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Judge orders Facebook rivals to accept settlement

Jun 27 ,Technology


(AP) -- Facebook Inc.'s long and embarrassing legal tussle with three men who accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their social networking concept may soon end, now that a judge has ordered the parties to accept the settlement they reached.





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