cnn.com - 2/9/2009
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Police described the event as "mainly good humored."
law.com - 2/10/2009
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law.com —
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook paid the founders of ConnectU
$65 million to settle lawsuits accusing Facebook CEO Mark...
Zuckerberg of stealing the idea for the wildly successful social-networking Web site, according to a law firm's marketing brochure. Lawyers ...
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Quinn Spills Value of Facebook Deal
obsessable.com - 2/5/2009
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obsessable.com —
Which camp are you in: Get your Twitter
out of my Facebook, or bring on the social...
integration? Has civilization been improved by the wanton throwing of sheep, or is the world clearly at its end? Check out our picks below, and we want to hear from you about your best and worst Facebook apps.
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Best and worst Facebook applications
allfacebook.com - 2/7/2009
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allfacebook.com —
Tonight Facebook has made a number of updates
to the Facebok platform one of which is the...
opening of status updates. In order to get Facebook statuses, you no longer need to use a session ID to access statuses. This is a huge update and one that I ...
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Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
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“I was watching TV and the T-Mobile advertisement came up and I thought, hm, let’s get my friends down to Liverpool Street and do a little dance. … At a quarter to seven people just flocked into the station like someone opened a plughole and the water went out. They just kept coming in like sheep. As it grew and grew, I just thought, ‘This is going to be huge.’” – London resident “Crazzy Eve,” inspired by ...
Tweetups Can’t Touch Facebook Flashmobs
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... In an interview with CNN, Crazzy Eve said, “I was watching TV and the T-Mobile advertisement came up and I thought, hm, let’s get my friends down to Liverpool Street and do a little dance.” ...
Facebook flashmob causes a London train station to shut down
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A T-Mobile inspired "flashmob" literally shut down a London train station this past weekend. A T-Mobile ad and Facebook caused a "flash mob" that literally shut down a London train station this past weekend.
What's a flash mob? The Urban Dictionary defines a flash mob as "an organized event where people gather to do a pre-determined action, in a pre-determined place at a pre-determined time. Usually harmless and funny." A flash mob can be anything from a pillow fight to a dance party and ...
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