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When Do You Use Twitter Versus Facebook?
Mashable | by Soren Gordhame — There is growing body of people who actively use more than one social network, and do so with quite different purposes. Though on the surface many social networks seem similar, to use them skillfully it helps to better understand the different roles they can play in one’s online activity. Here’s what I have discovered
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Judge Orders Facebook to Release Source Code
Gigaom — Facebook was ordered by a judge in the District of Delaware’s District Court this week to release its entire source code to Leader Technologies Inc., a web-based collaboration platform developer. Leader, based in Columbus, Ohio, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook in
Facebook erroneously sucking in Twitter updates
Facebook erroneously sucking in Twitter updates CNet News Webware — Reports are surfacing that Twitter users’ updates are showing up on their Facebook walls, quite against their wishes. Twitter previously developed a Facebook app for users of both services that takes in a user’s Twitter
Facebook violates Canadian privacy law
[AP] – Canada’s privacy commissioner accused Facebook on Thursday of breaching Canadian law by keeping users’ personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart released a report that also accuses Facebook of disclosing personal
Facebook’s Offical User Count Now 250 Million
[Washington Post] – It was only three months ago that Facebook announced that it had reached 200 million users worldwide. Today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social network has passed 250 million active users. And back in January it was just 150 million. Facebook has been accused of under-counting
Facebook passes Yahoo in internet surfing time
[S.J. Business Journal] – Facebook Inc. takes up more of the average U.S. Internet surfer’s time than any other Web site, according to a new report from Neilson Online. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based social networking site took up an average of four hours, 39 minutes and 33 seconds of Web users’
Facebook User Figures Power Past MySpace in June
[Marketing Vox] – As expected, usage figures for social networking site Facebook have finally eclipsed those of longtime rival MySpace. In May, Facebook’s unique visitor count caught up to MySpace, then surpassed it by a small margin. By June, Facebook hit 77 million unique visitors, representing
Facebook Readies Another Facelift
[Washington Post] The paint has barely cured on Facebook’s new home-page design. But as users continue to gripe about the new look’s rearrangement of many popular features, the popular social-networking site says it will adjust the way its home page looks and works. The most useful will be
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CEOs Should Facebook & Twitter
[Forbes] – Social networking has clearly reached a tipping point. Sites like MySpace and Facebook boast hundreds of millions of members. Barack Obama’s presidential victory demonstrated that platforms like YouTube and Twitter could transform electoral politics. Yet in corporations where such
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