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 Facebook: Defining 
 Religion in 100 Characters 

From agnostics to Jedis, users wonder how to sum up views

Aug 30, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - It could be a quick question: What's your religion? But Facebook’s request for that information has led many to review and revise their beliefs to fit into a 100-character space, the Washington Post reports. Answers range from Christian, Facebook’s most popular belief system, to a professed belief in... More »

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social networking • Islam • Internet • Christianity • religion • Facebook • atheism • agnostic

Facebook Beefs Up Privacy Protection

Canadian concerns prompt changes in
how apps get info

Aug 27, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - In response to criticism by the Canadian government, Facebook is enacting far-reaching changes in how third-party applications gain access to personal data, TechCrunch reports. Currently, Facebook applications ask users once, upon installation, for approval to access personal information. Under the new rules, the apps will have to ask repeatedly as... More »

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social networking • Canada • privacy • Facebook • online privacy • personal privacy • Internet privacy • social media

Tax Collectors Use MySpace, Google to Find Deadbeats

Public profiles can provide valuable income information for revenue agents

Aug 27, 09 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet-savvy state tax collectors are using a new tool in tracking down evaders: social networking websites. Tax collectors are taking advantage of the fact that an individual’s MySpace or Facebook profile often contains quite a bit of professional information, the Wall Street Journal reports. Agents in Nebraska, for example,... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • IRS • Facebook • tax evasion • income • Internal Revenue Service • tax fraud • state governments • state budgets • social media

 To Sell or Not to Sell? 




Aug 27, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founders of Twitter keep insisting it's not for sale, but perhaps they should think again, writes Ben Parr of tech blog Mashable. Only two weeks ago Twitter looked smart for refusing its suitors—but then Facebook made a series of big moves, from buying FriendFeed to launching a speedy... More »

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technology • social networking • mergers and acquisitions • Facebook • Twitter • microblogging • technology companies

 Palin to Fans: Watch Beck 

Ex-governor encourages Facebook friends to find out 'who is actually running the White House'

Aug 26, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is using her social-media soapbox to plug Glenn Beck’s Fox News show, Politico reports. In a message to her 829,000 Facebook friends, Palin says the host has been "doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining... More »

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GOP • Facebook • conservative • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sarah Palin

Ad Campaign Takes Death Panel Fight
to Facebook

Targets Palin fans;
'tell her to stop lying'

Aug 24, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pro-health reform group is hitting Sarah Palin where she lives, the Plum Line reports—Facebook. Americans United for Change is running ads on the social networking site, where “death panels” got their start. The missives, targeted specifically at Palin followers of every stripe, ask users to “send... More »

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social networking • Facebook • health care reform • Internet advertising • Americans United for Change • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • death panel

(Newser) - Facebook is planning to expand its 1,000-strong staff by up to 50% this year, Mark Zuckerberg says, taking advantage of a surplus of engineers in a weak job market. In an interview with Bloomberg, the 25-year-old CEO also says he wants to turn a profit by next year, in... More »

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social networking • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • hiring • technology companies

COMMENTARY

 Why Facebook Booted My Baby 


Aug 21, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joel Stein’s 3-month-old son Laszlo wasn’t a model Facebook citizen—“he threatened to pee on some, cut others,” and would routinely comment “I’d hit that” on other babies’ photos—but that’s no reason to kick him off the site, right? Turns out Baby... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • humor • baby • Joel Stein • terms of service • underage

(Newser) - Facebook’s recent deal to let employees sell some of their stock to private investors has sent Silicon Valley scrambling, as workers at other start-ups ask for similar deals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Start-ups rely on the promise of future stock sales to lure and retain talent, but... More »

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Silicon Valley • Facebook • venture capital • Internet startups • startup • private companies

OPINION

 Most Annoying 
 Facebook Habits 


Aug 20, 09 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook's got something to annoy everyone, it seems, and Brandon Griggs runs down the most annoying characteristics of Facebookers for CNN. A sampling:
  • The Compulsive Poster: "Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus."
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social networking • Internet • Facebook • online friend • user • annoying • status update

Nearly Half of Employers Screen Social Media Profiles

HR departments use Facebook, MySpace as source of information on candidates

Aug 19, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s becoming increasingly likely that a prospective employer will check your Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn profile, Mashable reports. A recent survey found that 45% of human-resource departments search the social-media profiles of prospective employees, with another 11% planning to institutionalize a social-networking screen in the near future. And recruiters... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • LinkedIn • employers • Recruiters • employees • Jay-ZTV • social media

