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Court: Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue

Lawyers hail freedom of speech ruling

(Newser) - A former high school student suspended after criticizing a teacher on a Facebook page can sue the school for the disciplinary action, a Florida court has ruled. Katherine Evans can take action to expunge the penalty from her school record as well as sue for a "nominal" fee for...

Where to Get Your Five-Ringed Fix Online
 Where to Get Your 
 Five-Ringed Fix Online 
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2010 5:15 PM CST

Where to Get Your Five-Ringed Fix Online

From NBC's site to Twitter lists, little need for actual TV

(Newser) - With watching the Olympics on actual TV being so, like, 2008, TechCrunch presents the best places to keep tabs online:
  • NBC Olympics : Lots of scores and news—and if you’re a premium cable customer, 400 hours of live events.
  • Vancouver 2010 : The host committee’s site has the usual
...

Google Tweaks Buzz, But Privacy Concerns Remain
Google Tweaks Buzz, But Privacy Concerns Remain
ANALYSIS
Feb 11, 2010 9:07 PM CST

Google Tweaks Buzz, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Your email could be exposed, and your followers

(Newser) - There’s plenty of hype surrounding Google’s Twitbook-killer Buzz, but the new feature comes with some privacy concerns, too. The problem lies in Buzz’s default settings, Silicon Alley Insider reports, which, if not changed, could expose not only the email contacts of those following you, but also your...

Facebook Deletes Pages of 30 British Prisoners

They were taunting families of victims

(Newser) - Facebook has pulled down 30 pages belonging to British convicts after the Justice Secretary complained they were using them to taunt their victims’ families. Jack Straw made the request after meeting with victims and said the profiles were down within 48 hours. One gangster said he could not wait to...

Why Google Buzz Is Different

Social media platform hopes to be more intimate than Twitter

(Newser) - Caught off guard by Google Buzz, the social media service that's invaded Gmail? Not to worry; GeekOSystem.com breaks down what Buzz is, and isn’t:
  • It’s not Twitter: Google went out of its way to point out that Buzz integrates with, rather than replaces, Twitter.
  • It’s not
...

Google Exec Bars Online Pics of Stripper Bash

Top engineer bans posting of his SF penthouse fete

(Newser) - Google bosses may not be particularly concerned about protecting privacy—except when it comes to stripper parties hosted by a top engineer. Online party pics were strictly verboten by engineer Orkut Büyükkökten, who hosted male and female strippers at a billionaire-studded fete in his San Francisco penthouse...

Actually, There Are Seven Americas
Actually, There Are Seven Americas
Analysis
Feb 9, 2010 10:31 AM CST

Actually, There Are Seven Americas

Facebook data reveal a map of close regional ties

(Newser) - Where do your friends live? For most people, the answer is “nearby.” PeteSearch compiled data from 210 million public Facebook profiles, mapping where our friends connections are, and found some tight regional clustering—and some big divisions. The blog breaks the country into seven distinct groupings:
  • Stayathomia: People
...

Leno: Letterman Found Me on Facebook

Super Bowl ad went so well that the 2-man luge is next, Leno quips

(Newser) - Archrivals Jay Leno and David Letterman were pals again for the Super Bowl thanks to the power of social networking, the host quipped on the next-to-last show Jay Leno Show last night. "Letterman and I hadn't seen each other in over 18 years," Leno said. "We lost...

Facebook-Style 'News Feed' Coming to Gmail

Google attempts to make email service more social

(Newser) - Google is planning a new social networking feature for Gmail that allows users to see a feed of status updates and other information from their friends. The feature, which could be rolled out this week, will add a window to Gmail that displays a rolling count of the away messages...

Your Guide to the Internet's 'Next Big Thing'

Where is technology taking us? There are a few schools of thought

(Newser) - Michael Wolff hears so much about the Internet’s future “that I should be in a position to get rich, finally.” But it’s tough deciphering all this chatter, “because the technology business is at least as much talk as it is science,” he writes. So...

