Visibility, Venues Top Facebook Privacy Changes

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Visibility, Venues Top Facebook Privacy Changes
Discovery News
Yes, it's complicated: Facebook's latest reshuffling of its privacy options
has brought yet another batch of settings to adjust and risks to consider.
Before, all your posts would be visible to the same people -- everybody
online if you'd stuck with ...
<http://news.discovery.com/tech/explaining-facebooks-latest-privacy-changes-110831.html>

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Facebook 'BandPage' Creator RootMusic Raises $16 Million

Washington Post
By TechCrunch.com, RootMusic, the company behind BandPage, a platform that

helps musicians make the most of their Facebook presence, has raised a
Series B round of funding to the tune of $16 million after raising $2.3

million earlier this year. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-bandpage-creator-rootmusic-raises-16-million/2011/08/31/gIQA7uy4rJ_story.html>

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Facebook 'Friending' Leads to Contempt Charge for Texas Juror

International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | August 31, 2011 10:28 AM EDT For most people,
the definition of friend took on a new meaning in the Facebook era.
However, for an Arlington, Texas-based pizza driver, the definition of
friend reached a whole different level. ...
<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/206537/20110831/facebook-friend-contempt-charge-texas-jury.htm>

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Old People Climbing Aboard The Good Ship Facebook
WebProNews
Love might not be a strong enough word – maybe "depends on" or
"require" would better describe the way my generation sees services
like Twitter and Facebook. Many studies have found an addictive quality to
social media the cause teens to exhibit ...
<http://www.webpronews.com/old-people-climbing-aboard-the-good-ship-facebook-2011-08>

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SynCardia Goes Social on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
PR Newswire (press release)
31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com),
manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced
today that it has launched company pages on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
in order to educate a larger ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/syncardia-goes-social-on-facebook-twitter-and-linkedin-128803988.html>

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Teachers in Dayton, Ohio banned from friending students on Facebook
New York Daily News
BY Larry Mcshane A new policy in the Dayton Public School systems bars
instructors from friending their students on Facebook, along with instant
messaging or texting with the kids. Teachers cannot "respond to
student-initiated attempts at conversation ...
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/08/31/2011-08-31_teachers_in_dayton_ohio_banned_from_friending_students_on_facebook.html>

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Getting to grips with Google Plus
African Business Review
Barely out of diapers, social networks Facebook and Twitter have changed
the way we work and play. Companies don't just have Facebook pages anymore;
they have all-singing, all-dancing mini-sites, run competitions to drive
"likes" and have creative ...
<http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/marketing/social-media/getting-to-grips-with-google-plus>

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Facebook's New (New) Privacy Controls

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Facebook's New (New) Privacy Controls
New York Times (blog)
By PAUL BOUTIN Over the weekend, Facebook began rolling out a new interface
that gives members much more direct control over who can see what they
post, as well as when they're tagged by others. Some of the options were
already available, ...
<http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/facebooks-new-new-privacy-controls/>

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5 Reasons Daily Deals Are Tanking--and 3 Reasons They're Not Dead Yet
Forbes
With this blog, I hope to suss out what's coming next from major players
such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Facebook, fast-rising challengers
such as Twitter and Groupon, ad agency leaders like WPP and Publicis, and
an alphabet soup of ad technology ...
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2011/08/30/why-daily-deals-are-tanking-and-why-theyre-not-dead-yet/>

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Wanna hack? Facebook will pay
CNN International
By Laurie Segall @CNNMoneyTech August 30, 2011: 3:01 PM ET NEW YORK
(CNNMoney) -- Facebook wants you to try to hack into its site -- and if you
succeed, it will pay you for the details. Facebook said this week that that
it has paid out more than $40000 ...
<http://edition.cnn.com/money/2011/08/30/technology/facebook_bug_bounty/?cnn=yes>

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Paul Ceglia suffers another setback in Facebook case
Washington Post
By Hayley Tsukayama, Paul Ceglia, the man who claims that he has a huge
ownership stake in Facebook based on a 2003 contract with network
co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has suffered another setback in his
case against the company. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/paul-ceglia-suffers-another-setback-in-facebook-case/2011/08/30/gIQA7hIypJ_story.html>

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American Airlines Gets A Lashing On Facebook, Twitter After Losing Cat In JFK
CBS New York
American Airlines is feeling the pressure on their Facebook page. "All
this extra security and you can't be bothered to check your cameras to see
EXACTLY what happened to Jack?!? Good to know. What else is going on behind
the scenes that you don't know ...
<http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/30/american-airlines-gets-a-lashing-on-facebook-twitter-after-losing-cat-in-jfk/>

