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Dayton Daily News - Tue Dec 8, 11:39 pm ET
FAIRBORN — When Katie Lewallen created a Facebook page, she hoped to connect with people, but not her old friends or classmates.Lewallen, the city’s spokeswoman, wanted to spread information about what’s going on in Fairborn.
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Everett Herald - 2 hours 31 minutes ago
The Associated Press is inviting Facebook users to vote on the 10 top news stories of the year, marking the first time the public has been invited to weigh in since the news cooperative began its annual survey in 1936.
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PC World - Tue Dec 8, 5:47 pm ET
Facebook shutters program that sparked a lawsuit alleging privacy violations, and funnels $9.5 million into a fund that will support online privacy, safety and security.
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Time Magazine - Tue Dec 8, 3:23 am ET
Probably not a big shocker that the minds behind Facebook are a little dweeby. Proof positive? They've incorporated an old video-game cheat code into the site
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YourNabe.com - 2 hours 13 minutes ago
The Gowanus Canal has finally joined the 21st century: The fetid waterway has its own group on Facebook.
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Enterprise Security Today - 2 hours 24 minutes ago
Facebook has created a safety advisory board to make the social-networking site more secure. The move follows last month's attack in which Control Your Info took over Facebook pages.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 1:39 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Social media has influenced 28 percent of U.S. holiday shoppers in gift-buying decisions this year, according to a survey by ComScore Inc.
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The Record and Herald News - Wed Dec 9, 1:10 am ET
John G. Udell, president of Weichert, is pleased to announce that Weichert Commercial Brokerage, Inc. has joined the social networking Web sites, Twitter and Facebook.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 4:06 pm ET
ARLINGTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee mayor is apologizing for writing on his Facebook page that President Barack Obama deliberately timed a speech last week to block the "Peanuts" Christmas special.
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NBC Bay Area - Tue Dec 8, 3:31 pm ET
Jesse Eisenberg to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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The Record-Journal - Tue Dec 8, 11:32 pm ET
SOUTHINGTON - While news reports of police using social networking Web sites such as Facebook as an investigative tool are commonplace, Southington police will begin using the site as a means of community outreach.
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Union City Messenger - Tue Dec 8, 11:18 pm ET
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Social networking site Facebook today said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders.
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Marketwire - Tue Dec 8, 11:12 pm ET
ST. LOUIS, MO--(Marketwire - December 8, 2009) - HDA, Inc., a premier home plans company, offers a one-stop shop for all builders and consumers with their newly redesigned web site. To promote this exciting launch, HDA created a Facebook page that offers fans links to their weekly articles, new videos, as well as special discounts. Although popular as a way to socialize with friends for years ...
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Slashdot - Tue Dec 8, 7:58 pm ET
alphadogg sends in a Network World piece that begins "Facebook has agreed to shut down a program that sparked a lawsuit alleging privacy violations, and set up a $9.5M fund for a nonprofit foundation that will support online privacy, safety, and security. The lawsuit centers around Facebook's Beacon program, which let third-party Web sites distribute 'stories' about users to Facebook. Beacon was ...
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Dayton Daily News - Tue Dec 8, 10:54 am ET
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has launched a page on Facebook , the social media Web site.“The site will allow the base to share more news, photos and videos with families and friends of people that work on the base, and others with an interest in what goes on behind the fence,” Josh Aycock, Wright-Patterson spokesman, said in an announcement Monday Dec. 7. “We produce a lot of photos and ...