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Google+ Hangouts On Air allows users to broadcast live video to anyone
- Google has announced Hangouts On Air is being rolled out, a feature which aims to give Google+ users a way of broadcasting live video to anyone and everyone. On Air was originally introduced last September, but only a select few broadcasters and…
Facebook encouraging members to share organ donor status
- Facebook is hoping to use their massive member pool for something besides keeping in touch with friends. The social network has announced a plan that will encourage users to share organ donor status on their Facebook page in an effort…
Violating a terms of service agreement is not criminal, federal court says
- On Tuesday, the federal Ninth Court of Appeals ruled that violating a "terms of service" agreement is not a criminal offense. At the heart of the debate were concerns that violating a terms of service agreement, despite being a set…
Facebook to acquire Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock
- Social networking giant Facebook, which is in the process of going public with a record IPO that could value the company at about $100 billion, has just announced it is buying Instagram for about $1 billion in cash and stock.…
Twitter escalates anti-spam efforts, files lawsuit against spammers
- Twitter has taken a stand against those spamming their popular micro-blogging service by filing a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against five of the most prolific spam tool providers, and the people that use them to flood…
Facebook countersues Yahoo, uses several IBM purchased patents
- Facebook has responded to Yahoo’s recent patent infringement lawsuit by filing a counterclaim of its own in a San Francisco federal court. Facebook claims Yahoo has violated their patents covering photo tagging, advertising and online recommendations.
Instagram finally arrives on Android, 430k users on waiting list
- After capturing the attention of nearly 30 million users since its 2010 debut on the App Store, Instagram has finally made it to Android. In case you missed the memo, Instagram is a free, social-centric camera app which aims to…
Employers ask job seekers for Facebook login information
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Those hunting for jobs are increasingly finding themselves being judged by their social media profiles on sites such as Facebook and Twitter as employers delve deeper into the publicly accessible information...
Yahoo files lawsuit against soon-to-be-public Facebook
- Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against Facebook claiming that the company is infringing on 10 of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls, social networking, among other things. The timing is no coincidence, of course. The move comes shortly after Facebook…
Users spent 136x more time on Facebook than Google+ in January
- According to the latest data from comScore, Google+ users spent an average of 3.3 minutes per month on the social networking site in January. To put that into perspective, Facebook users spent an average of 7.5 hours last month which…
Iran blocks websites in anticipation of Green Revolution anniversary
- On Friday, Cnet sources confirmed that Iran has begun preemptively blocking websites in anticipation of civil unrest this weekend. Tomorrow is significant because it marks the third anniversary of the Green Revolution, a movement where outraged citizens took to the…
Facebook finally files long-rumored $5 billion IPO
- As expected, Facebook's initial public offering hit the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, raising $5 billion -- less than the $10 billion previously speculated. The long-rumored move reached relative certainty last Friday when the Wall Street Journal reported the IPO…
Facebook's long rumored IPO is imminent
- In the past few years Facebook has grown far beyond its somewhat humble roots. There used to be a time when it played second place in the social networking space to that other website no one even cares to visit…
Rupert Murdoch: Google streams pirated movies, MySpace a screw up
- News Corp. CEO and founder, Rupert Murdoch, let the tweets fly this weekend humbly claiming he screwed up "in every way possible" with MySpace. Additionally, he accused Google of streaming illegally obtained movies and chastised President Obama for recently stating…
Google+ surpasses 60 million members, adding 625,000 new users daily
- Google+ has surpassed 60 million users since going live earlier this summer. Ancestory.com co-founder and self-proclaimed Google+ unofficial statistician Paul Allen (no relation to the Microsoft co-founder by the same name) estimates that the Facebook rival has topped 62 million…
Facebook's Timeline feature goes live worldwide
- Facebook has officially begun rolling out the new Timeline feature to its entire 800+ million user base. Announced in September, the move represents a complete reconceptualization of profile pages, where instead of just the most recent updates, users will see…
Will Wright details project HiveMind, first "personal gaming" experience
- Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims, has unveiled his latest project called HiveMind. In a nutshell, HiveMind will be an immersive game that uses real-world information about a user to develop a unique in-game experience tailored to each…
PayPal launches Facebook app, send friends money
- Mega online payment provider, Paypal, has conjured up a Facebook application which allows Facebook users to send money to their friends. As long as the funds come directly from your bank account or Paypal balance, there are no additional fees.…
First look at Microsoft's 'social search' project Socl
- Back in July Microsoft accidentally revealed an internal test version of a social search service named "Tulalip" -- reportedly after a group of Native American tribes. The non-functioning site was hosted at socl.com and promised a new way to "Find…
New study suggests kids are just as tech savvy as adults
- A new study from security firm AVG suggests that the average 11-year-old is just as tech savvy as their adult counterpart. The fourth installment of AVG’s Digital Diaries, which studies the digital life cycle of children, also reveals that parents…
Facebook hacked, users seeing images of porn and violence
- Escalating numbers of Facebook users are reportedly being flooded with graphic images containing pornography, violence, self-mutilation and bestiality. The issue was first reported a couple of days ago, in a limited number of accounts, but reports are beginning to appear…
Diaspora co-founder commits suicide at 22
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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of Diaspora's four founders, died over the weekend at just 22 years of age. Sources close the company confirmed the death was a suicide but it may take weeks for an official determination. Billed as an open alternative to Facebook...
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