Everyone knows it’s impolite to ask for birthday presents — but asking for gifts to your favorite charity, well, with Facebook’s birthday donation feature, that’s becoming trendy for Long Islanders.

(CNN) -- Facebook really wants people to keep wishing each other a happy birthday on the social network, so it's launching a new birthday feature and throwing it a party to celebrate. Called Birthday ...

I mentioned my birthday and her eyes went wide. “Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry!” My friend stopped, gasped. Threw her arms around me in a hug. “I forgot to post on your wall!” I hugged back, smiling. Just ...

It happens every year whether you want it to or not: your Facebook wall is assaulted by people you haven't heard from in six years with birthday greetings. The one-line exclamations tend to be the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Have you ever been scrolling through Facebook and noticed a post asking you to donate to a cause for a friend’s birthday? If you have ever wondered if the fundraisers are legitimate, ...

Those birthday fundraisers on Facebook have brought in a billion dollars for charities, but some Facebook users think the ubiquitous appeals are getting to be too much of a good thing. On Facebook, ...

(CNN) -- Facebook really wants people to keep wishing each other a happy birthday on the social network, so it's launching a new birthday feature and throwing it a party to celebrate. Called Birthday ...

For as long as I can remember, Facebook has dedicated prime real estate—the screen’s upper right corner, usually—to alerting you of your friends’ birthdays. And for a while there, the Facebook ...

Good manners, of course, are just artifice—formalized rituals, designed for social lubrication, that mean nothing. From the cotillion curtsey to the subway-train “excuse me,” they create automatic ...

In November 2019, some people encountered a meme on Facebook that claimed the social media company was using the contributions its users were making to birthday fundraisers as a tax-deductible ...

Yesterday was a day of momentous birthday celebrations. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rightly got the official spotlight, but he was just sharing the day with those of us who celebrate Jan. 17 regardless ...

It happens every year whether you want it to or not: your Facebook wall is assaulted by people you haven't heard from in six years with birthday greetings. The one-line exclamations tend to be the ...