Asiacell Launches 'SMS to Facebook' Service
Zawya
For the first time in Iraq, AsiacellAsiacell - the largest private Iraqi
company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide
coverage for all of Iraq - has launched the 'SMS to Facebook' service,
allowing prepaid and postpaid ...
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Zawya
For the first time in Iraq, AsiacellAsiacell - the largest private Iraqi
company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide
coverage for all of Iraq - has launched the 'SMS to Facebook' service,
allowing prepaid and postpaid ...
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Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion. Why, Exactly?
Wired News (blog)
By Peter Bright Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were
interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype,
Microsoft announced that it was buying the company for $8.56 billion in
cash. Last year, Skype had revenue of ...
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REPORT: 5 Million Facebookers Are Below 11
AllFacebook
Facebook has 7.5 million users below than the required minimum age of 13.
And five million of them are ten or younger. This comes from the June issue
of Consumer Reports, which features a special report about online security.
The findings dovetail with ...
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Scrabble friends Facebook, innit
Register
By Lester Haines • Get more from this author Aficionados of Scrabble can
as of right now deploy "Facebook", "blook", "wiki", "webzine" and "inbox"
without fear of their opponent calling foul, following the incorporation of
the terms into the list of ...
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How To Add Facebook Photo-Sharing On Your iPhone
The Business Insider
A native picture-uploading app has been debuted in Cydia, the jailbreak app
store, which uploads pictures from your Camera Roll to Facebook with just a
few taps. It's called Native FB Upload, and it's executed so beautifully
that it looks like it's ...
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Ustream's New Facebook App Offers Powerful Storytelling Potential
AllFacebook
Ustream's streaming video app is now free with the release today of a new
Facebook app that will help Facebook page administrators grow its
community, or so the company hopes. Ustream's Facebook app, launched this
week, enables broadcasters to readily ...
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Emily Longley - Source: Facebook
TVNZ
Longley's Facebook page has been flooded with tributes since the news of
her passing reached New Zealand. Longley moved to England two years ago to
live with her grandparents. Her closest friends say she was "really loving
life over there". ...
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Using Facebook to Get Better Grades?
PsychCentral.com
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A new international study suggests
online social networking sites like Facebook can not only help students get
into the academic and social swing of things in college — it can also
boost learning. ...
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Put Your Best Face Forward: Facebook Deemed an Accurate Personality Test for ...
TIME
Skip the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and head straight to Facebook. A new
study conducted at the University of Maryland found that Facebook profiles
can reveal almost everything an employer might want to know about an
applicant's personality within 10% ...
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Facebook Enhances West Palm Beach Plastic Surgery Patient Experience
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
As cosmetic plastic surgery becomes more socially acceptable, Dr. Jana
Rasmussen uses Facebook to enhance her patients' online experience with her
West Palm Beach plastic surgery practice. With over 700 billion minutes
spent per month on the social ...
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DC lighting plugs in at Facebook data center
CNET
The company's direct current lighting control system is being used by a
number of data center customers, including Facebook, which installed them
in its Prineville, Oregon data center. Facebook intends to use them as it
expands in the Oregon site and ...
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HTC Facebook phones arriving June 26
Rethink Wireless
By MARK JONES For anyone desperate for a phone with a dedicated Facebook
button then the UK branch of Amazon has revealed that the phones are
available for pre-order and will be arriving June 26. The phones were first
revealed back in February and will ...
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Hell's Angel case: Can a Facebook 'poke' be a threat?
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Federal prosecutors are alleging that a Hell's Angels member threatened a
witness — through a Facebook page 'poke.'- 1:09 am Learn who your
representatives are with district maps and pages for each state and
national delegate. ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops: More Addictive Than Facebook
Escapist Magazine
Call of Duty: Black Ops is not just the best-selling game of all time, it's
apparently also more addictive than Facebook. I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg
would take issue with that headline, but if you believe Activision
Blizzard's newly-released quarterly ...
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Facebook set for display ad lead
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw in London Facebook's large user base will make it the
world's largest online display advertising company by revenue this year,
overtaking the comparable businesses of Google and Yahoo, according to
analysis published on Tuesday. ...
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What Is Your Facebook Persona?
New York Times (blog)
By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO People use Facebook in different ways and for
different purposes — to connect with friends, to post clever
observations, to find and share ideas and resources found elsewhere, to
help others. If you are on Facebook, ...
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Pet Camp San Francisco Announces Facebook Contest for a Free Week's Stay at ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Grand prize is a one-week stay at the Pet Camp Cat Safari and photo
prominently featured on the Pet Camp Facebook page. "With the whole city in
an uproar over off-leash dogs at Fort Funston and Crissy Field, we're
hearing yowls of protest from cats. ...
