The instinct to 'like' is not at all new. You have probably not given a moment to thinking about the origin and impact of the familiar "like" button, but it's pressed more times per day than there are ...

The Facebook "like" sign is seen at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) For many years, Facebook's ‘thumbs up’ icon adorned ...

The instinct to ‘like’ is not at all new. You have probably not given a moment to thinking about the origin and impact of the familiar “like” button, but it’s pressed more times per day than there are ...

In terms of sheer impact, the like button was one of the most successful pieces of code ever shipped. But when you examine the quality of that impact, its flaws become glaring. It was summer 2007.

Facebook’s 'like' button is ubiquitous across the web. It’s how user data is collected, meaning adverts and newsfeeds can be targeted more effectively. Some say there’s nothing to worry about, but ...

The ‘like’ button and its palette of variations is used about 160 million times a day globally and it is now the most widely used symbol of affirmation in the digital world. The story of how and why ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has ...

'Like' button plugins can transmit people's data back to Facebook even if they don't click on those buttons, the ECJ finds. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is ...