You may have read the stories about the recent lawsuit against Facebook in which Timelines.com claims the company infringes upon its “Timeline” trademark. Here is a section from the court complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court of Chicago: Facebook’s use of the term “Timeline,” and its redirection of Internet traffic from Timelines’ Facebook page to Facebook’s new “Timeline” offering, infringes on Timelines’ federally registered trademarks in that it causes confusion as to the source of the services offered to users of the Internet....

Developers who activate and set up theirFacebook Timeline, they are now being told that if they don’t choose to publish it now, it will go live on October 19th, 2011. Even if you’re not a Facebook developer there has been a“hack”of sorts in place to become a developer and gain early access to your Facebook timeline, if you didn’t want tosign up and wait. At this time, it is not known if Facebook’s Timeline will be available to everyone on October 19th, but as you can see by the screenshot above, Timelines will be published publicly on that date....

As you have read, Facebook is slowly launching itsnew Timeline feature, it calls “The Story of your Life”. This is Facebook’s attempt to show your information, photos, likes, and shared items in a way that makes more sense to you and your friends. I’m taking a look at my profile now in “Timeline mode”, and it’s quite interesting. Cover Most notably, you’ll notice the large image at the top of the timeline page, called the “Cover”....

Facebook is set to acquire mobile apps companySnaptu, it has emerged. Snaptu specialises in enabling the development of apps for low-cost feature phones. On the Snaptu blog today, the companywrites: “Earlier this year, we announced the launch of a new Facebook mobile application to give people a great mobile experience on a broad range of feature phones. The Facebook for Feature Phones app currently works on more than 2,500 devices....

Facebook is to unveil a new daily discount deals service, similar to Groupon, that will provide its 500 million members with the opportunity to purchase products or services at significantly reduced prices. Bloomberg reportsthat Facebook will initially offer deals in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin, Texas, working with local businesses to highlight deals to users in specific areas and allow them to share them with their friends....