Facebook, PayPal partner

A Facebook and PayPal partnership will see the social networking site process both advertising and virtual goods payments through eBay's ever-expanding currency swap platform, reports The Register.

According to the companies, PayPal will "soon" be an option for purchasing Facebook ads via PayPal on the social site's online advertising platform, or for buying Facebook Credits, used in turn to acquire digital songs, e-cards and virtual goods.

Currently, Facebook Credits can be spent in the site's virtual gift shop and on various third-party applications beta testing this online currency.

A Pennsylvania couple has accused the local school district of spying on their son by means of a Web cam on a school-issued laptop, writes eWeek.

Michael and Holly Robbins, of Pennsylvania Valley, filed a lawsuit in US District Court against the Lower Merion School District, in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. The complaint, which the couple filed on behalf of their minor son, Blake Robbins, alleges the school district invaded students' privacy.

According to the suit, the district issued laptops to high school students as part of a technology initiative, and did not notify families the laptops were equipped with Web cams that could be turned on remotely.

Google has bought reMail, a start-up company that makes an e-mail search application for the iPhone, states InformationWeek.

In a blog post, founder and CEO Gabor Cselle said he will become a product manager on Google's Gmail team and reMail's iPhone application will be discontinued.

Existing users of the reMail application will still be able to use it. The company will continue to offer support through March and has enabled features that previously required payment.

The BBC has introduced a set of phone applications amid the hubbub of mobile-related news to come out of the Mobile World Congress, says Computing.co.uk.

The applications, which will see BBC news and sport streamed live, will be available for the iPhone from April, with further versions available later in the year for BlackBerry, Android and Nokia devices.

The app will provide live and on-demand audio and video content available over WiFi and 3G networks. Although the BBC unveiled a mobile site in 2008, these are the first applications to be developed by the broadcaster.