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Will Facebook ruin Instagram?
CNNFacebook's purchase on Monday of the photo-sharing app Instagram had the Internet asking one question: Will the Goliath of social networking make Instagram so uncool or so Facebook-y that it dies off entirely? Immediately after the reported $1 billion...Tags: Science and Technology, Facebook, Foursquare, Culture, Twitter, Inc.
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From Rebecca Black to Steve Jobs: Google's year in search
CNNOh, Rebecca Black. You gave us a reason to reconsider our favorite day of the workweek. And, apparently, the Internet couldn't get enough. Black, the teen songstress who became a YouTube sensation with the bubblegum ear worm "Friday," topped the Google...Tags: Entertainment, Television, Japan, Google Inc., Apple iPhone
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How Google keeps your secrets private
CNNMoneyHow does a company that collects so much information from its users keep all that data private? Meet Alma Whitten, Google's director of privacy. At the end of a miserable 2010 filled with privacy blunders including the disastrous Google Buzz fiasco,...Tags: Google+, Google Inc., Culture, Companies and Corporations, Marketing
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Facebook to Google: 'Don't be evil'
CNNMoneyFacebook, Twitter and MySpace have a message for Google: "Don't be evil." A group of developers from those companies banded together to call Google's bluff on claims about its controversial new Search Plus Your World tool. The recently launched tool...Tags: Facebook, Google Inc., Culture, Economy, Business and Finance, Culture
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Apps let you rent out your home - and yourself
CNNIf nature calls at 8.00 a.m. on your Starbucks run, good luck trying to use the bathroom. Chances are you'll find long lines, an out-of-order sign, or a loo hog who ties up the facilities a touch too long. So the crew behind Cloo came up with a...Tags: Entertainment, Facebook, Television, Apple iPhone, Rentals
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On Facebook, it's only 4.72 degrees of separation
In the Facebook age -- when digital "friends" are just a click away -- the distance between people seems to be shrinking, according to data the social network released on Monday night.
The adage maintains there are "six degrees of separation" between any...Tags: Facebook, Culture, Companies and Corporations, Boston, Economy, Business and Finance
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French Government Says No Uttering Of Facebook and Twitter On-Air
KIAHFollow us on Twitter at twitter.com backslash blah-blah-blah and on Facebook at Facebook.com backslash blah-blah-blah. How many times a day can you hear those words? Well apparently not anymore in France. The government has banned TV and radio show...Tags: Online Advertising, Entertainment, Friendster Inc., Facebook, Television
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Mexican Drug Cartel Hangs Dead Bodies From Bridge
KIAHMexican drug cartels continue to have no shame sending their message of violence. The bodies of a young man and woman were found hanging from a bridge in the border town of Nuevo Laredo. A sign hung nearby the dead bodies said the pair was killed for...Tags: Organized Crime, Mexico, Social Media
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Justin Timberlake Is Bringing MySpace Back
KIAHHe already brought sexy back now Justin Timberlake is bringing MySpace back. Seriously? When`s the last time you logged onto MySpace? Hasn`t he heard it`s all about Facebook and Twitter now. The former boy-bander is channeling his 'social network'...Tags: Facebook, Justin Timberlake, Mass Media, Arts and Culture, News Corp.
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Online Dish: Casual Sex Website for College Students Expands
KIAHForget being a college student and going to a frat party or the bars to look for a casual fling, there's now a website that sets it up for you. A student at the University of Chicago is creating his own "Social Network" by starting a sex-driven social...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Facebook, Human Interest, Craigslist, Inc., Colleges and Universities
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Social Networking Site Helps Reunite Mother with Missing Child
KIAHA social networking site helped a Houston mother find her lost son more than four years after he went missing. "A mother-child bond can never be broken," said Lorena Perez. Perez has been searching for her son, Isaiah Jeremiah Vaquear since he was...Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Missing Persons, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Are Student-Teacher Facebook Friends Inappropriate?
KIAHThere's a question all teachers and students have to ask themselves. Is it going too far to be friends on Facebook, Twitter or MySpace? A school district in Salt Lake City is prosing such a ban, saying friendships like these can cross the line....Tags: John Adams, Facebook, Students, Texas, Houston
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