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Amateurs get chance to animate 'Live Music'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Viewers of the movie "Planet 51," opening in theaters this weekend, will first see "Live Music," a computer-generated short that is a collaboration of 51 animators from 17 countries who were brought together on Facebook. And some of the people who worked on...

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Can Facebook group change World Cup game result?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:43:35 +0000

The World Cup elimination game between France and Ireland was decided by a piece of blatant cheating. A Facebook group, more than 250,000 strong, wants it replayed.

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Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Health Care

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +0000

An IBM employee claims her medical leave was cut short based on the insurance company's assessment of her Facebook activities.

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Amateurs get chance to animate 'Live Music'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

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Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:10 +0000

Under a month's worth of fire for running misleading ads on social networks like Facebook, the offers-and-surveys broker now says that publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with their ads.

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Facebook becomes third most popular video site

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:28:50 +0000

Facebook has experienced tremendous growth in the number of users watching video on its site, putting it just behind YouTube and Hulu in October.

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Aha Mobile reads drivers traffic info, Facebook status

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:55 +0000

Startup company seeks to bring search features to drivers on your iPhone and Android app.

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Salesforce insists on 'Facebook for enterprise'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:27:22 +0000

More Chatter Dreamforce 09 Tired of the Facebook hype and metaphors stretched to breaking point? Well, now you've got "Facebook for the enterprise" from Salesforce.com, trying to stake out its place in enterprise collaboration.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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Everything You Need to Know About Facebook

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Our Facebook guide delivers expert analysis on the latest Facebook developments, helpful tips, tricks and how-tos, the latest updates on privacy and Facebook apps, and more.

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Salesforce Adds Enterprise Social Networking

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000

Chatter brings Facebook- and Twitter-type capabilities to applications running on the Force.com cloud computing platform.

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Salesforce.com announces 'Chatter' social-networking app

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Salesforce.com opened its annual Dreamforce conference by previewing Salesforce Chatter, a social-networking application the vendor dubbed a "Facebook for the Enterprise."

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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:30 +0000

NEW YORK — Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.

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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:48:15 +0000

Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook. Both systems are integrating the social network this week. Microsoft Corp. switched on a slew of new features for its Xbox Live online service,...

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Facebook publishes revised privacy policy

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:11:08 +0000

Plain English update Facebook has adopted a revised privacy policy that it claims simplifies its previous policy and rewrites it in more straightforward terms.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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A tale of two Diggs

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

It's clear that the company has to deal with its dual identity as a social-news pioneer struggling to compete with Facebook and Twitter, and a Slashdot-like fanboy hub.

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Facebook battles attack by child protection chief

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:58:47 +0000

Gamble unfriends social networks Facebook has defended itself against criticism from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) that it has refused to join a reporting scheme.… What is your recession sales strategy?

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GooHooSoft bear-hugs 'Apache for web specs'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:02:02 +0000

Open source meets open standards Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Facebook, and other web-happy types have embraced a new effort to promote the use of free and open specifications across the net.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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Facebook adopts new privacy policy

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:05:00 +0000

The social-networking site hopes policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.

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Chase commits $5 million to Facebook charity campaign

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:00 +0000

Members of the social network are encouraged to install an app that lets them vote on which local nonprofit should get the grand prize in contest.

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Facebook friends Xbox Live

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000

Facebook is linking up with Xbox Live so users can play Xbox games with their social networking friends.

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Facebook digs in as 'unfriend' named Word of the Year

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000

In another sign of how Facebook has woven itself into pop culture, the New Oxford American Dictionary has named "unfriend" its 2009 Word of the Year.

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Vietnam Internet users fear Facebook blackout

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:05:50 +0000

Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks. Facebook has more than 1 million users in Vietnam,...

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Oxford's word of the year? 'Unfriend'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:05:40 +0000

The ubiquitous digital-age insult, brought into the mainstream with the rise of Facebook, is the dictionary's top term of 2009.

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Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:10:34 +0000

The massive social network tightened its rules for companies running contests on its platform last week, and sources say that what hasn't been made public is that those companies will be required to buy ad space, too.