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How to Deal With Annoying People on Google+ & Facebook

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How to Deal With Annoying People on Google+ & Facebook
Business Insider
Both Google+ and Facebook are competing for your time and space, and your
commitment to one social network. To make their spaces more attractive to
you, they've both made it easier for you to deal with people you don't like
or don't care for. ...
<http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-deal-with-annoying-people-on-google-and-facebook-2011-8>

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Facebook and Yelp retreat from daily deals
CNN
By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech August 30, 2011: 2:14 PM ET Facebook
scrapped its group buying program after only four months, while Yelp cut
its Deals staff in half. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Groupon's success in the
daily deals space spawned hundreds ...
<http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/30/technology/daily_deals_facebook_yelp/>

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Facebook pays for security holes
BBC News
Facebook has spent $40000 (£25000) in the first 21 days of a program that
rewards the discovery of security bugs. The bug bounty program aims to
encourage security researchers to help harden Facebook against attack. One
security researcher has been ...
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-14715442>

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Facebook Fuels Colorado State University Megaparty: 2000 Show, 10 Arrested
Huffington Post
DENVER — An apartment complex near Colorado State University that used
Facebook to advertise "the biggest pool party of the year'" got more than
it bargained for – at least 2000 people, most of them college students,
showed up. ...
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/30/facebook-fuels-colorado-state-university-megaparty_n_942461.html>

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Paul Ceglia Must Give Facebook Access To His Emails In Ownership Lawsuit
Huffington Post
BUFFALO, NY — A man suing for part ownership of Facebook must give
lawyers for the social networking company access to every email he's
exchanged since 2003, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Richard Arcara
denied Paul Ceglia's request to delay ...
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/30/paul-ceglia-emails-facebook-lawsuit_n_942482.html>

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Facebook Mistake: Texas Juror Tried to 'Friend' Defendant
ABC News (blog)
Here's a sad little memo to Jonathan Hudson of Arlington, Texas: If you're
on jury duty, and you're assigned to a case, don't try to "friend" the
defendant on Facebook. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the 22-year-old
Hudson was one of the jurors ...
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/08/facebook-mistake-texas-juror-tried-to-friend-defendant/>

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Syrian hackers take over Columbia University Facebook page
Washington Post (blog)
(AP) As Syrian security forces continued to crack down on protesters
Tuesday despite the Eid al-Fitr holiday, killing seven, supporters of the
regime launched their own attack on Columbia University's Facebook page.
Dozens of posts filled the Ivy ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/syrian-hackers-take-over-columbia-university-facebook-page/2011/08/30/gIQATyI9pJ_blog.html>

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Florida Teacher in Hot Water For Facebook Comments
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Former "teacher of the year" Jerry Buell of Mount Dora High School in Lake
County, Florida was suspended for three days of the new school year,
pending an investigation of some anti-gay marriage Facebook comments he
posted. Since then though he's been ...
<http://www.southfloridagaynews.com/sfgn-columnists/guest-columnists/4372-florida-teacher-in-hot-water-for-facebook-comments.html>

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Facebook's updated privacy controls take it beyond Google+'s Circles

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Facebook's updated privacy controls take it beyond Google+'s Circles
By Aayush Arya
Facebook unveiled a bevy of privacy and location-related changes today that
may give it an edge over Google+.
<http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/08/24/facebook%E2%80%99s-updated-privacy-controls-take-it-beyond-google%E2%80%99s-circles/>
The Next Web
<http://thenextweb.com/google/>

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Facebook fighting Twitter, Google with acquisitions
By Todd Haselton
Facebook is expecting to acquire a total of 20 new companies in 2011 in an
effort to better compete with Twitter and Google, Bloomberg reported on
Tuesda.
<http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/23/facebook-fighting-twitter-google-with-acquisitions/>
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
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Foursquare wins major victory with death of Facebook Places ...
By Sean Ludwig
While Facebook was rolling out some changes to its privacy policies today,
the company also quietly announced it was killing off the Foursquare-like
Places function inside of its mobile app. The Facebook Places feature was
unveiled a ...
<http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/23/foursquare-wins-against-facebook-places/>
VentureBeat
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Facebook Just Killed Places
By Sam Biddle
Facebook Just Killed Places Remember Places, the Facebook Foursquare clone
feature you probably didn't use? I say probably, because Facebook just axed
it entirely, BI reports, admitting inevitable defeat in the check-in war.
...
<http://gizmodo.com/5833712/facebook-just-killed-places>
Gizmodo
<http://gizmodo.com/>

