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techcrunch.com - 7/13/2009
Facebook: Less Errors, More Connections Please
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One thing I’ll grudgingly grant to MySpace - the site works. That’s more than I can say for Facebook over the last month or so. In the past Facebook has had desperately slow page views and occasional downtime. But recently, the site has become almost unusable for me. And no, ...
Now Connecting 250 Million People
blog.facebook.com - 7/15/2009
Now Connecting 250 Million People
— blog.facebook.com — As of today, 250 million people are using Facebook to stay updated on what's happening around them... and share with the people in their lives... (more) Now Connecting 250 Million People

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/13/2009
Facebook Employees and Investors Can Finally Unload Stock
— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment firm, is offering to buy stock from Facebook investors and employees.... (more) Facebook Employees and Investors Can Finally Unload Stock

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priv.gc.ca - 7/16/2009
News Release: Facebook needs to improve privacy practices, investigation finds - July 16, 2009
— priv.gc.ca — Privacy Commissioner recommends steps to ensure social networking site better protects the privacy of users and meets... the requirements of Canadian privacy legislation OTTAWA, July 16, 2009 In order to comply with Canadian privacy law, Facebook must ... (more) News Release: Facebook needs to improve privacy ...

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CrunchGear:  Morgan Stanley reports shows that teens don’t use Twitter, don’t buy music (but still go to the movies)

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Morgan Stanley reports shows that teens don’t use Twitter, don’t buy music (but still go to the movies)
CrunchGear — ... Teens still spend money going to the movie theater, but merely because it’s a social activity. That would explain why something like Paul Blart: Mall Cop was such a big hit. • Print media is irrelevant to them. Irrelevant! • Teens don’t use Twitter because no one is reading their tweets. Twitter is totally different when you have thousands of people following you versus only a handful of your co-workers. • Teens use Facebook like it’s their job (so no idea where these “the graying of Facebook” ...

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