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15 Oct 2009 11:07

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Tech: Some people are happy being social-networking neophytes

  • I have close friends – and I know how to reach them. People create arguments, actual arguments or disagreements as a result of Facebook. I am like, ‘Really? It’s a computer network?’ We need to stop.
  • 28-year-old Natasha Hawkins • Describing why she doesn’t use services like Facebook and Twitter – because it creates drama. Her friends are annoyed with her because it’s harder to keep her in the loop, but she’s steadfast about her beliefs. And she’s not alone. 85 percent of people between 18 and 34 used Facebook, MySpace and Twitter in August, but that means 15 percent didn’t. They may be living under rocks. They may be stubborn. Or they may just prefer human interaction. • source
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20 Sep 2009 20:30

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Tech: You don’t need a gaydar; you need someone’s Facebook profile

A bunch of MIT researchers figured out you could figure out whether or not someone was gay based on their Facebook friends alone. Stalkers. source
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11 Sep 2009 13:51

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Tech: Daily poll: Facebook, Twitter, and your social-networking rights

  • Biz Stone says your tweets are yours. Yesterday, the Twitter CEO updated the site’s blog and told users that while Twitter can distribute as it would like, “they are your tweets and they belong to you.” As Facebook has faced lots of criticism from users about privacy issues (and MySpace has a rep as a place for sex predators), social networking often runs into issues with the rights of its users. So, that’s what this poll is about. Have an opinion? Vote. source
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01 Sep 2009 21:06

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Biz, Tech: Facebook and MySpace pretty much own the online ad market

  • 21% of online ads run on social media sites source
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12 Aug 2009 10:55

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Tech: Yes, Twitter getting DDOSed again. Who do we need to kill?

  • You inconsiderate bastards. Have you considered that people besides you (or the people you’re trying to attack) use this service? That this social networking stuff is actually a resource, not a toy? That these tools have wide-ranging uses beyond your limited scope? Admittedly, we shouldn’t simply be upset at those distributing a denial of service attack. Twitter has some significant scalability issues that make it vulnerable to attacks like these. But still, jerks. Screw you. The internet isn’t your toy. source
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12 Aug 2009 10:01

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Tech: Facebook tests a lite version of the service, the Internet freaks

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  • Azar Chougle is currently a Facebook superstar. Last night, Facebook announced the testing of a new service called Facebook Lite, which had some wannabe pundits saying, “OH MY GOD, IT’S LIKE TWITTER AND FRIENDFEED!” It’s not, seriously. It just gets rid of all the extra crud that Facebook added over the last four or five years and gets back to its essence. Which we’re sure probably improves load times. source
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10 Aug 2009 20:42

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Biz, Tech: FriendFeed and Facebook more than friends, feeling each other up

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  • What Facebook gets Interesting technology that they can use in future redesigns and upgrades, and – well, let’s not kid ourselves, this is the main reason – access to some really, really bright minds. The founders of FriendFeed are responsible for helping to create Google services you use every single day, like Google Maps and GMail. They’re worth it. source
  • What Facebook gets Interesting technology that they can use in future redesigns and upgrades, and – well, let’s not kid ourselves, this is the main reason – access to some really, really bright minds. The founders of FriendFeed are responsible for helping to create Google services you use every single day, like Google Maps and GMail. They’re worth it.
  • What FriendFeed gets Exposure. FriendFeed’s root idea – the combining of social streams into a single feed – is a good idea that didn’t have the PR manpower of Twitter or Facebook. Facebook could push the service really hard. Or this could go down like Geocities and Facebook could drive it into the ground. We’re betting the latter. source
  • What Facebook gets Interesting technology that they can use in future redesigns and upgrades, and – well, let’s not kid ourselves, this is the main reason – access to some really, really bright minds. The founders of FriendFeed are responsible for helping to create Google services you use every single day, like Google Maps and GMail. They’re worth it.
  • What FriendFeed gets Exposure. FriendFeed’s root idea – the combining of social streams into a single feed – is a good idea that didn’t have the PR manpower of Twitter or Facebook. Facebook could push the service really hard. Or this could go down like Geocities and Facebook could drive it into the ground. We’re betting the latter.
  • Our feeling This merger makes a lot of sense. Facebook has been mimicking FriendFeed’s best features for ages, even moreso since the last redesign. And we’ve had a link to our FriendFeed on the site for months to basically no response – which tells us that unless you’re Robert Scoble (or know who Robert Scoble is), you don’t use it. source
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24 Jul 2009 21:26

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Biz, Tech: Coke has a big Facebook brand, but it’s not as big as Starbucks

  • 3.5 million number of fans the soft-drink company has managed to curate on Facebook since Pages began; it was long the leading Facebook brand source
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07 Jul 2009 16:29

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Biz: Generally speaking, money is growing on trees over at Facebook.

  • Generally speaking, people who are selling their stock in Facebook now are making a mistake.
  • Facebook board member and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Andreessen • stating the obvious. With money coming out its a** and more than 225 million registered users, we think you would have to have a serious brain fart (or some killer insider information) to sell any of its stock.  • source
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07 Jul 2009 16:15

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Biz: Facebook to world: What recession? We still rock.

  • $500 million is their lowball estimate of what Facebook will be raking in this year for revenue. source
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