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Google Pulls Plug on Wave

Too few users caught communication platform

(Newser) - Google is pulling the plug on its ambitious "Wave" communication project just over a year after its launch. The tool—which combined email, instant messaging, and social networking features to help users work together—was launched in beta mode last year with much fanfare. Invitations were selling for up... More »

Bill Cosby: I'm Not Dead

Twitter tries and fails to take down another celebrity

(Newser) - Bill Cosby is not dead, despite what you might have read on the Internet this afternoon. In fact, the 73-year-old comedy legend is alive, well, and making up words on Twitter, reports WPIX . Using a term he created after a similar false alarm in February, he tweeted today, "Again,... More »

Social Networking Dominates Time Spent Online

Users only spend 8.3% of their Internet time on email

(Newser) - Social networking websites continue to dominate an increasing portion of the time we spend online, new Nielsen data says. Users are spending 23% of their time on the Internet using sites like Facebook and MySpace, and just 8.3% on email. Only last year, the split was much more even:... More »

Tumblr Raises Its Social Media Profile

Blogging site hires journalist to woo big media outlets

(Newser) - Is Tumblr the Next Big Thing in social media? The New York Times seems to think so, giving it a feature in today’s paper—and you might see more such coverage soon, because the small blogging site is specifically trying to reach out to the media. It hired former... More »

10 Best Facebook Love Stories

These should fuel your daydreams for a while

(Newser) - Sure, Facebook can ruin your marriage . But it can also spark Hollywood-worthy love stories. The Frisky rounds up the 10 best:
  • Young love: When war broke out in Ethiopia, 16-year-old Sysay Tedros and her family fled to England, and Sysay lost track of her boyfriend Getu. Ten years later, she
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Prober Posts 100M Facebook Profiles Online

Downloadable file includes names, URLs

(Newser) - A security researcher has collected and posted the details of 100 million Facebook users to highlight privacy issues. Ron Bowes of Skull Security used a piece of code to trawl the Internet for the names and unique URLs of users who didn't change their privacy levels from Facebook's default settings,... More »

Google Takes on Facebook With Games

Watch out, FarmVille

(Newser) - Google wants to get in on FarmVille and Mafia Wars. The search engine giant's latest run at rival Facebook is an attempt to get a piece of the social gaming pie. Google recently took a financial stake in a social game developer, and is reportedly in talks with other online... More »

Content Reviewers See Worst of the Web

Too much of the Internet's dark side can affect mental health

(Newser) - Imagine spending your workday looking at the vilest images and videos the Internet has to offer. That's the lot of content reviewers, who fill an increasingly necessary role in an online world more and more driven by user-generated content. It's essential for social-networking sites to stay free of snuff videos... More »

Chatroulette Goes After Penis Flashers

It warns users that it's working with police

(Newser) - Chatroulette seems to be getting serious about its penis problem . A new message on the site warns that those who flash minors will end up talking to the cops, reports NewTeeVee . “Broadcasting inappropriate content to minors is a violation of both US and UN law," it reads. "... More »

What Outrage? Privacy-Busting Facebook Hits 500M Users

Site welcomes 500 millionth user

(Newser) - Facebook spent the last six months pissing off users , and what do they get? More users! Though the social network sparked outrage by changing its privacy settings and appropriating user data , Zuckerberg & Co. are stronger than ever, writes Ryan Tate on Gawker , noting that yesterday the site welcomed... More »

Facebook Flunks Customer Satisfaction Survey

Only MySpace has a lower rating

(Newser) - Facebook may have a ton of users, but they apparently don’t like Facebook very much. The social media giant scored a dismal 64 out of 100 on the latest American Customer Service Index, which included social networking sites for the first time this year. That makes it the second... More »

Facebook Wants User Stories for 500M Milestone

Half-billionth member expected to join next week

(Newser) - Another milestone falls next week for Facebook when the 500 millionth member is expected to join. To mark the occasion, the site is collecting "Facebook Stories" from users about how the site affected their lives, reports the All Things Digital blog of the Wall Street Journal. The stories (submit... More »

Sociologist: MySpace 'White Flight' Boosted Facebook

The choice became 'racialized,' she says

(Newser) - Facebook's trouncing of MySpace is rooted in race, writes sociologist Danah Boyd in an upcoming book. (GigaOm has the draft of a key chapter in PDF form here .) Boyd says young people began leaving MySpace in droves in 2007 (she quotes one complaining it became ghetto") and likens... More »

Stupid Facebook Updates That Should Never Happen

'I hate my job' and other ill-advised postings

(Newser) - Common sense seems like a simple premise when deciding what your next Facebook post should be; unfortunately, not everyone has this ability when rushing blindly into the virtual world. This article at All Facebook provides some good (live examples) of Facebook posts that you should never make. A few REAL... More »

Facebook's Fastest Growing Games

FrontierVille leads the way by a mile

(Newser) - AllFacebook runs down the 10 fastest growing Facebook games. Click here for the full list, or for a sampling:
  1. FrontierVille: By far. It added 3.7 million users this week alone; it's from Zynga, the maker of FarmVille, which is heavily pushing it.
  2. Millionaire City: It added 800,000 users
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10 Celebs Who Rule Facebook

Vin Diesel, Linkin Park have a lot more friends than you do

(Newser) - We know Lady Gaga and President Obama have plenty of fans (more than 10 million, though the leader of the free world actually trails the singer). Here are some other surprising social media mavens, singled out by Time , along with their number of fans (as of Thursday) and a taste... More »

How to Write About Tweets Without Saying 'Tweet'

Observer pokes fun at Times ' Twitter story

(Newser) - The New York Times forbids the word "tweet" (in the Twitter sense) from its pages, as the Awl noted a while back. So when the paper wrote a story about LeBron James' doings on Twitter, the New York Observer wondered how in the world it would manage. Here are... More »

Facebook Ditches 'Gifts'

Sorry, you can't spend $1 to send a 3KB JPEG anymore

(Newser) - Clip art lovers despaired yesterday, as Facebook announced it's closing its Gift Shop to focus on other, more popular services. As of Aug. 1, you won’t be able to send new gifts, though your old ones will still show up on your profile. “Closing the Gift Shop may... More »

New Tool Wipes Your Ex From the Web

The Ex-Blocker blocks mentions of he who can't be names

(Newser) - If Facebook made it easier for your old flames to reconnect with you, then the Ex-Blocker (from the Jess3 agency) will be a boon. By filling out a small form, you can basically eliminate all traces of your former paramour from your Facebook, Twitter, and general WWW experience. Read the... More »

Getting Distracted Online Is Good for Humanity

We're all part of a burgeoning superorganism

(Newser) - Don’t worry if you can’t make it through these two paragraphs without checking your email in another tab. There are plenty of doomsayers warning that the Internet is rotting our brains and ruining our ability to concentrate, but they’re missing the point, writes Robert Wright in the... More »

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