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Obamerica's Digital Congregation

Aimee Liu | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Organization, Usaservice, Service, President Obama, Barack, Secular Religion, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Community Organizing, Obama, Inauguration, Religious Left, Obama Technology, The Internet, Community Service, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Computers, Web, Websites, Facebook, Internet, Social Networking Sites Community Organizing, Volunteering, Technology, Myspace, Politics News
Aimee Liu

Thanks to digital organizing, Obama now has a secular congregation as big as America. That congregation elected him. Now that same congregation is going to practice the values that he has preached.

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Facebook Journalism

Rory O'Connor | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Trust, Social Media Networks, Facebook, Credibility, Journalism, The Internet, Internet, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Computers, Web, Websites, Technology, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Randi Zuckerberg: "When journalists can really engage with this audience and enlist Facebook users to market and share their content, that is such a powerful way to share credible news and information."

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Why I'm Not On Facebook

Meredith Broussard | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Facebook, Facebook Privacy, Turkey, Family Relationships, Family, The Internet, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Online, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News
Meredith Broussard

My college students would find me on Facebook in about five seconds flat. Can I really get up in front of a classroom and command authority if my students know I helped make a fruit turkey?

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Need To Energize Your Network? Here's How

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Networking, Careers, Social Networking Sites, Networking, Friendship, Linkedin, Google Alerts, Social Networks, Business Acquaintances, Business Conferences, Business Meetings, Facebook, Business News
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

Now really, what's the point in having a network if you rarely connect with the people in it?

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Croatia Web Arrests Spark Furor

BBC | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Social Networks, Facebook, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Croatia, World News

Croatia's prime minister has ordered an inquiry following arrests of several opposition activists who made plans via the social networking website Fac...

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Situation Wanted: White Woman, 40s, Seeks New Obsession Following 2008 Election

Ann Handley | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking Sites, President Obama, Email, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Living News
Ann Handley

Obama is in the House, which was the goal. But what happens to us now - those who are part of his massive database of names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and Twitter accounts?

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What's Next In Online Safety

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Family Online Safety Insitute, Stephen Balkam, Congressional Commission on Online Safety, Fosi, Online Safety, Privacy Settings, Social Networking Sites, Regulatory Policy, Anorexia Website, Cyber Security Awareness Month, Kids Web, Iphone, Cyberbullying, The Intenet, Pc, Youtube, Bulimia Website, UK Council for Internet Safety, Web 2.0, Suicide Site, National Press Club, Myspace, Living News
Stephen Balkam

Kids are now producing the kind of content we once shielded them from. There are cases pending in court where the kids are being charged with production of child pornography.

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"Retrosexuals" Find Old Flames On Facebook

TIME | Posted 09.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Facebook Love, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Fbook, Retrosexual, Facebook, Facebook Older, Myspace, Facebook Relationships, Technology News

As Facebook users have begun to skew older--the website is now as popular with 30-, 40- and 50-somethings as with the college students who pioneered i...

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Will Facebook Be In Arabic Next?

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Facebook in Arabic, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Business News, Arabic, Facebook, Business News

Credit a big chunk of Facebook's international growth to the local-language editions they've been running: They recently launched in Chinese and Russi...

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Best Business Twitter Feeds: Microblogging The Money Of The World

Huffington Post | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Stocks, Stock Markets, Micro-Blogging, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Twitter, Twitter Business Newsfeed, Twitter Newsfeed, Business News

Twitter, the free micro-blogging and social networking site, enables its readers to (among other things) chat about stock news and share tips. The sit...

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Best Green Twitter Feeds

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Twitter Newsfeed, Twitter Green Newsfeed, Twitter, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Micro-Blogging, Green, Green Living, Green News

Twitter, the free micro-blogging and social networking site, enables its users worldwide to discuss (among other topics) all things green. From green...

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Everyone Else Is Taller, Better-Looking, Smarter, Cooler, and Has a Better Backhand

Ann Handley | Posted 07.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Linkedin, Internet, Social Media, Flickr, Social Networks, Online Profile, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Insecurities, Technology, Facebook, Google, Feedburner, Happiness, Technorati, Plurk, Taylor Mali, Living News
Ann Handley

When you are prone to measuring yourself against others, like I am, and when you both work and live out chunks of your life online, as I do, the Inter...

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Net-Etiquette For Job Seekers

Christine Hassler | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Linkedin, The Balanced Life, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Gen Y, Career Advice, Twenty-Something Advice, Employeers, Employee, Facebook, Job Search, Living News
Christine Hassler

Checking out potential and current employees via social networking sites is an extra layer to the hiring process that more and more employers are using -- think of it as part of your resume.

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LinkedIn Joins Elite $1 Billion Club

Financial Times | Richard Waters | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Linkedin, Social Networks, LinkedIn Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Business News

The biggest online social network intended for professional use has been valued at more than $1bn, putting it among a small group of private internet ...

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Google to Help Curb Web Porn in Brazil

AP | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Brazil, Social Networking Sites, Stopping Child Pornography, Google Child Porn, Orkut, Internet Hate Crimes, Alexandre Hohagen, Child Pornography, Social Networking, Hate Crimes, Google, Business News

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The head of Google in Brazil said Wednesday the Internet giant will take actions to stop child pornography and hate cri...

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Penthouse Invests $500M In Group Of Social Networking Sites

New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Networking Sites, Penthouse Magazine, Social Networking, Penthouse Media Group, Penthouse, Social Networking Websites, Business News

While the influx of free and low-cost video has hurt the sale of pornographic videos, the chief executive of the Penthouse Media Group remains so bull...

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Facebook's Zuckerberg Says IPO Is "Years Away"

San Jose Mercury News | Mark Boslet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Networking, Facebook, Social Networking Sites, Facebook IPO, Business News

Web 2.0 dynamo Facebook said that an initial public offering is still years away but that it's making progress on a "financing" that some reports clai...

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Facebook Agrees To Beef Up Security Following AG Investigation

MacWorld | Robert McMillan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Facebook, Social Networking Sites, Facebook Security, Media News

Facebook will step up the policing of pornography, harassment and inappropriate behavior on its social networking site, settling a consumer fraud inve...

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