Tag Archives for social networking

Facebook, Twitter Show Teens Social Networking’s Unfriendly Side - BusinessWeek

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Facebook, Twitter Show Teens Social Networking's Unfriendly Side
BusinessWeek
9 (Bloomberg) -- While Facebook and Twitter are popular sites for making friends, teens have also seen social media's unfriendly side -- 88 percent of them report having witnessed mean or cruel behavior, according to a new study. ...
Teens On Facebook: Study Says Most Have Positive ExperiencesHuffington Post
Nine out of ten teenagers experience bullying and cruelty on Facebook, TwitterZDNet (blog)
Nine of 10 teenagers have witnessed bullying on social networks, study findsWashington Post
San Francisco Chronicle

MediaTek Friends Facebook With Feature Phone Integration - PCWorld

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MediaTek Friends Facebook With Feature Phone Integration
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News MediaTek, a designer of software and chipsets for low-end phones, will work with Facebook on a social networking application for feature phones, the chip company said on Tuesday. Today, more than 350 million of the social ...
MediaTek Announces Global Partnership to Bring Facebook to 'Smart-Feature Phones'MarketWatch (press release)
Taiwan's Mediatek ties up with Facebook for mobile solutionsReuters

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Has Facebook Faded? Part One - Voice of America (blog)

Voice of America (blog)
Has Facebook Faded? Part One
Voice of America (blog)
We're taking a two-part look at the dual challenges facing social networking giant Facebook: increased complexity and decreased privacy. First, we explore whether the constant addition of new features is complicating the user experience, making it less ...

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Facebook Sees 600000 Compromised Logins Daily - PC Magazine

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Facebook Sees 600000 Compromised Logins Daily
PC Magazine
In a recent infographic from Facebook regarding security, the social networking company let the world know it faces approximately 600000 security threats per day in the form of "compromised" logins. That's a mere 0.06 percent of the 1 ...
Every Time You Blink, Facebook Locks Out Two Potentially Hacked AccountsPCWorld
600000 hackers target Facebook every dayihotdesk - IT News
Hacker group: Facebook's latest security may backfireGMANews.TV
Gadgets and gizmos

Upstart Unthink wants to become the new anti-Facebook - CNN

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Upstart Unthink wants to become the new anti-Facebook
CNN
Call it "Occupy Facebook." Or, perhaps, "UnOccupy Facebook." Hoping to capitalize on frustrations with the social networking giant, not to mention some of the anti-corporate sentiment bubbling up on Wall Street and beyond, entrepreneurs have launched ...
Social Networking Startup Unthink Aims to Topple FacebookPC Magazine
Unthink: The anti-Facebook social network?GMANews.TV
Upthink to Facebook, Google: "It's FU time"CBS News
Toronto Star

Facebook confirms it will host its first non-US datacenter in Sweden

Rumours that social networking behemoth Facebook was to open its first non-US datacenter in Sweden have been circulating since May 2011 but today the company has finally confirmed it will build its new datacenter in ...

Google+ remains a challenge to Facebook - Times of India

Globe and Mail
Google+ remains a challenge to Facebook
Times of India
SAN FRANCISCO: Google remains undaunted in its bid to create a flourishing online community that can go toe-to-toe with social networking powerhouse Facebook. The California Internet titan's popular products and services will increasingly be woven into ...
Google+, Facebook Duel On Social Media ModelsInformationWeek
Google+ Users Want More FeaturesTop Tech Reviews
Google's Gundotra Gouges Facebook for Oversharing, Touts Google+eWeek
New York Times (blog)
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Albany Finally Dips Into Social Media - Wall Street Journal

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Albany Finally Dips Into Social Media
Wall Street Journal
For the first time, the state has drawn up formal guidelines for employees on using websites such as Facebook and Twitter. The rules are a tentative step toward giving state workers limited permission to use social media as part of ...
comScore: Mobile Social Networking Is Up 37 PercentPC Magazine
40M US mobile users access social nets every dayComputerworld
Sponsored Entry: Translating conversations into resultsFinancial Post
MarketWatch (press release)
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Facebook Ireland accused of creating ‘shadow profiles’ on users, nonusers - CNET

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Facebook Ireland accused of creating 'shadow profiles' on users, nonusers
CNET
Facebook Ireland is under fire for allegedly creating "shadow profiles" on both users and nonusers alike. The startling charges against the social-networking giant come from the Irish ...
Facebook could face €100000 fine for holding data that users have deletedThe Guardian
Facebook Building 'Shadow Profiles' of Non-Members, Experts AllegeFox News
Facebook Ireland Facing Audit Over Privacy, 'Shadow Profiles'PC Magazine
Economic Times

Google+ cautious in Facebook challenge - News24

New York Times
Google+ cautious in Facebook challenge
News24
San Francisco - Google remains undaunted in its bid to create a flourishing online community that can go toe-to-toe with social networking powerhouse Facebook. The internet titan's popular products and services will increasingly be woven into its ...
Google exec says Facebook oversharesCNN
Google+, Facebook Duel On Social Media ModelsInformationWeek
Google+ Will Get New Features, and New Users, Executive SaysNew York Times (blog)
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