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Where Is Obama's Cyberczar?

James D. Zirin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


James D. Zirin

Why hasn't the president appointed a cyber czar to monitor and secure the electronic highway from attack? His staff said he is looking for just the right person, and that takes time.

Facebook Has "Twitter Envy"

New York Times | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media


Since last fall, when Facebook tried and failed to acquire Twitter, it has been slowly introducing features that mimic Twitter. Last week, Facebook ad...

Facebook Grew Twice As Fast As Twitter In July

TechCrunch | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media


In the month of July, according to the latest estimates from comScore, Facebook attracted 87.7 million unique visitors in the U.S., which was 14 perce...

Facebook Rolls Out Real Time Search

Financial Times | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media


Facebook has rolled out a vastly improved search engine that returns real- time results and the status updates of members who have chosen to make thei...

Facebook Buys FriendFeed For War Against Twitter

Business Insider | Dan Frommer|Aug. 10, 2009, 3:20 PM|1 | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Facebook has acquired social networking service FriendFeed, the company announced. Financial terms were not disclosed. This is clearly a move to st...

Facebook Slowly Adding Twitter-Like Features, Following Microsoft's Model

Business Insider | Nicholas Carlson|Jun. 29, 2009, 11:42 AM|6 | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Last fall, Facebook tried and failed to acquire Twitter for $500 million in Facebook stock. The deal blew up when Twitter learned Facebook valued its...

Facebook Opens Up For Developers, Turns Up The Heat On Twitter

Business Insider | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


Facebook will announce tomorrow that it will allow third-party developers to build applications and services that, with users' permission, access user...

Facebook's Twitter Deal Breakdown: How It Went South

BusinessWeek | Spencer E. Ante | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media


Facebook remains on the lookout for acquisitions after its failed attempt to buy microblogging site Twitter, one of the company's directors and larges...