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Mobile Minutes: Facebook adjusts Trending Topics; EBay buys Ticketbis; Snapchat and startups; Twitter's extra space

Facebook Inc. said on Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its "Trending Topics" section after a news report alleging it suppressed conservative news prompted a U.S. Congressional demand for more transparency.

EBay has agreed to acquire Ticketbis to expand its StubHub online ticket sales business, the auction site said Tuesday.

When Snapchat burst onto the scene in 2011, it became a sensation among teenagers who loved the idea of sending messages that disappear.

If you were hoping for Twitter to stop counting web links as part of its 140-character limit, you?ll have to keep waiting.