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Facebook's Places Kills the Little White Lie
Facebook's Places Kills
the Little White Lie
opinion
Aug 20, 2010 5:07 PM CDT

Facebook's Places Kills the Little White Lie

Careful, location check-ins will expose your fibs

(Newser) - Facebook's new Places feature (details here ) is "sure to affect your relationships in amazing and awful ways," writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate . He focuses on one of the potentially awful ways, the one in which Facebook "becomes the honesty police, a social truth serum that will...

McCain Is a Digital 'Genius'
 McCain Is a Digital 'Genius' 
Aug 20, 2010 12:17 PM CDT

McCain Is a Digital 'Genius'

He leads the way in Senate on social networking

(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign may have schooled John McCain's in the art of digital networking, but McCain has come back with a vengeance. He has the highest "digital IQ" in the Senate, say researchers at George Washington and New York universities, who crunched numbers based on senators' use of Facebook,...

How to Disable Facebook's Places

Location-based feature is opt-in—here's how to opt out

(Newser) - Facebook has unveiled its long-awaited Places feature , as usual assuming that all users will be thrilled to "take part in all of their privacy-eroding new features," writes Adam Dachis at Lifehacker . Luckily, "it's pretty easy to opt out of this one," he says, assuming you're not...

'Facebook Places' Is a Go
 'Facebook Places' Is a Go 
Aug 18, 2010 11:43 PM CDT

'Facebook Places' Is a Go

'Facebook Places' lets users find out where their friends are

(Newser) - Facebook users already know what their friends are doing, now they can find out where they're doing it. The social networking giant has unveiled its new "Facebook Places" location-feature, which allows users to "check in" to a location and post it onto their profiles, CNET reports. The feature...

Facebook's 'Location' Tool: What You Need to Know
Facebook's 'Location' Tool: What You Need to Know
launching today?
Aug 18, 2010 6:14 AM CDT

Facebook's 'Location' Tool: What You Need to Know

The scoop ahead of today's rumored launch

(Newser) - Looks like Facebook is a fan (ha!) of Foursquare . The social networking giant is expected to announce a Foursquare-inspired, location-based feature at today's press conference at HQ, reports BusinessWeek . Some things to consider ahead of the rumored launch:
  • Purpose: The verdict is still out on whether Facebook's new offering
...

The Facebook 'Dislike' App Is Bogus
The Facebook 'Dislike' App
Is Bogus
Aug 16, 2010 2:57 PM CDT

The Facebook 'Dislike' App Is Bogus

Spam malware preys on your desire to insult your friends

(Newser) - A Facebook scam is taking advantage of users who want to hate on posts, links, and pictures. The purported "dislike" app, ostensibly from a Facebook friend, forwards would-be curmudgeons to a page that promises "shocking video"—but instead prompts them to complete surveys, which the BBC notes...

MySpace's New Look Mimics Facebook
MySpace's New Look
Mimics Facebook
Aug 12, 2010 2:25 PM CDT

MySpace's New Look Mimics Facebook

Site in the midst of a major overhaul

(Newser) - MySpace has a new look that’s, well, sort of familiar. The site has revamped its homepage, featuring a “wider and more prominent” stream of updates from your friends, crowned by a “What do you want to share?” prompt and flanked by recommendations of activities, events, and people...

What Killed the Soap Opera
 What Killed the 
 Soap Opera 
Aug 9, 2010 6:48 PM CDT

What Killed the Soap Opera

Working women, reality TV, and 24-hour news, among other things

(Newser) - With the Sept. 17 finale of As the World Turns looming—and View clone The Talk ready to replace it—only six soap operas are still on the air. The genre is weak and possibly headed for extinction, largely because ad spending is in freefall. Advertising Age tries to figure...

Google Pulls Plug on Wave
 Google Pulls Plug on Wave 
Aug 5, 2010 4:34 AM CDT

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...

Bill Cosby: I'm Not Dead

 Bill Cosby: 
 I'm Not Dead 



Aug 2, 2010 6:47 PM CDT

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,...

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:...

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...

10 Best Facebook Love Stories
 10 Best Facebook Love Stories 
Jul 30, 2010 10:33 AM CDT

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
...

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,...

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...

Content Reviewers See Worst of the Web
Content Reviewers See
Worst of the Web
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 25, 2010 6:39 AM CDT

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...

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. "...

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...

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...

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...

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