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Guy asks Facebook for his ‘social network’ history and gets 1,222 PDFs

Guy asks Facebook for his ‘social network’ history and gets 1,222 PDFs

For all the whining that goes on about privacy and how Facebook is always messing with the boundaries of what is right to share and what is private we still keep posting a whole lot of crap on places like Facebook, […]

Social Media Promoting Transparency, Change Through Citizen Journalism, Activists Say

Social Media Promoting Transparency, Change Through Citizen Journalism, Activists Say

If you look at the past year in world events, one common theme seems to stretch across many of the common stories: revolution. And the spate of demonstrations across the world- in the Middle East, the US and Europe, among […]

Facebook Eats Gowalla, Company to Shutter at the End of January

Facebook Eats Gowalla, Company to Shutter at the End of January

Facebook has checked in at Foursquare competitor Gowalla, consuming the location based app and rolling the Gowalla team into its own, both Facebook and Gowalla have confirmed. Although it sported a more complex and visually engaging user interface than Foursquare, […]

Playboy By Far and Away Most Liked Mag on Facebook

Playboy By Far and Away Most Liked Mag on Facebook

Even though Hugh Hefner makes more money in a minute than you do in a year and lives in a house built entirely of high-grade silicone women, it’s hard not to feel a little bad for him. Pretty much the […]

Watch All Mission: Impossible Films on Paramount’s Facebook Page

Watch All Mission: Impossible Films on Paramount’s Facebook Page

In the lead up to the release of the upcoming installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise- Mission: Impossible, Ghost Protocol– Paramount Pictures has taken a very forward and social approach to promoting the franchise on their Facebook page. Facebook movie […]

PayPal Adds ‘Send Money’ App For Facebook Users

PayPal Adds ‘Send Money’ App For Facebook Users

Online money sending and receiving service PayPal has launched a new Facebook app to harness the additional opportunities provided by social media. In a blog post, PayPal reports that an impressive 80% of PayPal users have a Facebook account, and […]

Facebook, Dating Site Lies Could Become Federal Crime

Facebook, Dating Site Lies Could Become Federal Crime

Do any of your Facebook friends have tongue in cheek or just outright pseudonyms on the social network? We all know the internet is built on a foundation of lies, untruths and Ever conceal an important detail on Match.com, OKCupid […]

[Survey] Kids as Social Media Savvy as Adults by 13

[Survey] Kids as Social Media Savvy as Adults by 13

Even if you’re a tech-savvy adult, the speed and agility with which children learn and become comfortable with new technology can be a little alarming and somewhat aging. So it’s probably not surprising that a new AVG study reveals that […]

Salman Rushdie Puts Facebook on Blast on Twitter, Account Reinstated

Salman Rushdie Puts Facebook on Blast on Twitter, Account Reinstated

Salman Rushdie, who you may remember from the release of the controversial book The Satanic Verses back in 1988 and subsequent high profile fatwa issued against him by Iran, has come up against another bit of censure. The acclaimed writer […]

Judge Orders Divorcing Couple to Share Facebook, Dating Site Passwords

Judge Orders Divorcing Couple to Share Facebook, Dating Site Passwords

Well, that’s one way to force people to act right during the emotionally charged period surrounding the dissolution of a marriage. In modern breakups, often the presence of social media and dating apps makes moving on while simultaneously twisting the […]

No brands on social media for us says majority of Britons

No brands on social media for us says majority of Britons

I have never been much of a believer in the whole marketing aspect of social media services like Twitter or that people want to become friends, or followers, of brands. As far as I am concerned, especially after being a […]

Facebook, FTC Close to Finalizing Privacy Settlement

Facebook, FTC Close to Finalizing Privacy Settlement

Citing “people familiar with the talks,” the Wall Street Journal says Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are close to an accord on the issue of user privacy. The dominant social network has come in for user criticism too many times […]

Facebook Details Streaming Music’s Social Boon

Facebook Details Streaming Music’s Social Boon

Facebook integration with streaming music services like MOG and Spotify has had a massive impact on the apps, Facebook says in a new post to their developer blog. The social network points to f8 as a catalyst for the explosion […]

Pandora Sued For Revealing User Tastes Via Facebook

Pandora Sued For Revealing User Tastes Via Facebook

Although Spotify’s wide-scale integration of its service with Facebook (a service that’s emerging as the big, bad meanie of online privacy) has rubbed many users the wrong way, it’s Pandora that’s on the hot seat when it comes to user […]