Facebook has made a potentially risky choice in designing Lite, the simpler version of its social network that is generating much buzz: Lite doesn’t run any of the tens of thousands of external ...

Facebook is reportedly testing a simplified interface of its social network service with faster load times called Facebook Lite. According to reports from TechCrunch regarding Facebook Lite, the ...

Love it or hate it, Facebook has become an integral part of many people’s online lives. One way you might be able to improve your social media experience is to look at Facebook’s Lite app (available ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

Facebook is a great social network that has proven useful for personal and professional purposes. It’s one of those services that seems to stop the world whenever they go down. It’s the most popular ...

Facebook has killed off Facebook Lite, and so it is time to shed a tear for the single best version of Facebook that ever existed. Facebook, you see, is a behemoth of an experience, bringing sensory ...

Last time I checked, when you logged into Facebook's home page, over 1 megabyte of Javascript was being executed. For a dialup connection, that could take up to 3 minutes to load. Welcome to Facebook ...

Facebook’s business model of selling behavioral data and banner space to advertisers depends on sustained new user signups. Tackling any impediments to that growth is naturally a priority, so Facebook ...

Facebook has closed Lite, the stripped-down version of its site aimed at users who wanted a simpler experience than the main site offers. Lite, launched in September of last year, was seen as an ...

In the midst of a beta test gone wrong, Facebook Inc. today acknowledged that it’s trying out Facebook Lite — a simplified version of its uber popular Facebook social networking site. In an e-mail ...

Facebook announced today that it's bringing its Community Help tool to Facebook Lite. The feature, which evolved out of Safety Check, helps users connect in the event of a crisis, allowing them to ...