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Facebook, Google officials give Vatican lessons about the Web

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:49:18 +0000

VATICAN CITY — Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age.

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Facebook status bolsters alibi in armed robbery case

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:36:38 +0000

Nom nom nom... not guilty A banal Facebook status update has provided an alibi for a 19 year-old New Yorker facing armed robbery charges.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Facebook status update saves man from jail

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:49:46 +0000

A Harlem man updates his Facebook status with "where's my pancakes?" When he is charged with robbery the next day, the timing of the update proves to be his alibi.

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Facebook Invasion: Beware of New 'Smart' Worm

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:25:00 +0000

Hot on the heels of a reported hijacking of hundreds of Facebook groups, a new variation on an old worm is crawling its way into the social network's walls.

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Facebook scoffs at hacktivist stunt

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:39:09 +0000

Nothing to see here. Please move along Hacktivists took over control of almost 300 Facebook community groups in a bid to highlight concerns over how easy it might be for miscreants to hijack a shared interest group on the social networking site. Facebook said no hacking was involved in the attack, which it dismisses as a stunt.… What is your recession sales strategy?

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Bing Adds Facebook, Videos, Wolfram Alpha

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Microsoft hopes robust new features will help search engine close in on rival Google.

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Bing Gets Wolfram Alpha, Facebook Integration in Update

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Microsoft is adding more bells and whistles to Bing including tighter integration with Facebook and the addition of Wolfram Alpha technology.

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Bing Gets Wolfram Alpha Integration in Update

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +0000

Microsoft is adding more bells and whistles to Bing, including tighter integration with Facebook and the addition of Wolfram Alpha technology.

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Facebook photo tagging gets automated

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000

Face.com today launched it's free PhotoTagger facial recognition application for automatically tagging photos on Facebook.

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Hundreds of Facebook groups 'hijacked'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000

An anonymous group calling itself "Control Your Info" has taken over hundreds of Facebook groups to highlight what it claims is a major security weakness on the social networking site.

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Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked to teach lesson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:08:53 +0000

Facebook groups that have lost administrators are being hijacked by a group called Control Your Info that wants to teach users a lesson about social media.

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EA buying Playfish in $300 million deal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Social gaming, a rising niche built atop platforms such as Facebook, took a big step toward legitimacy on Monday when video game giant Electronic Arts said it was acquiring Playfish for $300 million. EA of Redwood City said it was paying $275 million in cash...

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'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and Twitter power

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:18:00 +0000

The goofball marketing campaign has returned for the fourth year in a row, and promises to infiltrate your holiday season even more. Question: Does it do much for creator OfficeMax?

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Microsoft releases SDK for Facebook

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:37:14 +0000

The software giant releases a software development kit for Facebook, allowing developers to make applications for the social-networking site with Silverlight and WPF.

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Microsoft releases SDK for Facebook

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:37:14 +0000

The software giant releases a software development kit for Facebook, allowing developers to make applications for the social-networking site with Silverlight and WPF. Originally posted at The Web Services Report

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Business use of Twitter, Facebook exploding

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:11:00 +0000

A survey of 200 companies worldwide found that use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter for business use has exploded in recent months.

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Xbox 300 Twitter, Facebook clients rated X

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:05:58 +0000

No ID? No tweets! Microsoft has confirmed that children won’t initially be able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm through the Xbox 360, when the social networking duo and online music catalogue launch on the console later this month.…

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Palm plans to launch a new developer platform

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:33:22 +0000

Speaking at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco last week, Palm Senior Vice President Michael Abbott said that the company plans to improve the mobile application development process by introducing a new platform called Aries that will lower the barrier to entry for developers by allowing them to make mobile applications more quickly. Specifically, the new platform, will let developers sign up and submit apps using a Web interface. Once the application is developed, a link is created which the developer can use to promote his application via Twitter, Facebook or email. When a potential user clicks on the link, they will be taken to the application that is available for download. Abbott said that the motivation behind this new platform, which will be available in December, is to help developers more easily transition from web development to mobile development. "We want to make apps easier to develop," he said. Related articles: Palm unveils Mojo SDK v1.2 Palm dumps Windows ...

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EA buying Playfish in $300 million deal

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

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