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Facebook Class Action Lawsuit Nets $20 Million in Settlement
You may have recently received emails (Example below) this past week about a class action lawsuit against Facebook for using people’s likeliness in “sponsored stories” without the user’s permission. Well don’t delete it, because it is legitimate. Sponsored stories used
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Facebook Introduces Graph Search
This afternoon Facebook launched a new internal search service called “Graph Search” that will allow users to search for photos, shared interests, and many more items among their Facebook friends lists. The announcement comes
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Instagram Modifies Privacy Policy: All Your Photos Are Belong To Us
In a move that has stunned the tech world, Instagram has modified its privacy policy to give it the right to sell your photos without compensation or notice. The move, which goes into effect
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The U.S. and 20 Other Countries Oppose UN Telecommunications Treaty
It’s been almost a year since SOPA and PIPA had been stopped dead in the legislative water, mostly from the uproar it caused by threatening free speech. The movement seemed to have made people realize how
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Facebook Debuts 2012 Year in Review and Trends Pages
This morning Facebook has debuted a 2012 “Year in Review” and Trends page for all users of the social networking service. Members of Facebook can see their own individual Year in Review page by
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Facebook Reaches 1 Billion Users
Facebook has announced an incredible milestone this morning. According to a status update from Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company announced that it has crossed the one billion user mark, and according to specifics
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Facebook Debuts New, Faster iOS App
This morning Facebook officially debuted the latest version of its iOS app. The full version upgrade (to 5.0) is a completely new app, “rebuilt from the ground up”. According to Facebook’s Newsroom release, the
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As Facebook Stock Crashes, Is Zuckerberg On His Way Out?
As shares of Facebook creep toward a 52-week low, there have been some grumblings from Wall Street investors who are quietly pushing for CEO Mark Zuckerberg to step down. Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook
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“Mr. Trololo” Of Internet Fame, Dead at 77
Some sad news to break to you this morning. The Russian man of meme stardom, Mr. Trololo (also known as Eduard Khil in real life), has died of a stroke. He was 77. The
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Google Adds Zagat Reviews to Google Plus
Google made a big splash when they purchased Zagat, the restaurant rating company, last year. Since then, Google’s been quite on what its plans were for the newly acquired company. Many had speculated some
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