Facebook birthday fundraisers have raised more than $300 million for charities since last year. Here’s what happens behind the scenes. A simple “Happy birthday!” post with some festive emojis used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Facebook launched a new Birthday Stories feature that lets users create and share multimedia birthday greetings for friends and ...

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 ...

Facebook birthday fundraisers have raised more than $300 million for charities since last year. Here’s what happens behind the scenes. A simple “Happy birthday!” post with some festive emojis used to ...