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From Facebook to MySpace to LinkedIn to Twitter to dozens of others, social networks are either the Net's next phase or the Net's next fad (maybe both?), as we spend more and more of our lives online

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April 2009
- If I Had a Thought, and Didn't Tweet, Did It Exist?
  
  Detroit Free Press | Apr 6, 09 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The sudden ubiquity of ways to share one’s most intimate observations every second of every day has Michael Rosenberg, in the Detroit Free Press , worried he recently let an original thought go “unwritten, unblogged, unTwittered, unFacebooked.” He tries to jog his memory, not wanting another to get away: “Wouldn’t it send me on a vicious downward spiral, leaving me with all sorts of private emotions and feelings, even dreams?” More »
- Campus Cops Track Facebook for Lawbreakers
  
  Washington Post | Apr 6, 09 4:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As teenagers embrace social networking, campus cops have started using Facebook and MySpace to prevent brawls, monitor gangs, and—in one case—identify an armed robber based on clothing he wore in his profile picture. Officers assigned to the cyberbeat regularly scour thousands of students' pages, many of which flaunt illicit behavior. "It's crazy, the things they put on there," a sheriff tells the Washington Post. More »
- US Teen Saves UK Facebook Pal From Suicide
  
  BBC | Apr 5, 09 3:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An American girl saved a British teen who sent her a Facebook message threatening to kill himself with a drug overdose, BBC says. The girl told her mother, who alerted local police, setting off a chain response from the White House to the British Embassy in Washington and finally to Scotland Yard. British police found the 16-year-old, who’s since fully recovered. More »
- Google Wants Twitter Deal, Not Purchase
  
  Dow Jones | Apr 3, 09 6:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google is aiming to team up with the micro-blogging sensation Twitter, not buy it, Dow Jones Newswire reports. A source close to the talks says Google wants to strike up an AdSense partnership to enable Twitter to show Google ads and profit from them. The benefit for Google: less chance of Twitter emerging as an independent competitor or being snatched up by the likes of Microsoft. More »
- 5 Reasons Twitter's Worth $1B to Google
  
  Business Insider | Apr 3, 09 4:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google will look like a twit if it doesn’t snap up Twitter, and Henry Blodget of Silicon Alley Insider gives 5 reasons it should part with $1 billion to do so: Search, Google’s bread and butter, is dwindling, and the company needs a new growth engine to energize the business. If it acts now, it may grab Twitter on the cheap. More »
- Demi's Tweets Help Save Suicidal Woman
  
  Access Hollywood | Apr 3, 09 12:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Demi Moore helped save the life of an apparently suicidal woman early today using Twitter, Access Hollywood reports. A California woman sent the actress a message on the micro-blogging site saying she was “getting a knife” and “going to cut my arm down.” Moore reposted the message on her Twitter page, and her followers alerted San Jose police, who took the woman for evaluation. More »
- Google Near Deal to Acquire Twitter: Insiders
  
  TechCrunch | Apr 3, 09 7:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google is in the last stages of acquiring Twitter for a price well above the microblogging site's recent $250 million valuation, reports industry blog TechCrunch, citing anonymous sources. Twitter recently rejected a $500 million offer from Facebook—although much of that price was in stock that may be overvalued. A rep from Google refused to comment on "rumors and speculation." More »
- Facebook Should 'Unfriend' CEO
  
  Gawker | Apr 2, 09 1:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg has made mistakes in the past 6 weeks “that would have led to any normal CEO's firing,” Owen Thomas writes for Gawker, and the Facebook CEO's case should be no different. His three strikes: a privacy-shredding “terms of service disaster,” an “awful redesign,” and the “disgraceful, petty ouster” of a veteran manager. If the board is smart—and resourceful—it will dump the site’s founder. More »
- Surfing on Company Time Boosts Productivity
  
  Reuters | Apr 2, 09 12:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If your boss catches you reading this article, don’t sweat it. A little recreational internet use on the job makes for more productive employees, according to a new Australian study. The study surveyed 300 people, 70% of whom engaged in a little WILB—“workplace Internet leisure browsing.” Those valiant slackers were actually 9% more productive than the 30% who heroically refrained from checking Facebook, Reuters reports. More »
- Cowell Not a Fan of Celeb Twittering
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Apr 2, 09 8:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Always one to judge, Simon Cowell is going after fellow celebrities who are hooked on Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. "It's like phoning someone randomly whose number you don't even have and saying: 'Hi, it's Simon, I went out with my family this weekend,'" he said. But maybe there's another reason for the anti-Twitter stance: American Idol co-star Ryan Seacrest once tweeted that Cowell looked old. More »
- Twitter Takes the Secrets Out of Film Shoots
  
