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3 hrs ago | Bloomberg.com - Asia

Facebook, Amazon Web Sites Are Inaccessible in China, Harvard Center Says

Facebook Inc.a s social-networking Web site was inaccessible in China as the government blocks information after violent clashes in one of its regions.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Social Software, Startups, Amazon, Amazon.com, Google

11 hrs ago | Our Town News - Coral Springs Parklan...

Coral Springs: Coral Springs City Commissioners Give Thumbs Up To Continue Facebook

Even after concern over the site becoming a blog, Coral Springs City Commissioners have given the thumbs up to continuing the city's Facebook page.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Coral Springs, FL, Marketing

19 hrs ago | Internet News

Facebook to make "Billions" Within Five Years

More Signs of Increased IT Spending [July 6, 2009] Chip sales bounce and some sectors are actually seeing growth over last year's budgets.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Small Business, Personal Finance, Twitter

Wed Jul 08, 2009

The Nelson Mail

When is Rupert coming?

As reporters waited for the media industry's hotshots to arrive at their annual Sun Valley summer camp on Tuesday, the big question was "When is Rupert coming?" Such a question is borne out of years of habit.

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Related Topix: Media, Startups, Twitter, Social Software, Viacom

The Age

Network to push for display ad dollars

Facebook wants more bang from online bucks. SOCIAL networker Facebook's user base has rocketed to 6 million people - almost one in four Australians - as it sets its sights on a greater share of Australia's $350 million online display advertising market.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Northwest Florida Daily News

Facebook post leads to lewd and lascivious charge

A Panama City man accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl was arrested after the girl posted information about the incident on Facebook, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

NBC Channel 5

Michael Jackson Becomes the King of Facebook

Posters and books are placed by fans to pay tribute to Michael Jackson during a candle-lit vigil.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Entertainment

Tue Jul 07, 2009

CIO

Is Facebook Past Its Prime?

Is Facebook on its last legs? Is it going to pull a MySpace on us? Will Facebook be the Internet's hip site du jour one day, then suddenly lose the love and affection of most of its followers the next? We hope not.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Restaurants & Institutions

The Cheesecake Factory Announces Reunion of a Lifetime Sweepstakes for Facebook Fans

Restaurants & Social Networking: Facebook fans of The Cheesecake Factory can enter to win a trip to Las Vegas with nine friends.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Restaurant Management, Cheesecake Factory Incorporated The, Startups, US Travel, Travel, Las Vegas Travel

LA Daily News

Facebook's move brings parking crunch for neighbors

A few days before Facebook moved into its campus on California Avenue, the company threw a small open house for its new neighbors in Palo Alto's College Terrace Neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Palo Alto, CA, Stanford, CA, Business News

The Oregonian

Clackamas teen faces charges in scheme to extort nude pictures

A 16-year-old Clackamas boy is accused of taking over the MySpace and Facebook pages of two female college students and threatening not to relinquish control unless they sent him nude photographs of themselves.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Clackamas, OR, Startups, Oregon State University, Washington State University

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Insurance Networking

Facebook Payments System Facing Uncertain Demand

Could Facebook credits become the currency of the Internet? Facebook Inc. 's popular social networking site already has a small toehold in payments through its virtual gift shop, and is reportedly trying to expand the system.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Marketing

Leader Post

Facebook revenue to be 'billions' in 5 years: Board member

Facebook will likely be posting billions of dollars in revenue in five years, up from about $500 million this year, according to Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Andreessen who sits on Facebook's board.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Twitter

CapeCodOnline.com

A Facebook flick and blog war

I'm having a hard time imagining what a movie about the creation of Facebook would look like, but Hollywood is planning one.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Startups, Social Software, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

Sun Jul 05, 2009

UTV

A sexy saga of Facebook's birth - but is it fantasy?

Paul Harris on a book that claims to expose the secrets of those who made billions from social networking Sunday, 05 July 2009 Founding a successful website is normally a story that would interest only a handful of computer obsessives.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

CMSWire

The Social Media Minute

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format: New Zealand Mobile Facebook up 700% in Last Five Months Twitter seems to be the microblogging site that gets all the attention and Hollywood love, but there is another option out there called FriendFeed.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Telecom New Zealand, Telecom

Silicon Alley Insider

What to Do if You Forgot to Register Your Facebook Trademark URL

Did you miss the boat by failing to register a trademark URL with Facebook? Are you now scrambling to recover your brand identity from an anonymous Facebook hijacker? Don't panic.

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Related Topix: Startups

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Hindu

Facebook in Hindi soon

NEW DELHI: For the benefit of its Indian users, social networking website Facebook plans to provide its applications and contents in Hindi.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, World News, India,

BNET

Making A LinkedIn For Twitter

Back in the days before Facebook , no one would have ever suggested that businesses get involved with social networks.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Twitter, Startups, Computers, Dell

BNET

Facebook Developing Mobile Payment Future

There's no doubt that Facebook is developing a Web payment platform to rival those of Google , Amazon and eBay .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

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