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SimplyBook.me on Facebook
PR Newswire (press release)
The SimplyBook.me solution creates a business website for users in just a
few minutes, but more importantly, the users get a Facebook app that they
can install on their fan page, where clients can interact and make
appointments directly on the fan page ...
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Social Networks Offer a Way to Narrow the Field of Friends
New York Times
By JENNA WORTHAM and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER There are times when you just have
to tell your friends about something — but not necessarily your Facebook
friends. Dave Morin founded Path, a network that limits users to a small
number of contacts. ...
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Power Balance™ Teams with Moontoast for Facebook Commerce Campaign
PR Newswire (press release)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Balance™, an
innovator in the field of Performance Technology™ products, is mobilizing
its impressive Facebook roster with a social commerce campaign around the
coordinated launch of Power Balance ...
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Facebook Names Ford Mustang "Mayhem"
Motorward
Ford recently launched a competition on the Mustang's Facebook fan page and
asked users to name the new Mustang V6 Performance Package. The name
'Mayhem' elected as the winner. So Mayhem Mustang Package is the name
chosen from more than 3000 ...
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Trees, Water and People gets $25000 in foundation's Facebook vote challenge
The Coloradoan
The money comes from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, which pledged $25
million in the next two years and challenged nonprofits to rally Facebook
users to vote for their favorite charities. The top 100 vote-getters were
each awarded $25000 and now move ...
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Glastonbury Board Crafting Social Media Policy
Hartford Courant
Saying it is balancing First Amendment rights with the popularity of
Twitter and Facebook, the board of education began reviewing a new social
media policy for staff at its meeting Monday. The board of education is
considering implementing a policy ...
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Restaurant Makes An Ass Of Itself
Global Animal
Twitter and Facebook erupted on Thursday afternoon when a photo circulated
of a donkey that had been spray painted pink with "Pink Taco"scrawled
on her side. It was close to 90 degrees in Los Angeles on Thursday, and the
pink donkey was chained alone ...
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Depression... from Facebook?
WFIE-TV
He's not surprised by the study, which finds there can be trouble with
Facebook and teen self-esteem. He says, "Little things can really tip the
balance with kids." Little things like friend tallies, status updates, and
photos of happy people displayed ...
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Big business is watching your Facebook and Twitter updates
The Imperfect Parent
After acquiring Delicious from Yahoo this month, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
have purchaced Tap 11, which has created software to allow corporations to
analyze information users post on social media sites like Facebook and
Twitter. ...
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Wired News (blog)
By Peter Bright Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were
interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype,
Microsoft announced that it was buying the company for $8.56 billion in
cash. Last year, Skype had revenue of ...
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REPORT: 5 Million Facebookers Are Below 11
AllFacebook
Facebook has 7.5 million users below than the required minimum age of 13.
And five million of them are ten or younger. This comes from the June issue
of Consumer Reports, which features a special report about online security.
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Scrabble friends Facebook, innit
Register
By Lester Haines • Get more from this author Aficionados of Scrabble can
as of right now deploy "Facebook", "blook", "wiki", "webzine" and "inbox"
without fear of their opponent calling foul, following the incorporation of
the terms into the list of ...
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How To Add Facebook Photo-Sharing On Your iPhone
The Business Insider
A native picture-uploading app has been debuted in Cydia, the jailbreak app
store, which uploads pictures from your Camera Roll to Facebook with just a
few taps. It's called Native FB Upload, and it's executed so beautifully
that it looks like it's ...
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Ustream's New Facebook App Offers Powerful Storytelling Potential
AllFacebook
Ustream's streaming video app is now free with the release today of a new
Facebook app that will help Facebook page administrators grow its
community, or so the company hopes. Ustream's Facebook app, launched this
week, enables broadcasters to readily ...
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Emily Longley - Source: Facebook
TVNZ
Longley's Facebook page has been flooded with tributes since the news of
her passing reached New Zealand. Longley moved to England two years ago to
live with her grandparents. Her closest friends say she was "really loving
life over there". ...
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Using Facebook to Get Better Grades?
PsychCentral.com
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor A new international study suggests
online social networking sites like Facebook can not only help students get
into the academic and social swing of things in college — it can also
boost learning. ...
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Put Your Best Face Forward: Facebook Deemed an Accurate Personality Test for ...
TIME
Skip the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and head straight to Facebook. A new
study conducted at the University of Maryland found that Facebook profiles
can reveal almost everything an employer might want to know about an
applicant's personality within 10% ...
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Facebook Enhances West Palm Beach Plastic Surgery Patient Experience
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
As cosmetic plastic surgery becomes more socially acceptable, Dr. Jana
Rasmussen uses Facebook to enhance her patients' online experience with her
West Palm Beach plastic surgery practice. With over 700 billion minutes
spent per month on the social ...
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DC lighting plugs in at Facebook data center
CNET
The company's direct current lighting control system is being used by a
number of data center customers, including Facebook, which installed them
in its Prineville, Oregon data center. Facebook intends to use them as it
expands in the Oregon site and ...
