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 Angelou Alive, 
 Well, Despite 
 Reports 

TMZ reports poet's illness, Twitterers add 'RIP'

Oct 5, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to reports by TMZ and scores of Tweets and re-Tweets, Maya Angelou is alive and well. The gossip site reported over the weekend that the poet missed a Los Angeles awards show because she had been hospitalized. In fact, she hadn't been invited to the presentation. The mix-up exhibited... More »

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social networking • literature • TMZ • poetry • Maya Angelou • Twitter

Brit Court Serves
Injunction Via Twitter

Order means days of spoof Twitter accounts may be numbered

Oct 2, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's High Court has delivered what's believed to be the first-ever injunction served via Twitter. An anonymous Twitter user who created a spoof account called "Blaney's Blarney" using the photo of lawyer and right-wing blogger Donal Blaney has been sent a message via the site telling him to stop... More »

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social networking • blogger • Britain • Twitter • court order • microblogging

UK Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Conservative blogger uses tweet to notify impersonator of injunction

Oct 1, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports.... More »

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social networking • United Kingdom • blogging • Britain • High Court • Twitter • microblogging

(Newser) - The developer whose software was used to create the “Should Obama be Killed?” Facebook poll has talked to the Secret Service. “The conversation with the SS was fine,” Jesse Farmer wrote on Twitter, but “If the goal was to resolve the issue + inform the SS,... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama • social media

ANALYSIS

Facebook Divorce Rule No. 1: Don't Overshare

Divorcee, beware. His lawyer might be reading those posts

Sep 29, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like many things, the etiquette for dealing with marital troubles on Facebook isn’t exactly covered in the Terms of Service. And like any other Facebook action, Amanda Fortini writes, users would do well to think before they type. When a recently separated woman posted a status update reading “... More »

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social networking • Internet • divorce • Web 2.0 • marriage • Facebook • lawyer • defriending • marital woes

Addicted to Facebook? You're Likely Urban and Affluent

MySpace users tend to be poorer

Sep 29, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook and Twitter users are more likely to be urban and affluent than the rest of the US population, according to a new Nielsen study, while MySpace aficionados tend to have lower incomes. People in the top third of the income bracket are 25% more likely to use Facebook than... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Nielsen • Twitter • demographic trends • affluent



 Secret Service 
 Probes Facebook Poll 
 on Murdering Obama 

Bloggers alerted law enforcement to potential danger

Sep 28, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is looking into a Facebook poll that asked users to weigh in on whether the president should be killed. “We are taking the appropriate investigative steps,” said a rep for the agency. The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • law enforcement • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama

 How to Get 
 Yourself 
 Retweeted 

Data analysis tells you words to use and when to build your brand

Sep 22, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might think all you need to do to get your 140-character gems rebroadcast on Twitter is make them, well, good. Wrong. Fast Company looks at some data-proven tips from Hubspot's Dan Zarrella:
  • Links work—If they're the right links: Retweets (or RTs) are three times more likely to
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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • blog • Twitter • tweet • follower • retweet

Facebook Friend List Can Indicate Sexuality: Study

MIT students identified gay men using sexuality of online friends

Sep 21, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at MIT designed a program that allowed them to identify gay men using their Facebook friends' sexual preferences, and the results are sparking debate about online privacy, the Boston Globe reports. The "Gaydar" project looked at the “interested in” field and tabulated the number of gay friends... More »

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social networking • MIT • Facebook • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • gay

Facebook 'Suck Sites' Have Their Day in Court

Defamation lawsuit against angry student may set a precedent

Sep 19, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lawsuit filed by administrators at an Illinois beauty school may set a precedent regarding so-called “suck sites,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Nicholas Blacconiere, a student at the Salon Professional Academy of Elgin, welcomed classmates to criticize teachers on a Facebook page. After students posted accusations of teacher... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Internet libel • parents • web • Twitter • students

 Chad Ochocinco to Fly 
 Twitter Fans to His Games 

Bengal wide receiver, annoyed by ban, shows the love with tickets

Sep 18, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco really likes Twitter, so he wasn't happy about the NFL's new policy banning tweets before, during, and after games. He tried to do an end run—vowing to use hand signals to pass messages to a tweeter in the stands, but the NFL banned having a... More »

