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OMG, Enuf With Ur Duckface
 OMG, Enuf With Ur Duckface 
ANTISOCIAL NETWORKING
Nov 15, 2009 1:50 PM CST

OMG, Enuf With Ur Duckface

Social networks groan under weight of bad profile mugs

(Newser) - Chances are, if it doesn’t describe the face you’re making in your Facebook profile picture, it describes one (and likely more) of your friends: the pouty-kissy duckface. And the minds behind Stop Making That Duckface! are sick of it. “Stop doing it,” reads the manifesto just...

Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis
 Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis 
Nov 12, 2009 9:57 AM CST

Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis

NYC teen charged in robbery couldn't have done it, status update proves

(Newser) - We’ve all read about bonehead criminals getting caught because of social networks, or people’s online lives coming back to haunt them in divorce proceedings—but can Facebook actually help you in court? The answer is yes, at least for one New York teen, who is free after he...

Teen Robin Hood Leads Cops on Merry Chase
 Teen Robin Hood 
 Leads Cops on Merry Chase 
CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN
Nov 11, 2009 10:13 AM CST

Teen Robin Hood Leads Cops on Merry Chase

He's stolen planes, boats during 18-month spree

(Newser) - Whether they want to arrest him or turn his life into a movie, everyone wants a piece of teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore. The 18-year-old, on the run since April 2008, is wanted for at least 50 burglaries—some of them Catch Me If You Can-style capers involving planes and speedboats,...

Privacy Advocates Hijack 300 Facebook Groups

Protesters say it's too easy to gain access to personal information

(Newser) - A group advocating for social-networking privacy has hijacked nearly 300 Facebook groups over the past few days to point out weaknesses in the site’s control of personal information. The protesters renamed all the Facebook groups “Control Your Info,” pointing out that after administrators of groups step down,...

Palin Makes Twitter Comeback
 Palin Makes Twitter Comeback 
A VOID FILLED
Nov 10, 2009 8:42 AM CST

Palin Makes Twitter Comeback

Gov will return to 140-character musings for book tour

(Newser) - Currently unemployed politician Sarah Palin will return to her prolific tweeting career for her upcoming book tour, reports the AP . The erstwhile governor quit both her post and Twitter feed simultaneously earlier this year, but announced on Facebook last night that she'll again provide devoted and scornful followers alike with...

Sarko Lied About Berlin Wall Memories

Critics say French prez fudged dates on 1989 trip

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to Berlin 20 years ago to begin chipping away at the Berlin Wall just hours before it fell, he recalls on his Facebook page. There's just one small problem: it never happened, say critics. The French media have been chipping away at Sarkozy's claim, uncovering...

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

'Spontaneous' photos reveal personality better than posed shots

(Newser) - The way you pose for photos telegraphs your personality and can even change the way other people interpret it. Photo subjects were rated on 10 personality traits through self-description and interviews with friends, and researchers then let study participants loose. Though self-esteem and extraversion come across easily, traits like likeability...

Aussie Minister: Probe Facebook 'Rape Group'

Reverend has 'talked to' college students who launched site

(Newser) - An Australian government official has called for an investigation into a Facebook "pro-rape group" started by students at the University of Sydney. The site, which has been shut down, was launched primarily by students from all-boys St. Paul's College within the university. "The idea that a group of...

Your Birthday Wall Post Isn't Impressing Anyone

Technology makes it too easy to send insincere greetings

(Newser) - Vikki Ortiz Healy got a birthday kiss from her husband, a call from her sister, baked goods from her co-workers. She figured that’d be it. Then she logged onto Facebook—and found more than 60 messages from random acquaintances. She started to suspect that maybe, just maybe, they were...

Spam King Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M

Sanford Wallace may face jail time

(Newser) - "Spam king" Sanford Wallace has been slapped with a $711 million judgment for spamming Facebook users. A California judge found that Wallace, who used phishing techniques to access Facebook accounts, violated a law against sending "false and misleading" marketing emails. The judge permanently banned Wallace from accessing Facebook...