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Facebook Rolls Out Major, Sweeping Privacy Changes
By Matt Rosoff
Facebook says it's not because of Google+, but it sure looks reactionary.
<http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-gives-you-more-control-over-who-youre-sharing-with-just-like-google-2011-8>
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Facebook Makes Massive Privacy & Tagging Changes [PICS]

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Facebook Makes Massive Privacy & Tagging Changes [PICS]
Mashable
Facebook is launching one of the largest privacy overhauls in its history.
The initiative will make it clearer with whom you're sharing photos, status
updates and locations. "We want to make it easier to share with who you
want, no matter what it is," ...
<http://mashable.com/2011/08/23/facebook-privacy-changes/>

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Facebook, Twitter up despite Google+
USA Today
By Scott Martin, USA TODAY Facebook appears to be making more friends
despite the rise of Google's much-hyped social site. ComScore on Tuesday
reported the social giant saw 162 million unique visitors in July, a 11%
jump from the same period year ago ...
<http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/08/facebook-twitter-users-up-despite-google/1>

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Facebook looks to gobble 7 more companies this year
Register
Facebook's corporate development director Vaughan Smith, who clearly wants
to stay in his job by notching up buyouts, told Bloomberg that he was
looking at a variety of design and mobile options for the Mark
Zuckerberg-run, privately held firm. ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/23/facebook_acquisition_plans/>

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Missouri Facebook Law: why can't teachers and students be friends?
Christian Science Monitor
Impetus for the 'Facebook Law' is still fresh in many people's memory.
Missouri teacher Amy Jackson was arrested after a relationship with a
student came to light in July, an affair reportedly orchestrated on
Facebook. And in May, a substitute teacher ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/0823/Missouri-Facebook-Law-why-can-t-teachers-and-students-be-friends>

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Facebook pressing ahead with move to new HQ
MarketWatch
By John Letzing SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Facebook Inc. is pressing
ahead with a move to bigger quarters in Menlo Park, Calif., part of an
aggressive expansion ahead of an anticipated initial public offering next
year. About 500 employees have ...
<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-pressing-ahead-with-move-to-new-hq-2011-08-23>

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Glenn Beck's Israel rally prompts Facebook protest
The Guardian
The born-again Christian has been in Israel for more than a week preparing
for his "Restoring Courage" rally, which has prompted a "Glenn Beck Stay
Home" Facebook page and the promise of protests outside the venue.
According to the organisers, ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/glenn-beck-israel-rally-facebook>

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Watch Miramax movies on Facebook
CBS News
(CBS) Miramax, the movie studio that brought us films like "Pulp Fiction"
and "Good Will Hunting," has penned a deal with Facebook to offer movie
rentals and purchases on the social network. In the post Miramax chief
executive officer Mike Lang wrote, ...
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20095993-501465.html>

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Facebook Launches Ad Targeting by Topic
Inside Facebook
By Josh Constine Facebook recently added the ability to target
advertisements by Topic, as detailed in its new Interests Targeting guide
(.PDF). Rather than targeting users that Like a specific Page, advertisers
can simultaneously target all users who ...
<http://www.insidefacebook.com/2011/08/23/topic-ad-targeting/>

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New Facebook game allows Sims to run on Dunkin' joe
Boston Globe
By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff Dunkin' Donuts and Electronic Arts Inc., or EA,
said they are teaming up on a six-month initiative that will feature
Dunkin' Donuts products in a version of EA's Sims Social Facebook game. In
the Sims Social game, ...
<http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2011/08/new-facebook-game-allows-sims-run-dunkin-joe/tRUlEtTqpQXQW63M20RK3O/>

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Teacher Jerry Buell won't apologize for anti-gay Facebook post
WTSP 10 News
MOUNT DORA, Florida (WKMG) -- A Lake County high school teacher said he
will not apologize after posting anti-gay messages on his Facebook page.
Jerry Buell told our sister station WKMG Local 6 his comments are protected
by the First Amendment, ...
<http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/207102/11/Teacher-Jerry-Buell-wont-apologize-for-anti-gay-Facebook-post>

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