bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
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Would you give up 10 Facebook friends for a free hamburger? Burger King thinks you will.
obsessable.com - 1/13/2009
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obsessable.com —
While Facebook has seemed like king of the
social networking sites for a while now , boasting...
the greatest number of new sign-ups, it's been engaged in a long game of catch-up with MySpace, one that finally looks like it may win in the coming year . The past year has seen a steady increase in
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Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this ...
dialaphone.co.uk - 1/8/2009
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dialaphone.co.uk —
Facebook is one of the top social networking
websites with more than 140 million active users, each...
with an average of 100 friends and 13 million which update their status daily. Founded in 2004 and with an Alexa traffic rank of 5, this level of ...
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INQ 1 : The Ultimate Review | Dedicated to Facebook | Dial-a
developers.facebook.com - 1/13/2009
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First Bytes: The valueof internet activity
Tech Observer —
A Harvard physicist has determined the amount of carbon dioxide generated by each Google search. [Cnet] Burger King is trying to lure Facebook users by getting them to "un-friend" some of their Facebook friends. [Bits] Roger McNamee talks to Kara Swisher about why the Palm Pre is the end-all-be-all. [AllThingsD] Microsoft is working on touchscreens for personal computers. [WSJ] Related Links First Bytes: Google, Bezos, Facebook, more Last Bytes: Facebook, Adobe, more Microsoft Live Search to Facebook: ...
Bits: ‘Whopper Sacrifice’ De-Friended on Facebook
NYT > Technology —
So much for sacrificing your Facebook friends for a free hamburger . Burger King has shut off the grill on Whopper Sacrifice , a popular Facebook application that offered users a coupon for a free Burger King sandwich if they dumped 10 of their Facebook friends. A spokeswoman for Burger King said the company elected to discontinue the campaign Wednesday after Facebook asked developers to tweak one of the main features. As Facebookers deleted the 10 unlucky friends deemed to be worth trading for 37 cents’ worth of fast food, the application sent a humorous notification ...
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