Facebook Gives Death a Makeover
 Facebook Gives
 Death a Makeover
Oct 29, 2009 2:08 PM CDT

Facebook Gives Death a Makeover

Gravestones are so 1.0, site spins; try memorializing your page

(Newser) - Facebook has responded to yet another qualm arising from its revamp last week. This one was actually sort of serious: Users were inundated with suggestions that they “reconnect” with friends who—though their Facebook pages were still active—had in reality shuffled off this mortal coil. “Would that...

Sex Offender Held in UK Facebook Murder

32-year-old posed as teenager, led police to body

(Newser) - British police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field...

Rivals No More, Facebook and MySpace Talk Content
Rivals No More, Facebook and MySpace Talk Content
analysis
Oct 26, 2009 10:07 PM CDT

Rivals No More, Facebook and MySpace Talk Content

MySpace can provide it, and Facebook is the platform

(Newser) - High-ranking executives at both Facebook and MySpace confirm that the companies are in talks over some sort of content partnership—a development that isn’t a big surprise to at least one observer. Formerly intense competitors in the social-networking sphere, Caroline McCarthy writes, now “Facebook’s the one providing...

Legions Gripe About Latest Facebook Revamp
Legions Gripe About Latest Facebook Revamp
inter-not
Oct 26, 2009 12:20 PM CDT

Legions Gripe About Latest Facebook Revamp

New 'Live Feed' not a hit with users

(Newser) - Facebook’s latest design change seems pretty minor, but that hasn’t stopped users from grousing about it. Lots of protest groups have already cropped up, most notably “PLEASE GIVE US OUR OLD NEWS FEED BACK!” which already boasts 490,000 members and counting. In case you didn’...

Facebook Sees Big Bucks in Virtual Goods
 Facebook Sees Big 
 Bucks in Virtual Goods 
ONLINE GAMING
Oct 23, 2009 12:56 PM CDT

Facebook Sees Big Bucks in Virtual Goods

Social networking site wants a cut of gaming transactions

(Newser) - Gaming is blowing up on Facebook, and the social networking site hopes to take a cut of the very real revenue generated by virtual interactions. Analysts think credits and other services bought to enhance the likes of “Farmville” and “Mafia Wars” will be trading at a clip of...

Italy Probes 'Kill Berlusconi' Facebook Gang

'Assassination gang' boasts 20K members

(Newser) - Italian authorities have vowed to close down a Facebook group called "Let's Kill Berlusconi," even though its creators say it's harmless fun. Some 20,000 people from all over the world have joined the group, many offering their services to dispatch the embattled Italian leader in a variety...

MySpace Gives Up In Race With Facebook

Social networking leader 'is not our competition'

(Newser) - MySpace has officially waved the white flag in its battle with Facebook. The company’s new CEO—ex-Facebook exec Chris DeWolfe—tells the Financial Times that the company now sees itself as more of a music and entertainment hub than a social networking site. “Facebook is not our competition,...

Unemployment Hasn't Helped Sarah Palin
 Unemployment  
 Hasn't Helped 
 Sarah Palin 
Poll Numbers
Oct 20, 2009 1:55 PM CDT

Unemployment Hasn't Helped Sarah Palin

Poll numbers fall with her low profile

(Newser) - Political professionals largely applauded Sarah Palin’s flight from office, saying it would give her time to lie low, hone her message, and build her brand. But so far the disappearing act hasn’t helped with voters. A new Gallup poll found Palin’s favorable rating at 40%, its lowest...

Facebook Has 300M Users, Most Bored
Facebook Has 300M Users, Most Bored
What's Next?
Oct 19, 2009 11:54 AM CDT

Facebook Has 300M Users, Most Bored

Hunger for next big thing could bring social network down

(Newser) - Facebook has finally turned a profit, and can boast 300 million users—and it may be on its way out. The web has seen dozens of social networking sites come, gain buzz, get huge, and then implode or mutate as users looked for the next big thing—remember Friendster, Livejournal,...

Palin Wades Back Into Health Care Debate

On Facebook, former Alaska gov picks apart Baucus bill

(Newser) - With less than a month to go before the release of her memoir, Sarah Palin has weighed in on the health care debate, opining that the authors of the Baucus bill "no doubt have good intentions, but good intentions aren’t enough." Furthermore, the effort in general "...

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