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Two Week Facebook Ban Lifted in Pakistan

Posted On : 2010-06-01 16:36:04-04
On Monday, Pakistan lifted a two-week ban on Facebook. The country banned Facebook on May 19 because of the discovery of an online contest where drawings of the prophet Muhammad were featured. The Muslim faith considers any representation of Muhammad to be heretical.   There were protestors with hand-lettered signs that were out in force to [...]
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Facebook “Like” Buttons Not Working

Posted On : 2010-06-01 16:57:25-04
Have you experienced problems with Facebook’s “Like” buttons today? If you have, it’s not you or your computer, but Facebook, who is now working on solving the dilemma. The problem, which started today, could be affecting thousands of sites around the web. When a Facebook users clicks on a “Like” button, they receive a red [...]
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How to Avoid being Google Slapped

Posted On : 2010-06-02 09:32:37-04
One of the biggest concerns that many webmasters have is having their website or blog being Google slapped. It’s one of the really common phrases that’s thrown around out there, but if you’re like most people then you know you don’t want it to happen but you don’t know what exactly it is or how [...]
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Twitter Testing a “You Both Follow” Feature Today

Posted On : 2010-06-03 13:04:15-04
Nick Kallen, an engineer with Twitter, posted a tweet a few hours ago to reveal that the new “You Both Follow” feature is now in test mode. So far, only about ten percent of Twitter users are finding this new feature activated in their Twitter accounts.   What the “You Both Follow” feature is allow you [...]
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Google Purchases Auctioneer Invite Media

Posted On : 2010-06-03 18:33:26-04
It has been announced that Google has acquired Invite Media, a display advertising company that works to connect those who want to buy display advertising, and those who are selling the same.   It’s a well known fact that search advertising is a big part of Google’s bottom line, but the company has been targeting display advertising [...]
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Google Now Including Apps in Search Results From Mobile Devices

Posted On : 2010-06-03 19:49:50-04
Google has begun listing apps in its search results when searches are performed from mobile devices. Apps listed in search results include those in the App Store from Apple and from Google’s own Android Market. The links that show up will include the basic information about the individual app, such as who the developer was, [...]
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China Blocks Foursquare After Too Many Users Check In To Tiananmen Square

Posted On : 2010-06-05 02:01:02-04
The Chinese government has blocked all access to Foursquare, a popular social networking tool in that country. Their reason? Rumor has it that it is because too many users of the service were checking in to Tiananmen Square on June 4, the twenty-first anniversary of the Tinanamen Square massacre.   More than 3,000 students and protestors were [...]
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Yahoo Yearns for Huffington Post

Posted On : 2010-06-05 12:54:31-04
It is evident that Yahoo is getting itself situated in order to become more of a major player in the game of online content. The proof is in the purchase, which is clearly evidenced by Yahoo’s recent purchase of Associated Content. However, there is a rumor going around that states Yahoo is extremely interested in [...]
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The OS X 10.7 Kitty Is On the Prowl Leading Up to WWDC

Posted On : 2010-06-05 13:30:39-04
The Apple World Wide Developers Conference 2010 is starting on Monday, and the keynote speech will be by none other than Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs is widely expected to make public the next generation of iPhone, and show off the new iPhone OS 4.o software. However, his speech will seem a little unusual, as [...]
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Ziff Davis Purchased by Former Time Digital Executive Vivek Shah and Great Hill Partners

Posted On : 2010-06-05 20:40:16-04
Though the technology publisher Ziff Davis has had some profound financial problems over the past several years, all of this may be coming to an end. The company has been purchased by Bivek, a former executive of Time Inc, in partnership with the Boston private equity firm of Great Hill Partners. No terms of the [...]
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How About A Brizzly Picnic With Some Twitter Pals?

Posted On : 2010-06-05 21:11:54-04
Out of all the Twitter clients available online, one of the most useful is Brizzly. Brizzly is a social media reader that works with both Twitter and Facebook. However, as Twitter added its own new features, the advantages of using Brizzly began to fade a bit, for Twitter had the same or better options. [...]
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Positive Changes Ahead for YouTube?

Posted On : 2010-06-05 22:59:08-04
YouTube has experimented with its own live streams for about two years in the form of healthcare debates, a U2 concert, cricket matches, and presidential speeches. However, the service has yet to open up the live streaming to the whole YouTube population, because for one thing, the copyright liability would be completely unreasonable.   However, the live [...]
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Social Networking Is Fastest Growing Mobile Content Category

Posted On : 2010-06-06 10:48:20-04
A recent report from comScore indicates that mobile social networking has grown by 240 percent. The comScore Senior Vice President of mobile, Mark Donovan, stated that a company who has an interest in investing further in their mobile brands should understand the importance of discussing how people are accessing content, whether it is via a [...]
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Yelp for iPhone Now Lets You Feel Like Royalty

Posted On : 2010-06-06 14:21:52-04
The new version of Yelp’s iPhone app hasn’t gone live as of yet. However, a blog post from the Web 2.0 company on the Yelp official web log tells users of this popular social networking, user review, and local search web site app what new things are in store for them. When a user [...]
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Google Testing New Ad Format for Boosting Twitter Followers

Posted On : 2010-06-06 15:04:16-04
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National Donut Day Draws 80,000+ RSVPs on Facebook

Posted On : 2010-06-06 16:48:14-04
Each year since 1938, the first Friday of June is National Donut Day, and to celebrate this year, Dunkin’ Donuts gave out free donuts and pastries with the purchase of a drink. What’s the social media aspect of free donuts, you may be asking? Well, Dunkin’ Donuts announced National Donut Day as a Facebook [...]
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