(Newser) - A group of Facebook users has sued the social networking company for violating consumer privacy laws by harvesting personal information for commercial purposes and failing to compensate clients, reports CNET. "Plaintiffs and the general public desire and expect a level of privacy, which Facebook has failed to satisfy,"... More »

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Internet • California • privacy • Facebook • court • lawsuit • Internet privacy

ANALYSIS

With FriendFeed, Facebook Aims to Rule Social Media

FriendFeed buy is bid to consolidate Internet

Aug 16, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook’s $47.5 million purchase of FriendFeed is about more than competing with Twitter in real-time search, Chadwick Matlin argues for the Washington Post. Facebook could use FriendFeed and Facebook Connect to become a “social media aggregator”—a hub for all content its users create and peruse... More »

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social networking • Facebook • web portal • FriendFeed • Twitter • aggregator • Jay-ZTV

Robber Mocks Victim on Facebook

'TV was rubbish so I
left it ... regards your nighttime burglar'

Aug 15, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A robber who swiped a family's laptop and iPhone in England this week has returned to haunt them—on Facebook, the Telegraph reports. "I have the laptop, phones OK but a bit scratched itll do," the thief wrote after hacking into the Facebook page of Victoria Richardson,... More »

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iPhone • robbery • Facebook • thief • burglar • laptop

 Palin Resurfaces on Twitter 


Aug 14, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has changed her Twitter handle to the more civilian-sounding "SarahPalinUSA" now that her old username, AKGovSarahPalin, is defunct, CNN reports. The move sparked speculation that the she may yet tweet again. The former Alaska governor has not tweeted since she resigned, preferring Facebook for her communiqués.... More »

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social networking • Alaska • politics • Facebook • resignation • governor • Sarah Palin • Twitter

 Netscape Founder 
 Reenters Browser Battle 

Details hushed on RockMelt project

Aug 14, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stung but not discouraged by Netscape's loss to Internet Explorer in the browser battles of the 1990s, Netscape’s founder is getting back in the game, the New York Times reports. Marc Andreessen is funding a startup called RockMelt, which is developing a new browser of its own. “We... More »

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Silicon Valley • Facebook • web browser • Internet Explorer • Netscape • Marc Andreessen • RockMelt

OPINION

 Palin on Facebook: 
 Now She's Got a Ghostwriter 

She even used a semicolon—it can't possibly be her

Aug 13, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin came out swinging on Facebook last night, responding to criticism of her infamous “death panels” comment in a 1,000-word, point-by-point rebuttal, complete with footnotes. There’s only one problem, notes Cajun Boy on Gawker: “There’s no way in hell Sarah Palin wrote it.”... More »

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health care • Facebook • ghostwrite • health care reform • Sarah Palin • death panel • deathers

(Newser) - Facebook is testing a stripped-down version called “Facebook Lite” that loads faster but has limited functionality, TechCrunch reports. The beta was mistakenly revealed to a larger-than-intended set of users; some who did see it noticed a similarity to Twitter and Facebook's recently acquired FriendFeed. The social networking site says... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • FriendFeed • Twitter • beta testing

Prez Hopefuls Offer Change Afghanistan
Can Believe In

Candidates mimic Obama campaign

Aug 12, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Which presidential candidate has a lock on the words "hope" and "change"? These days, it's Afghan challenger Abdullah Abdullah, whose Obamaesque website—complete with scrolling news feeds, photo and video galleries, and social networking links—exhorts voters to "join the campaign to change Afghanistan." As... More »

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Afghanistan • Internet • YouTube • Hamid Karzai • Facebook • Ashraf Ghani • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

Facebook Buys Rival FriendFeed for $50M

Purchase sets up battle with Twitter for real-time search market

Aug 11, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook is buying fellow social networking site FriendFeed for nearly $50 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. Friendfeed, a 12-employee outfit founded by former Google engineers, allowed users to share information across multiple social media services but never took off beyond a core techie user base. The purchase may help... More »

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technology • social networking • mergers and acquisitions • Facebook • Internet startups • FriendFeed • Twitter • technology companies • Jay-ZTV • social media

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