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social networking • NFL • football • Cincinnati Bengals • Twitter • Chad Ochocinco

TECH REVIEW

Some Software to Keep You Focused

Digital nannies keep you away from distracting web sites

Sep 17, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The PC is a devilishly distracting tool, with news, social-networking, and game sites—not to mention work—vying for your attention. To salvage his productivity, Farhad Manjoo turned to a number of programs designed to cut down on distractions, he writes for the New York Times. There are three types.... More »

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social networking • work • productivity • office workers • Web browsing • distraction

OPINION

 Fickle User Base 
 May Doom Facebook 

Users with no brand loyalty are a shaky foundation to build a long-lasting business on

Sep 17, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - These are rosy times for Facebook, but there's no guarantee the social networking juggernaut will even be around 5 years from now, Gary Andrew Poole writes for True/Slant.  The newly profitable site is riding high, with 300 million users. But as fallen giants like AOL and veterans of the... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • user generated content • Facebook • profits • Internet startups • Twitter

 Twitter Hits $1B Valuation 

Company will raise $50 million this round

Sep 17, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter soared to $1 billion in valuation in its most recent round of venture capital funding, TechCrunch reports—up from $250 million in a round earlier this year. CEO Evan Williams shared the results with Twitter employees during a recent meeting. Sources say the company will raise about $50 million;... More »

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social networking • venture capital • Internet startups • Twitter

ANALYSIS

Self-Serve Ads, Goods
Work Well for Facebook

After missteps, Zuckerberg and co. have found some winning formulas

Sep 16, 09 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reports on Facebook’s newly announced profitability have focused on a fixed deal with Microsoft that generates a large chunk of their income. But the site’s homegrown revenue sources—self-serve advertising and virtual gifts—shouldn’t be discounted, writes Bobbie Johnson for the Guardian. The personal information on Facebook... More »

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social networking • Web 2.0 • Facebook • profits • profit growth • gift

 Facebook Makes Money At Last 

Social networking site hits profitability ahead of schedule

Sep 16, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - After mountains of hype, Facebook has joined the ranks of profitable enterprises, despite an advertising model that Ad Age describes as “nascent.” Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the social site had passed the 300 million registered-user mark and become “cash-flow positive” last quarter. That actually puts... More »

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social networking • advertising • Facebook • profits • social media

 British Bridges Duel on Twitter 

London Bridge Tweeters mercilessly mock Tower Bridge's dreary updates

Sep 12, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's best-known bridges are battling it out on Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. The steady stream of monotonous updates from London's Tower Bridge's official Twitter feed—"I am opening for the SB Lady Daphne, which is passing upstream"—inspired someone to set up a spoof account for nearby... More »

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social networking • London • bridge • Britain • Twitter • Tower Bridge

 Hospital Staff Suspended 
 Over 'Lying Down Game' 

Administrators not amused by Facebook-inspired antics

Sep 11, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “lying down game,” an online pastime fueled by Facebook, has gotten seven British doctors and nurses suspended for uploading photos of themselves horizontal the job, Sky News reports. Hospital administrators say staff could get fired for breaking infection control regulations. The Facebook group that proposed the game... More »

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social networking • hospitals • Facebook • doctor • suspension • Britain • firing

TECH REVIEW

 Facebook Lite 
 Is Twitteresque, 
 and That's Good 

Pages are easier to read and faster to load, but that may not survive advertising

Sep 11, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - As far as Facebook is concerned, the “liter” the better, writes Rafe Needleman for CNET. The site’s scaled-down “Lite” version is now available in the US and India, and the "new layout feels simpler and faster, almost Twitter-like.” Gone is “most of the navigation... More »

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social networking • Internet • online advertising • Facebook • website • Twitter • redesign • Facebook Lite

'Worst Sports Column Ever' Author Sorry, Sort Of

Calif. scribe used Jaycee as news peg

Sep 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Orange County Register sports columnist is the talk of the blogosphere and the Twitterverse—and not in the good way. Mark Whicker used his Tuesday column to reminisce about the sports events of the past 18 years under the guise of catching Jaycee Dugard up on "what you've... More »

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social networking • Google • kidnapping • rape • abduction • journalism • Twitter • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Mark Whicker • Orange County Register • sports columnist

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