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Facebook creates Latin interface making dead language live online

October 9, 2009 - 5:47am | News | Other themes

Facebook has introduced Latin interface of its website making thus the total number of available languages to exceed 17 mark.

It is getting like a peculiar strategy of the social networking site to make translations of its website interface to currently unused languages. Thus, for instance there is an option of pirate language for those who would rather “recruit mateys” than add friends.

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Cheap services bring billions of dollars to Asian social networks

September 9, 2009 - 11:39am | Figures | News

By selling an array of virtual products from avatar clothes to e-furniture, Asia's social networking sites appear to have solved the conundrum of how to leverage big profits from their extensive user bases.

It's simple, they say, the money might be virtual but the profits are all too real.

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MySpace acquires iLike in effort to reinvent itself as an entertainment portal

August 20, 2009 - 1:13am | News | Other themes

News Corp's MySpace officially announced its agreement to buy music recommendation service iLike. The acquisition comes as News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch has pressed to reinvent MySpace as an entertainment portal, taking advantage of its continued strength in areas like music and movies. MySpace declined to disclose financial terms of the acquisition that brings iLike's twin brother founders Ali and Hadi Partovi and Nat Brown into the MySpace fold.

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Users sue Facebook over privacy violation, prepare for the showdown

August 18, 2009 - 10:40am | Law aspects | News

On Monday five Facebook users filed a lawsuit against the social networking site claiming that it violated California state laws that protect consumer privacy, reports the MSNBC. The filing demands a jury trial and seeks damages and attorney's fees. At the focus of the case are concerns over Facebook’s privacy policy, which the site is in the process of addressing. Many users today are doubting if Facebook owns user's information posted on profile pages.

Facebook | lawsuit | personal information | privacy protection | social networking site

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Facebook begins testing virtual payments system

June 1, 2009 - 3:13pm | Articles | Payment systems

Social networking site Facebook has announced that it began testing its much-anticipated virtual currency payments system with third party application GroupCard. Users who want to buy a GroupCard e-card through the company's app are now offered the option of clicking on a "Pay with Facebook" button. They then pay with their credits, worth 10 cents each.

Facebook | social networking site | virtual currency | virtual payments system

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Yahoo! is closing Yahoo! 360 down

June 1, 2009 - 7:11am | News | Other themes

As it became known on Monday, Yahoo! is to close down social networking site, Yahoo! 360, next month, on July 13, following the shuttering of Yahoo! 360 services aimed at college graduates and Mash, two other networking efforts set up in 2007 and then closed very soon. So, by July 12, 2009 users will be asked to move into new profile on Yahoo!, that means users will need to get cracking moving blog and other content across.

Facebook | shut down | social networking site | Yahoo! | Yahoo! 360

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Holocaust denial groups on Facebook, a freedom of speech or hatred?

May 12, 2009 - 7:53am | Law aspects | News

Facebook has been blamed by attorney Brian Cuban for letting some Holocaust denial groups maintain shop on the site. Cuban has launched a public campaign for shutting down such groups as "Holocaust: A Series of Lies" and "Holocaust is a Holohoax".

It should also be reminded that about a week ago the social networking site had removed a page promoting KKK membership on the Isle of Man.

discrimination | Facebook | freedom of speech | KKK | social networking site

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Your sharing information with friends on Facebook may cost you a job

May 7, 2009 - 9:16am | News | Other themes

Harry Urschel, owner of the staffing/recruiting company e-Executives, stated that many recruiters and hiring managers at companies are nowadays searching for information about candidates online.

However, Sean Ryan, senior vice president of engineering and a hiring manager at online measurement tools vendor Lyris, Inc., said he wouldn’t not recommend hiring managers or HR professionals who would go

employer | hiring | job search | recruitment | social networking site

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Twitter is not just about communication it is about online sales

May 6, 2009 - 7:54am | News | Other themes

Twitter can be used as a good marketing tool. Although, Twitter grew 131 percent in March 2009, reports .comScore, the studies showed that a lot of people visit Twitter a few times and never come back. Mainly this is because the site fails in fulfilling its purpose. Twitter is designed to be a conversational tool. However, it is difficult to have conversations when you just join, and don't have any followers.

follower | marketing tool | salespeople | social networking site | Twitter

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