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Microsoft tiptoes into social networks with So.cl

...Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its foray into social networking, although it says its initiative is not designed to be a... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

...with more details on cookies and targeted ads. Image credit: Facebook The social-networking company has added "more examples and detailed explanations" to help members... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Report: Scammers shift from spam to social media

...be trusted mediums."The very nature of the networks, that is, the social-networking platforms, make users incorrectly assume that they're not at risk... Read more

1 May, 2012 by Michael Lee

Ofcom: UK is 'addicted' to smartphones

...Social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are spurring smartphone adoption in... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Teens drive jump in internet use on phones

A surge in mobile internet use by Brits under 25 has lifted the proportion of people using their handsets to go online while outside home, according to official statistics Read more

31 August, 2011 by Ben Woods
Why Google+ may change the web for good

Why Google+ may change the web for good

...more like the connective social tissue of the web. It could take social networking beyond a walled garden such as Facebook or even a controlled... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Jason Hiner

Report: Facebook prepares for IPO in May

...an IPO that could value the company at about $100m (£62m). The social-networking giant has been working up its filings with the Securities and... Read more

29 March, 2012 by Larry Dignan

Yahoo sues Facebook over wide-ranging patents

...patents, which cover functions from advertising and privacy to instant messaging and social networking itself. Yahoo has sued Facebook over the alleged infringement of 10... Read more

13 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Yahoo prepares for patent battle with Facebook

...Yahoo is threatening legal action against Facebook if the social-networking giant does not agree to license 10 to 20 patents held... Read more

28 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

Report: Facebook snaps up Gowalla

...Facebook has acquired Gowalla, which makes a location-based social-networking app for mobile devices, according to a report. Some Gowalla employees... Read more

5 December, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Australia looks at adding Facebook to phone book

...Federal Government's phone book of all telephone numbers could include users' social-networking details in the future, depending on the outcome of a review... Read more

18 November, 2011 by Michael Lee

Facebook faces German lawsuit over facial recognition

...The state data protection authority in Hamburg is preparing to sue the social-networking giant over the feature, which automatically recognises and tags photos in... Read more

11 November, 2011 by Steven Musil

Facebook to build datacentre near Arctic Circle

...The social-networking giant announced on Thursday that it will build its first non... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Steven Musil

Facebook to 'automate' data requests, campaigners say

...will make it much quicker for people to extract the data the social networking company holds on them, a campaign group has claimed. Privacy campaigners... Read more

22 September, 2011 by David Meyer

German state bans Facebook pages, 'Like' buttons

Schleswig-Holstein's privacy authority says the social-networking site breaks state and federal law by monitoring users for ad... Read more

22 August, 2011 by David Meyer

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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UnderINK

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