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MSNBC
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Facebook said on Tuesday it is introducing new privacy controls that give users of the fast-growing social networking site the ability to preserve social distinctions between friends, family and co-workers online.
Facebook executives told reporters at..
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BBC News
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The founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users for the way it launched a social advertising system.
Called Beacon, the system tracks web shopping on partner sites outside Facebook and then sells adverts to the so..
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BusinessWeek
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The social network gives in to complaints, granting users greater control over a system that shares information about Web activity
Facebook made modifications to a controversial advertising system that many users considered an invasion of privacy. On N..
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BBC News
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Popular social networking site Facebook has added a public-facing search function in a move which is likely to anger privacy advocates.
The function will initially allow anyone who is not registered with the site to search for a specific person.
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Los Angeles Times
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REMEMBER Friendster?
The online social networking site was on track to become the Internet's next big phenomenon a few years ago until an upstart called MySpace eclipsed it in popularity and media attention. But being spurned by America's fickle teenag..
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BusinessWeek
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MySpace and Friendster’s runaway popularity and exposure have helped spawn an array of targeted networking sites. Advertisers are noticing
Andrew Anker knew he had too many "friends" when business associates, looking to curry favor with his blogging..
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Journalism.co.uk
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DigitalJournal.com has re-launched as a revenue-sharing social network website offering financial rewards to readers for posting news and comments...
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New Scientist
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The social interactions that glue the World Wide Web together are now so complex it has outgrown the relatively narrow field of computer science, say pioneering internet researchers...
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Washington Post
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Teen Web sensation MySpace became so big so fast, News Corp. spent $580 million last year to buy it. Then Google Inc. struck a $900 million deal, primarily to advertise with it. But now Jackie Birnbaum and her fellow English classmates at Falls Church Hig..
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MSNBC
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Being social, the purpose of the site, is crucial to developing an identity. Adolescents adjust their behavior — and images — to positive and negative interactions with their peers. Rosen writes in his book that social flops, which can crush kids’ s..
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BusinessWeek
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The social network provides important lessons for executives—and a key forum for innovation and experimentation
For most business executives, Facebook remains a remote, somewhat mysterious, online frontier. Many executives harbor strong doubts that F..
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BusinessWeek
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At SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg says the social network has yet to achieve its grand ambition. Plus, the lesson of the Beacon controversy
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, 23, has developed a reputation, deserved or not, for being aloof and arrogant...
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BusinessWeek
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Funware" brings gaming features to consumer applications like photo-sharing and social networking
It doesn't gather dust like the shoebox of old photos sitting in your closet, but chances are that your collection of online pics is similarly disorganize..
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BusinessWeek
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Sports-related sites are quickly drawing new users—and high-caliber advertisers
After years of trekking from Jacksonville to the ski trails of Appalachian Ski Mountain in North Carolina, Brandon Witkovich, 24, is moving from Florida to Colorado with..
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BusinessWeek
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After cashing in big with PayPal, Max Levchin could be at it again with his social network tool. The latest funding values Slide at a half-billion
When Max Levchin started Slide, the popular tool that lets users create slide shows and other bling for s..
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BusinessWeek
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The investment, likely to be in the millions, from Germany's Net-savvy Samwer brothers, will boost the social networking site's Europe expansion
Facebook has attracted yet another strategic investor, raising millions of euros to fuel its European expan..
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BBC News
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It is not just the average net user who is a fan of social network sites, so are hi-tech criminals.
So say security professionals predicting what net criminals will turn to in 2008 to catch people out.
The quasi-intimate nature of the sites makes pe..
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BusinessWeek
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Food sites are hugely popular on the Web. Fueling the growth: social networking tools that let home cooks share recipes, tips, and comments
Bonnie Bucqueroux is the Internet's own iron chef. Doubt it? Just watch the woman cook a Christmas turducken...
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BBC News
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Social network sites are moving to make it much easier for software developers to write add-ons for the hugely popular web destinations.
Bebo, Facebook, Meebo and Friendster have unveiled plans to help them become more than places to keep in touch...
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BusinessWeek
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Users of the No. 1 social network show they're much more likely to engage with Presidential candidates on the Web than online adults overall
The MySpace generation is politically engaged, gets a lot of political information online, and is concerned abo..
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