Archive for October, 2010
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
In the movie The Social Network, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is cast as a conniving, sociopathic ''asshole'' who shafts his co-founder and rips off an idea for an online community that later becomes his social networking site.
The real Mark Zuckerberg prefers to be seen as a social visionary. In a new ...
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
If you're changing your Facebook status every five minutes there is a good chance the only thing people will notice is that you're an attention-seeking extrovert.
Social networking analyst Laurel Papworth says there are hidden messages behind the overt displays of self-promotion on websites like Facebook or MySpace.
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Facebook today began letting users form cozy cliques as part of a move to give people more control of their information at the world's most popular online social network.
A "Groups" feature that lets Facebook members set up private online havens for clusters of co-workers, family, teammates, or others was unveiled ...
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Facebook took its entire team to see the less than flattering movie about the social network's origins on the weekend, helping push it to the top of the US box office.
Mashable said upwards of 1200 would be attending the screening.
The Social Network, the movie about the origins of Facebook, paints ...
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
Police and teachers are warning parents that children as young as eight are at risk from cyber bullies and online predators because they are flouting Facebook website age restrictions.
Peer group pressure is forcing increasing numbers of primary school-aged children to sign up to the popular social media site without the ...
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