January 12, 2011
If you’ve seen the movie “The Social Network,” then you’re familiar with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea. Zuckerberg and the entire Facebook organization have always denied the charges,…
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January 11, 2011
According to security firm BitDefender, malware aimed at social networks like Facebook pose the biggest threat for mobile platforms and is as widely spread as malware that targets PCs.
“When data security researchers focus on finding malware specifical…
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January 10, 2011
Talk about social networking gone wrong. According to the Associated Press, half a dozen middle school girls have been arrested for allegedly inviting other students through Facebook to participate in “Attack a Teacher Day.”
The students involved say i…
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January 6, 2011
We’re not surprised Courtney Love said/wrote something that earned her a lawsuit, we’re just surprised this is the first time a celebrity’s been sued over comments left on Twitter.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Love had been in a dispute with Da…
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December 31, 2010
Credit MySpace for once dominating the social networking scene and, more recently, trying to reinvent itself as an all-around entertainment epicenter. But let’s be real, MySpace blew its opportunity to become what Facebook already is, and there doesn’t…
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December 13, 2010
If you thought FarmVille was popular, get this. It’s taken just 8 days for Zynga’s new CityVille game to attract 6 million daily active users, making it the fast growing game the company has ever released, TechCrunch reports.
As a point of comparison, …
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December 10, 2010
We’re more interested in Android and Windows Phone 7 devices ourselves, but for those of you itching to go all Apple-y with an iPhone, Best Buy is giving them away today only, the company announced in a Twitter post.
“It’s true: iPhone 3GS 8 GB SKU 104…
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December 10, 2010
A senior exec at Microsoft admitted that the rowdy bunch from Redmond did actively try to scoop up mega social networking site Facebook, confirming reports that first appeared in David Kirkpatrick’s book, “The Facebook Effect,” TechCrunch reports.
“Yea…
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