | 7.57 |
| Earnings Date | Apr 23, 2019 - Apr 29, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | N/A |
| 1y Target Est | 197.94 |
- Engadget•10 hours ago
Multiple iOS apps are reportedly sharing sensitive data with Facebook
At least 11 popular apps are reportedly sharing people's sensitive data with Facebook, even if they don't have an account on the social network. The Wall Street Journal found that apps which can help track personal information such as body weight, menstrual cycles and pregnancy are sending such details to Facebook.
- Engadget•20 hours ago
Facebook shuts down Onavo VPN app following privacy scandal
Facebook has axed the Onavo VPN app for Android, pulling it from Google Play half a year after it yanked the iOS version from the Apple App Store. While Onavo was technically a VPN app that promised to limit other applications from using too much data and to keep users' personal information protected behind a secure network, the company also used it for market research.
- The Wall Street Journal•3 hours ago
[$$] Politics: The Government We ‘Like’
The great majority of books on politics published in the past two years have, in one way or another, dealt with a single topic: the attack on expertise and established institutions by populists in America and Europe. Donald Trump, Brexit, Eastern European nationalism: Each is an expression of contempt for institutions thought by educated elites to be authoritative, even sacred—the news media, the universities, the scientific community, foreign-policy establishments, transnational organizations. In “Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason” (Norton, 252 pages, $27.95), William Davies, a political economist at the University of London, attempts to diagnose our present ills by reaching back four centuries to the work of René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes and the development of the modern rationalist outlook.
Associated Press•4 hours agoReport: Apps give Facebook sensitive health and other data
Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data, including health information, to Facebook without users' consent, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. An analytics tool called "App Events" allows app developers to record user activity and report it back to Facebook, even if the user isn't on Facebook, according to the report . One example detailed by the Journal shows how a woman would track her period and ovulation using an app from Flo Health.
- Reuters•5 hours ago
New York governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may be accessing far more personal information than previously known from smartphone users, including health and other sensitive data. The directive to New York's Department of State and Department of Financial Services (DFS) came after the Wall Street Journal said testing showed that Facebook collected personal information from other apps on users' smartphones within seconds of them entering it.
Reuters•5 hours agoNY governor orders probe into Facebook access to data from other apps
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may be accessing far more personal information than previously known from smartphone users, including health and other sensitive data. The directive to New York's Department of State and Department of Financial Services (DFS) came after the Wall Street Journal said testing showed that Facebook collected personal information from other apps on users' smartphones within seconds of them entering it.
- The Wall Street Journal•5 hours ago
[$$] Cuomo Calls for Probe Into Facebook's Collection of Sensitive Data from Apps
Inc. accesses people’s personal information in response to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal that showed the social-media giant collects sensitive data from smartphone apps including users’ menstrual cycles and blood pressure. Mr. Cuomo directed the New York Department of State, in partnership with the Department of Financial Services and other state agencies, to investigate Facebook.
- Kiplinger•5 hours ago
Earnings Reports for the Week of Feb. 25-Mar. 1 (HD, M, SQ)
Check out our weekly earnings calendar and read the latest quarterly earnings previews.
- The Telegraph•5 hours ago
Medical app told Facebook when users were on their periods, investigation finds
Health and fitness apps are sending Facebook sensitive information about their users' body weight, menstrual cycles and pregnancies in ways which would allow it to be used for targeted advertising, according to reports.
- CNBC Videos•5 hours ago
CNBC Tech Check Evening Edition: February 22, 2019
CNBC's Tech Check brings you the latest in tech news from CNBC's 1 Market in the heart of San Francisco.
- Fox Business Videos•5 hours ago
Facebook collects data from apps even if no account is used: Report
“Bulls & Bears” panel discusses the privacy concerning surrounding Facebook and whether Congress needs to regulate the tech giant.
