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NY Attorney General:Social-Networking Site Tagged.com Penalized
Nasdaq - Mon Nov 9, 9:17 am ET
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Social-networking Web site Tagged.com has agreed to pay $500,000 in civil penalties and to make changes in how it sends out promotional e-mails after being accused of engaging in deceptive business practices, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
State Attorney General reaches agreement with social networking site Tagged.com
Staten Island Advance - Mon Nov 9, 11:04 am ET
NEW YORK -- New York's attorney general says Tagged.com has agreed to adopt reforms on the use of invitation e-mails. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo previously alleged that the California based social networking site had essentially stolen the identities of more...
Xbox partners with social networking Web sites
Jambar - 2 hours 30 minutes ago
Xbox LIVE is updating with a convergence mentality, combining their already popular service with massively popular social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. In 2008, Microsoft reported Xbox Live had 17 million users and over half of that had gold memberships.
ASMP Reports on Terms of Social Networking Sites
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 11:16 am ET
PHILADELPHIA----The American Society of Media Photographers has issued a report about the Terms of Service of major social networking sites including Facebook, Photobucket, Flickr, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter.
Social Networking or Social Not-working?
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 8:00 am ET
With the popularity of social networks on the rise, whether or not to allow their use in the office is plaguing businesses. Wavecrest Computing, a leader in Web-use management, addresses the issues surrounding social networking use in the workplace and offers recommendations on how organizations can approach these issues.
Electronic Arts acquires social networking games company Playfish for $275 million in cash
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 9, 12:46 pm ET
NEW YORK - As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million in cash.
Families of the missing and slain turn to social networking sites to solve cases
Bridgewater Independent - Mon Nov 9, 3:26 pm ET
Families and investigators searching for clues in missing persons cases are turning to online social networking sites, hoping to tap potential witnesses throughout the country and world.
Social Networking Donation Cause Leaves MySpace For Facebook
WebProNews - Fri Nov 6, 11:45 am ET
Causes is a social networking donation platform that uses MySpace so that people can raise money for causes or issues that they believe in. Generally these kinds of activities help provide a community around issues like Breast Cancer, or stop smoking, or other issues that are part of our daily life. Causes is an excellent application that makes the process of raising and donating money for a ...
Social Networking and Collaborative Application Usage Explodes in Businesses Worldwide
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 8:17 am ET
Palo Alto Networks, the leader in next-generation firewalls, today announced results of an international study that reveal the use of social networking and collaborative applications for business purposes has skyrocketed in the last six month period.
Visa snafu snarls honeymoon, social networking saves the day
USA Today - Tue Nov 10, 2:56 am ET
It's a compelling storyline: Starry-eyed couple books $2,000 honeymoon on Expedia to St. Petersburg, Russia, and winds up stranded in Frankfurt after their Expedia agent assures them they don't need visas to Russia. (They do, though their luggage goes on without them).
Tweets Are Coming to LinkedIn
New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 6:56 am ET
Twitter continues to spread its wings across the Web. On Tuesday, LinkedIn and Twitter announced a partnership to bring tweets to LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals.
NY, Texas settle with Tagged.com over e-mails
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:57 pm ET
The operator of Tagged.com will pay $750,000 and overhaul its practices to resolve charges that the social networking site tricked members into providing personal details to lure new members and send out tens of millions of spam emails.
NFL players get more exposure with social networking
The Kansas City Star - Sat Nov 7, 11:16 pm ET
The most tempting new trap in the NFL is free, attractive and alarmingly simple. Futures are promised and careers are threatened, all in 140 characters or less. As the league, its teams and hundreds of players adjust to the newest trend in technology and fan connection, they’re all learning at the same time that Twitter and other social networking sites are the league’s newest Venus fly trap ...
Social networking gives resort customers a new trump card
Reno Gazette-Journal - Tue Nov 10, 4:54 am ET
LAS VEGAS (AP) "' Social media Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter are changing the face of customer relations at major Las Vegas hotels. Resorts are setting up fan pages where executives can monitor customer suggestions about how to improve business.
Australian students 'pro-rape' Facebook scandal
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 1:41 am ET
Members of an elite Australian college linked to Sydney University provoked outrage Tuesday after it was revealed they had set up a "pro-rape" group on social networking site Facebook.
NY's Cuomo Settles With Tagged.com Over E-Mails
PC Magazine via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 1:31 pm ET
New York's attorney general said the operator of Tagged.com would pay $500,000 and overhaul its practices to resolve charges that the social networking site tricked members into providing personal details to lure new members and send out tens of millions of spam e-mails.
Tagged.com settles with states in invite fight
MSNBC - 2 hours 10 minutes ago
The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.
NY's Cuomo settles with Tagged.com over emails
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:30 am ET
New York's attorney general said the operator of Tagged.com would pay $500,000 and overhaul its practices to resolve charges that the social networking site tricked members into providing personal details to lure new members and send out tens of millions of spam emails.
Social networking sites may not be so friendly :What -- and who -- should you include online?
South Bend Tribune - Sat Nov 7, 10:59 am ET
SOUTH BEND -- Social networking sites are all the rage these days, and it's not just young people hopping online.
Jackson Hewitt Launches Redesigned National Web Site and New Social Networking Platforms
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 44 minutes ago
In the wake of 2009's economic stimulus initiatives, U.S. consumers face an array of important tax law changes and a daunting number of questions on how these changes may impact them.