But Facebook unquestionably turned the Like button into a universally understood symbol, while also profiting the most from its entrance into the mainstream. And it almost didn’t happen.

By 2007, Facebook engineers were tinkering with a Like button, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg opposed it because he feared the social network was getting too cluttered and, Reeves said, "he didn't ...

Any Facebook users who visited a website that displayed the “Like button” between April 2010 and September 2011 were eligible to receive a piece of the payout.

But Facebook unquestionably turned the Like button into a universally understood symbol, while also profiting the most from its entrance into the mainstream. And it almost didn't happen.

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 ...

The like button has changed how we relate, communicate, transact and create. It also disrupted one industry, advertising; and fueled the growth of another, social media.

Anyone in the United States who went to a non-Facebook website that displayed the “Like” button between April 22, 2010, and September 26, 2011, were eligible to submit a claim to receive payment.

What is the future of the like button in the age of artificial intelligence? Max Levchin—the PayPal cofounder and Affirm CEO—sees a new and hugely valuable role for liking data to train AI to ...

Any Facebook users who visited a website that displayed the “Like button” between April 2010 and September 2011 were eligible to receive a piece of the payout.

Anyone in the United States who went to a non-Facebook website that displayed the “Like” button between April 22, 2010, and September 26, 2011, were eligible to submit a claim to receive payment.