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Yahoo Adds 2 Patents to Suit against Facebook
Yahoo expanded its patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook. It filed papers in San Francisco federal court that included two more charges of intellectual property theft. The total number of patents that the social network
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Facebook Acquires New Ideas
Pressured to be innovative, Facebook bought Instagram last Monday for $1 billion. The company has only been in the image business for 555 days, has no income, and has 13 employees. Last Friday, the
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Facebook Files Countersuit against Yahoo
Facebook filed a counterclaim against Yahoo that accuses the latter of infringing Facebook owned technology. It looks like the social network giant has pushed to acquire more patents to protect its business. There are
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Facebook Softens Stance on Employers Requiring Applicant Log-in Data
Facebook first said that it would file lawsuits against employers who require applicants or their employees to give up their log-in information. But it looks like the social network changed its position on the
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Critics Protest Too Much against Google
James Whitaker is a Google executive who left the company to return to Microsoft. But he didn’t leave quietly. He posted a blog that explained why he left the online search giant. He criticized
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Twitter is 6 Years Old
Today the micro-blogging web site Twitter turns six year old. The site now has around 140 million active users, who send out 340 million tweets each day. That is more than a billion tweets
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Former Exec Criticizes Google Regarding Social Network
James Whittaker is a former Google executive who now works at Microsoft. He’s the focus of online chatter because he argued that Larry Page’s focus on social as led to the end of a
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Facebook Gets $8 Billion Loan Ahead of IPO
Facebook got an $8 billion worth of loan from 25 new underwriters just ahead of its initial public offering. The financing package includes a $5 billion five year revolving line of credit and a
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Facebook Helps Marketers Reach Users
Facebook pitched its Premium on Facebook at a recent New City event. This is a new way for advertisers to post ads on pages and mobile phones of Facebook users. Advertisers will now have
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Facebook Denies Accessing Text Messages through Mobile Apps
Facebook denied allegations that its smartphone apps are used to access text messages. The social networking giant said that the accusations were misleading and inaccurate. According to a report, it is just one of
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Facebook Rumored to Launch Mobile Ads
There are speculations that Facebook is set to launch mobile ads in the coming weeks. According to rumors circulating in the internet, ads would appear as early as March. The company is preparing for
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Twitter Implements Selective Censorship
Twitter announced last Thursday that it would implement a new method to selectively censor tweets that violate laws in various countries. It was done in fear that these countries would block Twitter if it
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Facebook Rumored to Launch Open Graph Actions
During the F8 Conference last September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social network would offer a frictionless experience across the internet through apps. There are speculations that he would rollout the service
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SOPA Legislators Unfazed by Facebook Opposition
Representative Lamar Smith from Texas is not scared about Facebook’s one billion users that he could agitate by pushing Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA. Smith vowed that he would go ahead with SOPA
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Facebook Worm affects at least 45,000 Accounts
A computer worm named Ramnit has reportedly compromised around 45,000 Facebook accounts. Most of the accounts came from the UK and Europe according to a report released by a security firm this week. Seculert
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Greenpeace Praises Facebook Data Centers
Greenpeace said that its campaign to pressure Facebook to decrease the carbon footprint of its data centers was a success. The social network’s data centers store the data that supports the relationships and marketing
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Google Integrates Google+ into Gmail
People welcome Google’s integration of Google+ into Gmail. It made it easy to add people to Circles in its social network as well as photo sharing. Now users can post photos they receive in
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Facebook Rumored to Acquire Gowalla
Facebook is set on its initial public offering in the second week of December. There are reports that it has acquired Gowalla, which is a location-based social networking site. However, both Gowalla and Facebook
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Twitter Acquires Mobile Security Developer Whisper Systems
Twitter may be trying to improve its mobile security options by acquiring Whisper Systems, which is a company that provides security products for Android phones. One of its products is WhisperCore, which enables full
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Facebook Still Developing a Smartphone
According to reports, Facebook is currently working on a smartphone with a codename Buffy. It is set to be ready by 2014. The social network giant is said to be working with HTC to
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