13 Celebrity Doppelgangers
 13 Celebrity Doppelgangers 
Feb 8, 2010 10:53 AM CST

13 Celebrity Doppelgangers

Is that Zooey Deschanel or Katy Perry? It's hard to tell

(Newser) - Facebook's " celebrity doppelganger week " has turned countless profile photos into pictures of celebrities—but what if the celebrities themselves want to get in on the fun? PopEater offers up some suggestions for famous lookalikes:
  • Zooey Deschanel: The actress should consider posting a picture of singer Katy Perry.
  • Christina
...

Facebook's New Email Client: 'Gmail Killer'

'Project Titan' overhaul of messaging function has insiders abuzz

(Newser) - Facebook plans to replace its clunky old messaging system with a fully featured e-mail platform in the hopes of taking down the biggest players in the market. The project’s official internal name is Project Titan, sources tell Michael Arrington of TechCrunch , but unofficially they’re calling it “the...

Racy Pic Banker Won't Lose Job

Aussie firm spares job of YouTube, Facebook sensation

(Newser) - The Aussie banker caught viewing racy photos on live TV will keep his job. David Kiely, an employee at Sydney-based Macquarie Private Wealth, shot to fame after he was filmed looking at pictures of model Miranda Kerr on his computer while a colleague spoke on television. A Macquarie rep told...

Facebook Revamps Homepage for 6th Birthday

Search, messaging more prominent in redesign

(Newser) - Facebook turns 6 today and it's celebrating with another major redesign of its homepage. The search bar is larger and more prominent, underlining that Facebook is getting serious about search capablities, Mashable notes. Messaging has been made easier and many functions shunted to the applications tab have been returned to...

New Relationship Stress: Facebook Oversharing

Partners aren't always on the same page

(Newser) - Facebook may be a great way to reconnect with old friends, but it's not always easy on relationships . The main issue: "Some people live their lives online, while their partners don’t," one therapist tells the Boston Globe . For example: “I don’t think it should be...

Facebook 'Doppelganger' Craze Sort of Illegal

Users changing profile pics to lookalike celebs violates TOS

(Newser) - The newest craze on Facebook is “Doppelganger Week,” wherein users change their profile pictures to those of celebrities—heck, even Muppets—that they resemble. Problem is, CNET notes, that violates the social networking site’s terms of service. “You will not post content or take any action...

Mexico Mulls Twitter Clampdown

'Twitteros' avoid drunk-driving checkpoints, feared to aid drug gangs

(Newser) - There's a new public enemy in Mexico: los Twitteros. Twitter users who warn one another about roadside drunk-driving checkpoints have so angered authorities that the Mexican government is considering restricting and monitoring social networking sites. But in a country in the grips of a violent battle against drug cartels, the...

Google, YouTube Knockoffs Hit China

Chinese government to face Google—and Goojje

(Newser) - In a country famous for fake name-brand products, Goojje and YouTubecn may be the highest-profile imitations yet. As China battles it out with the real Google, knockoffs of both Google and YouTube have emerged on China's Internet. There's been no official response yet to the sites, but experts don't expect...

Indonesia May Tear Down Obama Statue

Facebook drives puts matter on government agenda

(Newser) - Under pressure from a 55,000-member-strong Facebook group , Indonesian authorities are considering tearing down a statue of Barack Obama as a boy, less than a month after it was erected in a Jakarta park near Obama’s childhood home. “We’ve been discussing ... whether to take it down, move...

How to Manage Your Passwords From the Grave

From Facebook to bank accounts, online afterlife a thorny legal area

(Newser) - These days grieving relatives have a new problem to contend with: managing the Facebook, Flickr, and eBay accounts of the dead. As people trust ever more of their lives to the Internet, from email and online banking to identities on Second Life, very few have considered what exactly will happen...

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