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Facebook as News Source?

Lindsay Hoffman | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Twitter News, News Viral Social Media, Facebook News, Social Media News, Social Networking News, College News
Lindsay Hoffman

Although social networking sites have primarily been seen as social tools connecting friends and family, news organizations and candidates alike have discovered the value of these sites to make stories go "viral" and get more traffic to their own sites.

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Instagram And Facebook Conspire To Make Your Whole Life Look Cool

Emma Gray | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Instagram, Instagram on Facebook, Authentic Beauty, Facebook Bought Instagram, Instagram and Facebook, Slidepollajax, Instagram to Facebook, Facebook, Instagram Facebook, Facebook News, Instagram Criticism, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Women News
Emma Gray

With apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic, the un-authenticity is right out in the open. Even mundane objects look covetable once they've been filtered through "Nashville," "Toaster," "Earlybird" or "Lo-fi."

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RUMOR: Facebook Won't Honor Trades In Shares For 3 Days

Reuters | Alexei Oreskovic | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Video, Reuters, Facebook News, Facebook Shares, Ipo, Facebook Rumor, Facebook, Facebook Trading, Technology News

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook, the social networking company poised to go public this year, will not honor tra...

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What An IPO Could Mean For Facebook

Posted 11.29.2011

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By Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters) - Facebook, the world's largest Internet social network, is preparing for a initial public stock offering next year...

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Facebook Said To Ready Biggest Announcement Ever

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Facebook Ipo Rumor, Facebook, Facebook Valuation, Facebook IPO, Facebook News, Technology News

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is looking to go public between April and June 2012 with a valuation of over $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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REPORT: Facebook's Next Big Announcement Leaks

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Video, Facebook Server Farm, Facebook News, Facebook Leak, Facebook Server Farm Sweden, Facebook Sweden, Facebook Servers, Facebook, Technology News

STOCKHOLM — Facebook plans to build a large server farm in northern Sweden near the Arctic Circle, taking advantage of the chilly climate to kee...

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Girls (and Boys) Just Wanna Have Fun

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Social Media, Facebook, New Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Crowd Sourcing, Facebook Users, Facebook Timeline, Facebook News, Facebook Changes, Technology News
Eric Yaverbaum

Social media is social. So, wouldn't it make sense for Facebook to consult with users before they make changes to the site? Apparently, the company thinks not.

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Bianca Bosker

New Feature Could Be Big Business For Facebook, Big Burden For Users

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: F8, F8 Conference, Facebook Open Graph, Facebook F8, New Facebook Apps, Facebook Accouncement, Facebook News, Facebook Apps, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Technology News

The “completely new class of social apps” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Thursday at the f8 developer conference will feed Facebook even mo...

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Live Updates From Facebook's Big Announcement

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: F8 News, F8, Facebook F8, Facebook News, F8 Conference, Facebook, Facebook F8 Conference, Technology News

Is Facebook about to get a major profile redesign? All-new ways of listening to music? An iPad app? We'll know in just a few hours once Facebook k...

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Bianca Bosker

Facebook Unveils Entirely New Relationship Category

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Facebook Privacy Settings, Facebook Subscribe Button, Facebook News, Facebook, Facebook Features, Facebook Subscribe, Facebook Announcement, Facebook Sharing, Technology News

Facebook is rolling out a feature that introduces an entirely new relationship category to the social networking site. Until now, users could only ...

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Facebook Shutters Groupon Competitor

AP | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Facebook Daily Deals, Video, Groupon, Facebook Deals, Facebook News, Facebook Groupon Rival, Facebook Ends Deals, Facebook Groupon, Facebook Groupon Killer, Facebook, Technology News

By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is ending its Deals program, which offered the site's 750 million users discounts similar to thos...

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Facebook Announcement Officially Scheduled

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Facebook Chat, Poll, Facebook News, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Announcement July 6, Facebook, Facebook Announcement, Facebook News Event, Technology News

The big announcement Mark Zuckerberg mentioned on Wednesday is official. The invitation (which you can see below) says the event will begin at 10 a...

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Facebook Reportedly Hires iPhone, PlayStation Hacker

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.26.2011

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*Scroll down for update.* If you can't beat 'em, join 'em--or, in Facebook's case, hire 'em full time. According to TechUnwrapped, Facebook now...

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The Most Profitable Ad Space On The Web?

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Google, Yahoo Ads, Google Ads, Facebook News, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Ad Revenue, Facebook Advertising Revenue, Facebook, Yahoo, Facebook Ads, Video, Technology News

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will total roughly $2.2 billion in 2011, displacing Yahoo Inc...

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Facebook Said To Be Taking On Apple With New Feature

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Facebook App, Facebook Apple, Facebook App Store, Facebook News, Facebook, Facebook Project Spartan, Facebook Mobile Platform, Project Spartan, Technology News

Following a leak Wednesday about a possible upcoming photo-sharing app for Facebook, TechCrunch claims that Facebook's next big endeavor, internally k...

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STUDY: Facebook Sharing Sending Readers To Big News Sites

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 07.09.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet's most popular hangout to share and recommend content. ...

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'The Facebook Effect'

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 07.08.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet's most popular hangout to share and recommend content. ...

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Follow Facebook's Announcement Live Here

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 06.07.2011

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Facebook is hosting a press conference on Thursday starting at 10AM PT/1PM ET to offer a "behind-the-scenes look at the latest technology powering Fac...

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News Outlet Abandoning Website For 'Facebook-Only'

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook-Only News Site, Rockville, Facebook News, Rockville-Maryland, Rockville Central, Rockville Central Facebook, Facebook, Maryland, Media News

The same week local news website TBD announced a massive reorganization and planned layoffs, one of the sites in its blog network Rockville Central de...

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Facebook CTO On The Social Revolution's Next Frontier

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Each week we ask chief technology officers and other high-profile tech decision-makers three questions. This week, Bret Taylor, chief technology of...

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Bianca Bosker

Facebook's 'Next Generation' Email Service: What It Means For You

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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"This is the way that the future should work," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of Facebook's revamped Messages system, which will provide all Facebo...

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Facebook Unveils Email Addresses, New Messaging Features

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network will be launching a revamped messaging product, 'Messages,' that will give users an "@f...

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Facebook Adds Deal Service To Facebook Places

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a press conference Wednesday, Facebook announced that it will be adding a deal service to Facebook Places that aims to help businesses alert custom...

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Download Your Information, New Dashboard Unveiled At Facebook Event

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a press conference Wednesday, Facebook unveiled several new features designed up help users better control their information. One new tool, "Dow...

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Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Believe In Privacy

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Privacy, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg Privacy, Facebook Ceo Privacy, Mark Zuckerberg Privacy, Facebook, Facebook News, Technology News

Facebook has come under fire from privacy advocates, users, and now even US senators for what many believe is the site's lack of concern for protectin...

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