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Facebook Users Hook Up—With Fellow Burmese Monk Backers

300K mobilize through social networking site

(Newser) - Mammoth networking site Facebook is triggering a massive mobilization of protesters around the world who will hit the streets this weekend in support of the Burmese monks, Wired writes. Nearly 300,000 people have joined the Facebook group "Support the Monks' Protest" since a story on the movement broke...

Facebook to Jump to Real-World Bookshelves

Recent Harvard grads plan satirical look at web giant

(Newser) - The kudzu of the internet will spread beyond the virtual world to bookstore shelves next year with the publication of The Facebook Book, a satirical look at the social-networking phenomenon. The authors, both recent Harvard grads, say they plan a "fictional and fanciful" take on Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg's...

Parents Fret but Won't Curb Kids' Web Surfing

Poll says large majority have had 'issues' with what they encounter

(Newser) - A new study of parents with children who use the Internet finds that 71% had at least one incident involving inappropriate content in the last year. But with most saying the web helps their children in school, and only 30% citing problems with overuse, parents are stepping up monitoring efforts...

GeoCities' Fate Offers Lesson for Facebook

Warning signs found in an earlier deal for a once-hot site

(Newser) - As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg contemplates a big Microsoft deal, the Wall Street Journal’s Dennis K. Berman has a cautionary tale for him: GeoCities. The web community, once the third-most-visited site on the internet, fell into obscurity after Yahoo's huge buyout stymied its innovation. That’s relevant for Zuckerberg,...

NY Targets Facebook Predators
NY Targets Facebook Predators
Sep 25, 2007 3:49 AM CDT

NY Targets Facebook Predators

Cuomo probe uncovers sex solicitation and poor response from company

(Newser) - The online social networking site Facebook is becoming a hangout for sexual predators hunting young victims, according to an undercover investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Investigators pretending to be teenagers on Facebook were repeatedly solicited by adult sexual predators, reports Computerworld. But when complaints were filed with...

Microsoft May Pump up to $500M Into Facebook

Bidding war with Google could net even more

(Newser) - Facebook is in talks with Microsoft about a $300-500 million investment that could give the software company as much as a 5% ownership stake in the social networking site. The deal could boost Facebook's value over $10 billion, and help Microsoft challenge rival Google for Internet advertising cachet, the Wall ...

Boomers Get TheirSpace
Boomers Get TheirSpace
Sep 12, 2007 6:45 PM CDT

Boomers Get TheirSpace

New social networking sites are aimed at 'sticky' baby boomers

(Newser) - Entrepreneurs are rolling out social networking websites aimed at those old enough to have spawned the devotees of Facebook and  MySpace, the NY Times reports. Investors say it's good business—older surfers are more likely to stick with a site they like, and there are a lot of tech-savvy boomers....

Advertisers Will Soon Be Facebooking You, Too

Social-networking site to allow targeted ads based on user profiles

(Newser) - Facebook is at work on a way to sell ads based on information users and their friends post on the site, the Wall Street Journal reports. A basic version of the service could launch this fall, and the social-networking titan eventually might allow marketers to predict products and services users...

25 Essential Websites
25 Essential Websites
Aug 20, 2007 9:01 AM CDT

25 Essential Websites

Email? Shopping? News? Time picks the destinations you just can't live without

(Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time's 25 can't-live-without websites:
  1. Amazon.com
  2. BBC.co.uk
  3. Citysearch.com

Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code
Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code
Aug 13, 2007 5:30 PM CDT

Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code

Concerns persist over social site's security

(Newser) - A blog called "Facebook Secrets" posted a restricted section of the site's source code on Saturday, revealing a major security flaw in the popular social networking site. While the leak didn't  reveal any sensitive information, it does raise concerns as to whether the site's 52M users' personal data is...

Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire
Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire
Aug 11, 2007 6:42 AM CDT

Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire

(Newser) - Advocates for people with eating disorders are calling on social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook to bar "thinspiration" videos—movies of anorexics showing off their alarmingly underweight bodies to encourage others to emulate them. One MySpace pro-anorexia group with over 1,000 members boasts that it wants "...

Wal-Mart Hits Facebook
Wal-Mart Hits Facebook
Aug 9, 2007 6:57 PM CDT

Wal-Mart Hits Facebook

Retail giant turns to social networking to court back-to-school college shoppers

(Newser) - Wal-Mart is launching a back-to-school marketing campaign using Facebook, Reuters reports. The megachain has created a "Roommate Style Match" Facebook group to give college students a chance to coordinate decorating before moving in—and then browse an array of "recommended" Wal-Mart goods, including many the retailer promotes as...

She's Giuliani's Kid, but She's in Obama's Camp

On Facebook, Caroline Giuliani declares her independence from dad

(Newser) - He may be America's mayor, but to Caroline Giuliani he's just dad—and she's not having anything to do with the idea of him as president. In her Facebook profile, the soon-to-be Harvard freshman lists herself as politically liberal, and says she's is backing Barack Obama. At least she was...

'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Review: Web-based photo editor 'elegant' says Mossberg

(Newser) - Extolling the new crop of slick, easy-to-use Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg singles out  "Picnik"—a new free alternative to traditional desktop editing programs. Picnik lets photogs on the go add simple edits like cropping, resizing, and color correction without installing anything.

Judge Mulls Second Suit Against Facebook Founder

ConnectU suing Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their code

(Newser) - The former Harvard friends who unsuccessfully sued Facebook's founder two years ago for stealing their idea are trying again. They filed another suit in Massachusets federal court earlier this year; yesterday the judge said he'll rule in two weeks on whether to dismiss it.

Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price
Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price
Jul 18, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price

Photos in 'private' online profiles land Oxford students in hot water

(Newser) - Miss New Jersey may never be mistaken for a Rhodes Scholar, but unlike some British university students, she knows how to make sure her Facebook profile is private. The social-networking site that nearly brought down the beauty queen is wreaking havoc across the Atlantic, with Oxford students facing disciplinary action...

Dems Raise Big Bucks Online
Dems Raise Big Bucks Online
Jul 13, 2007 4:00 PM CDT

Dems Raise Big Bucks Online

GOP trails 2 to 1; Obama has the biggest online presence

(Newser) - The three leading Democrats in the presidential race have raised more than twice as much money online as the three leading Republicans, the Times reports. For the first 6 months of the year, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards combined to top $28 million, against $14 million for Rudy...

Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

Garden State beauty queen keeps her crown despite Facebook leak

(Newser) - Miss New Jersey can keep her tiara, say pageant officials who ruled unanimously that risqué photos of the beauty queen leaked from her Facebook page aren't that bad. The images, which Amy Polumbo revealed on the Today Show yesterday, contained no nudity or underage drinking, but did show Polumbo in...

Garden State Beauty Queen Claims Blackmail

Miss New Jersey says private photos came from Facebook page

(Newser) - The reigning Miss New Jersey says an uncongenial blackmailer is trying to muscle her out of her tiara with untoward photos, the Star Ledger reports. Amy Polumbo, 22, received as many as 12 pictures in the mail last month with a letter demanding she surrender her title to the runner-up....

In Challenge to MySpace, Facebook Opens Up

Networking site sets its sights on platform model

(Newser) - In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure: Partners don't have to pay...

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