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HTC Facebook phones arriving June 26
Rethink Wireless
By MARK JONES For anyone desperate for a phone with a dedicated Facebook
button then the UK branch of Amazon has revealed that the phones are
available for pre-order and will be arriving June 26. The phones were first
revealed back in February and will ...
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Hell's Angel case: Can a Facebook 'poke' be a threat?
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Federal prosecutors are alleging that a Hell's Angels member threatened a
witness — through a Facebook page 'poke.'- 1:09 am Learn who your
representatives are with district maps and pages for each state and
national delegate. ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops: More Addictive Than Facebook
Escapist Magazine
Call of Duty: Black Ops is not just the best-selling game of all time, it's
apparently also more addictive than Facebook. I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg
would take issue with that headline, but if you believe Activision
Blizzard's newly-released quarterly ...
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Facebook set for display ad lead
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw in London Facebook's large user base will make it the
world's largest online display advertising company by revenue this year,
overtaking the comparable businesses of Google and Yahoo, according to
analysis published on Tuesday. ...
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What Is Your Facebook Persona?
New York Times (blog)
By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO People use Facebook in different ways and for
different purposes — to connect with friends, to post clever
observations, to find and share ideas and resources found elsewhere, to
help others. If you are on Facebook, ...
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Pet Camp San Francisco Announces Facebook Contest for a Free Week's Stay at ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Grand prize is a one-week stay at the Pet Camp Cat Safari and photo
prominently featured on the Pet Camp Facebook page. "With the whole city in
an uproar over off-leash dogs at Fort Funston and Crissy Field, we're
hearing yowls of protest from cats. ...
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SimplyBook.me on Facebook
PR Newswire (press release)
The SimplyBook.me solution creates a business website for users in just a
few minutes, but more importantly, the users get a Facebook app that they
can install on their fan page, where clients can interact and make
appointments directly on the fan page ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/simplybookme-on-facebook-121553803.html>
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Social Networks Offer a Way to Narrow the Field of Friends
New York Times
By JENNA WORTHAM and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER There are times when you just have
to tell your friends about something — but not necessarily your Facebook
friends. Dave Morin founded Path, a network that limits users to a small
number of contacts. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/technology/10social.html>
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Power Balance™ Teams with Moontoast for Facebook Commerce Campaign
PR Newswire (press release)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Balance™, an
innovator in the field of Performance Technology™ products, is mobilizing
its impressive Facebook roster with a social commerce campaign around the
coordinated launch of Power Balance ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/power-balance-teams-with-moontoast-for-facebook-commerce-campaign-121560663.html>
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Facebook Names Ford Mustang "Mayhem"
Motorward
Ford recently launched a competition on the Mustang's Facebook fan page and
asked users to name the new Mustang V6 Performance Package. The name
'Mayhem' elected as the winner. So Mayhem Mustang Package is the name
chosen from more than 3000 ...
<http://www.motorward.com/2011/05/facebook-names-ford-mustang-mayhem/>
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Trees, Water and People gets $25000 in foundation's Facebook vote challenge
The Coloradoan
The money comes from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, which pledged $25
million in the next two years and challenged nonprofits to rally Facebook
users to vote for their favorite charities. The top 100 vote-getters were
each awarded $25000 and now move ...
<http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110510/BUSINESS/105100330>
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Glastonbury Board Crafting Social Media Policy
Hartford Courant
Saying it is balancing First Amendment rights with the popularity of
Twitter and Facebook, the board of education began reviewing a new social
media policy for staff at its meeting Monday. The board of education is
considering implementing a policy ...
<http://www.courant.com/community/glastonbury/hc-glastonbury-social-media-0510-20110509,0,7422503.story>
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Restaurant Makes An Ass Of Itself
Global Animal
Twitter and Facebook erupted on Thursday afternoon when a photo circulated
of a donkey that had been spray painted pink with "Pink Taco"scrawled
on her side. It was close to 90 degrees in Los Angeles on Thursday, and the
pink donkey was chained alone ...
<http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/05/09/restaurant-makes-an-ass-of-itself/39019/>
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Depression... from Facebook?
WFIE-TV
He's not surprised by the study, which finds there can be trouble with
Facebook and teen self-esteem. He says, "Little things can really tip the
balance with kids." Little things like friend tallies, status updates, and
photos of happy people displayed ...
<http://www.14wfie.com/story/14603612/depression-from-facebook>
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Big business is watching your Facebook and Twitter updates
The Imperfect Parent
After acquiring Delicious from Yahoo this month, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
have purchaced Tap 11, which has created software to allow corporations to
analyze information users post on social media sites like Facebook and
Twitter. ...
<http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/05/09/big-business-is-watching-your-facebook-and-twitter-updates/>
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