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Gen Y Says: You Can Take Facebook, but Please Don't Take our Email!
Written by Sarah Perez / October 21, 2009 7:29 AM / 17 Comments
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A recent study by industry group the Participatory Marketing Network has unearthed some surprising data on Gen Y behavior. Apparently, the members of this young demographic (ages 18-24) would rather Continue reading »


How Safe are Facebook Applications?
Written by Sarah Perez / October 16, 2009 7:21 AM / 15 Comments
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Recently, Roger Thompson, chief research officer at security firm AVG, discovered over half a dozen Facebook applications that had been compromised by malicious hackers. Although the apps' reach was small Continue reading »


Back Up Your Facebook Wall with SocialSafe
Written by Sarah Perez / October 12, 2009 5:53 AM / 4 Comments
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SocialSafe, the Facebook backup tool that launched earlier this summer, has now added a new feature that allows you to back up your Facebook Wall Posts using the company's desktop Continue reading »


Fake Facebook Profiles Are Spreading Spyware
Written by Jolie O'Dell / October 1, 2009 12:51 PM / 5 Comments
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Today, AVG, makers of antivirus program LinkScanner, noticed a disturbing rash of nearly identical Facebook profiles aimed at infecting users' computers with spyware. AVG's research chief Roger Thompson said that Continue reading »


More Proof: Facebook for the Rich, MySpace for the Poor
Written by Sarah Perez / September 28, 2009 7:21 AM / 25 Comments
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Oh how the mighty have fallen. The one time king of social networks, MySpace, now has the honor of being the site where the less affluent members of the online Continue reading »


Social Networking Use Triples from Only a Year Ago
Written by Sarah Perez / September 25, 2009 8:00 AM / 14 Comments
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Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos, and make comments on friends' walls is not simply a "phase" you're Continue reading »


Facebook Data Mining: Truth in Association?
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 20, 2009 7:41 PM / 4 Comments
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With a product as ubiquitous as Facebook, the public has raised a number of privacy-related concerns including optional settings, privacy policies and data mining. In the past, ReadWriteWeb covered Facebook's Continue reading »


Hulu's Facebook App: Posse Up for the Heroes Premiere
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 20, 2009 5:25 PM / 2 Comments
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Five years ago it was strange to see TV (a form of entertainment built for at-home consumption) rally people to congregate outside of their homes. Special programming like heavy weight Continue reading »


Obama's Health Plan Gets Facebook App
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 17, 2009 7:16 PM / 4 Comments
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Anyone who has ever tried to keep the peace is told to avoid two topics: religion and politics. The latter is precisely the reason a flame war has ensued on Continue reading »


Seesmic Updates Desktop App: Now With More Facebook
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 17, 2009 5:00 PM / 0 Comments
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Seesmic just released an update to its popular Twitter and Facebook desktop client that gives users enhanced access to their Facebook accounts. Specifically, Seesmic Desktop 0.6 now allows users to Continue reading »


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