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Classification of Fb Friends

Which kind of friend are you? Added, confirmed, then removed? Continue reading

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Facebook cited in 20 percent of divorces

Facebook is doing much more than bringing old friends back together. Some say social networking can get way too friendly for people who are married and are linking sites like Facebook to an increase in divorces. WHAS interviewed a man … Continue reading

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Lady Gaga Surpasses President Obama In Facebook Fans

President Obama, Starbucks, “House,” “Twilight” and “South Park.” What do all of these things have in common? As of Friday, they all had fewer Facebook fans than Lady Gaga. Continue reading

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Social media – with us or against us?

By: Luke Appleby The Web is changing the way we interact and build meaningful connections, but there is a strange undercurrent at work. Services like Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, LinkedIn and Digg make it easier than ever before to share what … Continue reading

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Russian cell phone users get free Facebook access0

Facebook has launched a joint project with Russian mobile operators on free access to its website via cell phones, an official of the social networking company said. The Facebook Zero project was aimed at cooperating with mobile operators, whose subscribers … Continue reading

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Online Publishers Turn To Facebook

By: Lee Vann In my previous post I challenged marketers to engage with Hispanics through social media. Since that time, many marketers have done just that, but what is most interesting to me is how Hispanic online publishers have suddenly … Continue reading

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PE firm buys shares of Facebook for $120 mn

Private equity firm Elevation Partners has invested $120 million in Facebook Inc by buying shares of the social networking site Continue reading

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Google Rumored to Be Taking Another Swing at Social

Between Orkut, Buzz, and arguably a whole lot of other services, Google has its fingers in a lot of social media pots. What’s its next social experiment? According to a rumor propagated by Digg Founder Kevin Rose, it’s a Facebook competitor called “Google Me” that will launch in the near future. Google hasn’t confirmed the information. Continue reading

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Facebook’s paternalistic attitudes aren’t empowering

By Danah Boyd (CNN) — Facebook’s privacy problems have been in the news … again. Although complaints may have started deep in the blogosphere, even Time Magazine has made them its cover story. In response, Facebook announced a new privacy … Continue reading

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Facebook Revenue May Be Approaching $1B

By MATHEW INGRAM Facebook pulled in close to $800 million in revenue last year, according to a report from Reuters, which quoted two people “familiar with the situation.” Earlier estimates from a variety of sources have been in the $500-$700 … Continue reading

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