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15 Feb 2009 20:41

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Tech: Facebook hits a new peak in users

  • 175 million people are now on the social networking service source
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12 Feb 2009 10:19

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Tech: Breaking down the Facebook “25 things” phenomenon

Slate put way too much time into analyzing the viral nature of this fad. source
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11 Feb 2009 22:37

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Tech: Facebook paid lots of money to make ConnectU go away

  • $65 million was paid to the founders of ConnectU, a competing site who claims Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ripped them off while he was still at Harvard source
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05 Feb 2009 21:23

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U.S.: Facebook allows the class creep to go to new depths of creepiness

  • It started with Facebook High school student Anthony Stancl of New Berlin, Wisc. (outside of Milwaukee) was arrested recently for a disturbing scheme where he pretended to be a girl on Facebook. Know how they tell you to watch out for sexual predators on MySpace and Facebook? Well, it’s kinda like that, but worse. “She” would allegedly talk to the boys in his class and convince them to send the “girl” naked photos of themselves … source
  • It started with Facebook High school student Anthony Stancl of New Berlin, Wisc. (outside of Milwaukee) was arrested recently for a disturbing scheme where he pretended to be a girl on Facebook. Know how they tell you to watch out for sexual predators on MySpace and Facebook? Well, it’s kinda like that, but worse. “She” would allegedly talk to the boys in his class and convince them to send the “girl” naked photos of themselves …
  • It ended with blackmail … which “she” would then use to blackmail the students in question into giving him (not “her”) sexual favors. “She” would threaten to distribute the photos to friends or put them online. He apparently did this a number of times between February 2007 and November of last year, and faces up to 300 years in prison. And now we need to take a shower, because we feel very dirty for writing about this. source
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03 Feb 2009 10:15

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Tech: For the love of God, will the Facebook “25 Things” trend end already?

  • What it is Some enterprising jerk on Facebook came up with this idea of having everyone write notes including 25 things about themselves. And like a juggernaut, it just kept building and building until all your freaking friends did it. As a result of the trend, notes on the site have more than doubled and tags of friends have quintupled. source
  • What it is Some enterprising jerk on Facebook came up with this idea of having everyone write notes including 25 things about themselves. And like a juggernaut, it just kept building and building until all your freaking friends did it. As a result of the trend, notes on the site have more than doubled and tags of friends have quintupled.
  • Why it’s annoying Everyone has 25 interesting things, right? Sure. But it’s interesting when one person does it – it’s like a beautiful piece of art in a sea of minimalism. But when everyone does it, it’s like white noise, background chatter and it makes you want to beat up the nerd who came up with the idea. We’re totally giving that guy a swirlie; it makes us feel manly. source
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21 Jan 2009 10:28

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Offbeat: Facebook, married to the Mafia?

  • Italian authorities say maybe. Authorities in the boot-shaped country are taking special interest in pages and groups set up to honor jailed Mafiosi on Facebook. “These are people who are accused of serious crimes and are in prison,” noted Rita Borsellino, whose brother Paolo spent his life investigating the Cosa Nostra before getting killed in a hit. OK, OK, she’s right, it’s not fun like The Sopranos. But can we at least pretend? source
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20 Jan 2009 09:46

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Tech, U.S.: Watch the inauguration live, with Facebook

  • Hey, it beats being out there. CNN and Facebook brokered a deal to bring the inauguration to computers with a mix of streaming video and social networking. At work? Load it up while the boss isn’t looking. And put up a status update telling your friends how awesome it is. source
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15 Jan 2009 12:24

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Biz, Tech: Burger King wants you to lose your friends; Facebook says no.

  • Clever or evil? Burger King and their super-awesome advertising company, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, recently launched an app on Facebook called “Whopper Sacrifice” that would earn you a free Whopper if you ditched ten of your friends. source
  • Clever or evil? Burger King and their super-awesome advertising company, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, recently launched an app on Facebook called “Whopper Sacrifice” that would earn you a free Whopper if you ditched ten of your friends.
  • “Privacy issues” killed it While a seemingly smart idea, Facebook didn’t like the precedent it set, so the social networking site shut it down for privacy reasons – they were specifically upset that the program actually informed users they were getting ditched, which feels extra-cruel with a side of fries. source
  • Clever or evil? Burger King and their super-awesome advertising company, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, recently launched an app on Facebook called “Whopper Sacrifice” that would earn you a free Whopper if you ditched ten of your friends.
  • “Privacy issues” killed it While a seemingly smart idea, Facebook didn’t like the precedent it set, so the social networking site shut it down for privacy reasons – they were specifically upset that the program actually informed users they were getting ditched, which feels extra-cruel with a side of fries.
  • Pickle-ditched Despite the shutdown, the service left a definite impact – 233,906 friend-ditches by 82,771 cruel, hungry people who aren’t willing to spare a few bucks for the sake of their friend from French class in high school. That’s right, you’re less important than a burger, Mary. (Sorry, Mary. :( ) source
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08 Jan 2009 09:22

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Culture, Music: We can’t wait until Katy Perry flinches

  • I have Katy Perry’s number, someone did me a favour. I’m just waiting for her to open her mouth one more time, then it hits Facebook.
  • Lily Allen • who’s said a lot of pretty entertaining things lately • source
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06 Jan 2009 14:29

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Offbeat, Tech: A look at this man’s face is a look at nipples

  • An artistic protest against Facebook. In the wake of the breast-feeding saga rocking Facebook, one enterprising artistic type decided to make a collage of his face entirely out of nipples, just to see if it’d set off the censors. It’s still up as of this moment. We’d show you the photo, but it’s got a lot of nipples in it. source
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