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The Silly Putty age of social media | The Social - CNET News
A handful of social-media start-ups let you build small and temporary networks rather than one big one, and Facebook is starting to catch on, too. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
11-04-2010 by sallythewaitress Tags , , , , , , ,

Facebook announces 5-to-1 stock split | The Social - CNET News
The company has divided up its shares for the third time as a means of keeping the price of individual shares low without suppressing its valuation or diluting shareholders' stakes. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
10-06-2010 by fionahavisham Tags , , , , , , ,

Foursquare courts the rest of us | The Social - CNET News
A revamp for the location-based networking service both differentiates it from big new competitor Facebook Places and potentially makes it appeal to an audience beyond the hard-core user. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
09-28-2010 by elizabethjames Tags , , , , , , ,

Facebook differs with Google on Net neutrality | The Social - CNET News
Although it says a recently released statement on Net neutrality is a clarification of existing policy, rather than a reaction to the Google-Verizon proposal, it's telling that Facebook doesn't take Google's stance. Read this blog post by Caroline McCa
08-13-2010 by nellkellty Tags , , , , , , ,

iPhone app created for psychic German octopus | The Social - CNET News
After a cephalopod 'predicted' the outcome of multiple World Cup soccer games, an iPhone app development company has created a tribute app. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-19-2010 by bryanmills Tags , , , , , ,

Big investors backing doctor-booking site ZocDoc | The Social - CNET News
The Founders Fund leads a $15 million Series B round for the ambitious start-up, which runs online doctor appointment booking in four U.S. cities and hopes to expand to more. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-16-2010 by ruthlovell Tags , , , ,

Facebook to promote new U.K. safety app | The Social - CNET News
Britain's online child-safety agency had wanted Facebook to install a mandatory 'panic button' throughout the site. The social network disagreed, but is promoting the agency's app and fan page. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-16-2010 by janetbaring Tags , , , , , , , ,

Gowalla: We're still in the location race | The Social - CNET News
Are the location wars still raging? Gowalla, which some critics say has totally lost the battle with Foursquare, just inked two new promotional deals. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-13-2010 by beverlyelliott Tags , , , , , , , ,

New developer permissions roll out on Facebook | The Social - CNET News
The social network is instituting a new interface to inform users of exactly what they're agreeing to when they connect a third-party app to their accounts. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
07-06-2010 by jeantatlock Tags , , , , , , , ,

Low-tech design wins Betacup Challenge | The Social - CNET News
Starbucks contest to design an alternative to paper coffee cups ends, and the winner isn't a cup at all--but rather a simple loyalty points system based on a chalkboard. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
06-18-2010 by stevenicolson Tags , , , , , , , , ,

California Dems to decide on ex-Facebook exec in primary | The Social - CNET News
Chris Kelly, former chief privacy officer at the social network, is one of the two front-runners in Tuesday's primary for state attorney general. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
06-14-2010 by ruthlovell Tags , , , , , ,

other foreign markets | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News
In Japan, the world's second largest economy, the gadget launches with the kind of fanfare typically reserved for a new Nintendo game machine. Read this blog post by Brooke Crothers on Nanotech - The Circuits Blog.
06-01-2010 by paulaolsen Tags , , , , , , ,

Facebook phishing scam snares company board member | The Social - CNET News
With negative press lately about Facebook's security and privacy policies, this was not a good time for a phishing scam to wind up in the in-boxes of Jim Breyer's Facebook friends. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
05-18-2010 by jeantatlock Tags , , , , , , ,

Where is geolocation at Facebook's F8? | The Social - CNET News
Attendees at developer confab were handed 'Facebook Presence' tokens, which hook up RFID tag to Facebook account. Will we see more or this? Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
05-02-2010 by samspruell and 1 other Tags , , , , , ,

Xbox stolen from gold medal bobsledder | Beyond Binary - CNET News
It's not the loss of the game console that hurts so much as the hundreds of hours of saved games, says Stephen Holcomb. 'It's like a death in the family.' Read this blog post by Ina Fried on Beyond Binary.
04-19-2010 by janetbaring Tags , , , , , ,

iPad casts shadow on MacBook | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News
The iPad is impinging on MacBook in ways, big and small. Read this blog post by Brooke Crothers on Nanotech - The Circuits Blog.
04-18-2010 by mikeibarra Tags , , , , , , ,

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