  Hollywood Reporter | Apr 1, 09 10:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Film shoots were once mysterious and secretive domains, with access allowed only to the select few—sometimes not even studio heads. Now, thanks to social networking sites like Twitter, there is no such thing as a closed set, says the Hollywood Reporter . “I have gotten thousands of enthusiastic posts from people thanking me for the frank, unpolished look at the making of my latest film,” says one tweeting director. More »
- Guardian to Stop Presses, Go Twitter-Only
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 1, 09 6:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After 188 years in print, the celebrated UK newspaper the Guardian is switching to a Twitter-only format, it said in today's April 1 edition. All news, the paper said, will appear in 140-character “tweets,” which “experts say” is enough for any story. “In the new media environment, readers want short and punchy coverage, while the interactive possibilities of Twitter promise to transform th,” wrote a media expert before reaching his character limit. More »
March 2009
- Facebook Shakeup Renews Talk of Public Offering
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 31, 09 7:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Facebook today announced another big departure from its executive ranks, fueling speculation that a move to go public is gaining traction, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's chief financial officer, Gideon Yu, is leaving, and Facebook is searching for a replacement who has experience at a public company, the Journal notes. More »
- Love's Furious Tweets Not Lost in Lawsuit
  
  Independent (UK) | Mar 29, 09 1:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Twitter, the microblogging site that even counts President Obama as a member, has reached yet another milestone: it’s first libel suit, the Independent reports. Courtney Love’s former fashion designer claims the wild rocker left angry “tweets” about her, calling her a “nasty, lying, hosebag thief” with “a history of dealing cocaine” who would be “hunted til your [sic] dead.” More »
- Mark Cuban Takes His Ref Gripes to Twitter
  
  CNET | Mar 29, 09 10:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has disagreed with referees in the past, he's tended to gripe, shout, or bellow—and pay the resulting fines. But now he's also tweeting, notes Chris Matyszczyk on Cnet.com. Cuban posted a complaint about a no-call on a Nuggets player: "how do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground?" More »
- Another Twitter Knockoff, This One for Moms
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 28, 09 5:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The concept of Twitter, widely copied in the US and abroad, has found a home at a mommy-centric website, the Wall Street Journal reports. The site Today’s Mama hosts a new microblog called “Connect," which, unlike Twitter, allows users to join groups by region or topic. But it still hews to the basic format; mothers who want to write more than 140 words need not apply. More »
- Mayer: Twitter's Like Sending Poop Photos
  
  E! Online | Mar 27, 09 10:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John Mayer may be a hardcore tweeter, but says Twitter is “inherently silly and it’s inherently dumb,” E! Online reports. “It’s one step away from sending pictures of your poop,” the singer/songwriter said. Why then, Mark Malkin asks, does he tweet? “I’ve always communicated at a high level as best I can, whether it’s Twitter, Napster or message boards,” Mayer noted. More »
- Those Twittering Celebs Have a Little Help
  
  New York Times | Mar 27, 09 8:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 50 Cent has more than 200,000 fans following his every 140-character pronouncement on Twitter, such as this recent gem: "My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends." But the multimillionaire rapper doesn't bother to write his microblog; he has an assistant who does it in his voice. As the New York Times reports, 50 is just one of many celebrities, politicians, and businesses that have embraced the intimacy of Twitter, but aren't tweeting themselves. More »
- 'Cougar' Trend a Myth
  
  Boston Globe | Mar 25, 09 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The idea that a legion of young Ashtons are out there prowling for older women is—sorry, ladies—a myth, writes Meredith Goldstein in the Boston Globe . The dating industry is awash with tales of “cougar” events canceled due to low interest among younger men, and industry experts confirm that guys typically date women up to 6 years younger, but only 2 years older, than them. More »
- I Say, Old Chap, Big Brother Is Watching Twitter
  
  Independent (UK) | Mar 25, 09 9:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The British government wants to keep an eye on what people are doing on Facebook. On the lookout for terrorist plots, the Home Office has provoked an outcry from civil libertarians by floating a plan to track users of social networking sites, which were previously free of government monitoring, reports the Independent . The plan “would turn millions of innocent Britons into permanent suspects,” said one privacy advocate. More »

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