socialtimes.com - 1/2/2009
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Just last month Brazil-based Power.com launched a social networking aggregator that brought together your activity from across Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, and Hi5, to name a few. But just weeks after revealing its putlic beta, Power.com is being sued by none other than Facebook itself.
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blog.facebook.com - 1/7/2009
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blog.facebook.com —
Today, we reached another milestone: 150 million people
around the world are now actively using Facebook and
almost half of them are using Facebook every day. This includes people in every continent—even Antarctica.
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A Great Start to 2009
facebook.com - 12/28/2008
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facebook.com —
Recently, Facebook has started 'pulling a myspace' by
not allowing people to post profile pictures of babies
nursing. The pictures have been reported as 'obscene' and have been removed- their posters warned not to repost or fear being kicked off of ...
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Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!(Official ...
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/3/2009
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Facebook Sues Power.com
All Facebook —
... with Facebook’s terms. According to The New York Times, Facebook has spent over a month in discussions with Power.com to try to reach an agreement in regards to accessing user data, but no agreement could be reached. As a result, Facebook has filed a complaint against Power.com in Unied Sates Disctrict Court in San Jose, California, for copyright and trademark infringement, unlawful competition and violation of the computer fraud and abuse act, among other charges.
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What Will Facebook Do to Stop New Scams?
All Facebook —
... two years regarding scams via email and other communications lines on the web, it seems that Facebook would recognize the scam’s ability to grow very quickly, especially on its readily accessed and non-archived chat tool. While it’s uncertain how the scammers are hacking into user accounts, this could also be a concern for Facebook as it looks to grow its Platform and Facebook Connect, both of which sometimes enable indirect login options for end users, though Facebook is diligent about protecting users from this standpoint. ...
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