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Yahoo Ropes in David Beckham for its World Cup Coverage

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The stylish English Football Captain maybe out of the upcoming World cup owing to an Achilles tendon injury but you can’t keep him away from the action which he’ll be keeping alive by teaming up with Yahoo this summer. Yahoo will be offering exclusive content in its Football WC coverage and also for the 2010/2011 […]

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The Latest Web hook-up! Yahoo and Facebook

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This coming together of the two Titans is a script written in tech heaven. Yahoo Inc announced today that its integrating the site and its services with Facebook and also that there’s more to come. Yahoo and Facebook users “can link their accounts and view and share updates with friends across both networks,” Yahoo said […]

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Foursquare Blocked in China After Millions Check in to Tiananmen Square

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After a Facebook ban in Pakistan and Bangladesh, China has blocked access to another social networking tool ‘Foursquare’ after a huge number of users were checking in to Tiananmen Square on the site. It’s the 21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre when more than 3000 protestors including students protesting against Communism were shot and […]

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Facebook’s New Domain, US Politics

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Facebook will now be keeping an eye on American politics as it was announced at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City that the Social Networking giant has launched a page called US Politics. Check it out at Facebook.com/USpolitics. This is not to be confused with President Obama’s personal page as this is a […]

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Now ‘Like’ and ‘Reblog’ on WordPress.com

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It was about time for blogging portals to catch up and provide what users have become so used to now, thanks to Facebook and Twitter. WordPress.com just got a little more hip and social as it now allows bloggers to ‘Like’ and ‘Reblog’ their favourite posts. Users need to be logged in to a WordPress […]

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Be Careful Before You ‘Like’ This on Facebook

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Warning: If you receive news feed carrying any of the following links ‘Liked’ by any of your Facebook friends, don’t click on the link to check it out. It’s a clickjacking worm attack spreading through the ‘Like’ option and has affected hundreds of thousands of users. These messages include: “LOL This girl gets OWNED after […]

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Facebook Officials Apologized, Pakistan Lifts Ban

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Pakistan officially lifted the Lahore High Court ordered ban on Facebook early Monday after Facebook officials apologized and assured of stricter control over hurtful and offensive content in future. The offensive pages will remain blocked. The ban ordered on the 19th of May was to be carried out till the 31st so Facebook was not […]

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Farmville and Foursquare Among Time Magazine’s 50 Worst Inventions

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Time magazine unveiled its list of 50 worst inventions in its latest issue calling them “some of the world’s bright ideas that just didn’t work out”. Among obvious turn offs like ‘Snuggies for dogs’, ‘spam email’ and ‘Auto tune’, the list also awarded the not so desirable title to immensely popular ‘Farmville’ by Zynga and […]

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PM Gilani Orders Re-Opening of the Banned Networks in Pakistan

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani ordered Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to un block all banned social networking sites early Wednesday, Youtube was the first one to return. The news came after almost a week of ban on Facebook, Youtube, Wikipedia and several other web pages that reproduced the content that originated the ban. The […]

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That Was Fast! Facebook Announces New Privacy Features!

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News has just started breaking in the online universe that Facebook is introducing new and improved privacy features following weeks of furore over its recently updated privacy settings. Mark Zuckerberg had promised Monday in a ‘Washington Post’ column that users’ complaints will be addressed very soon and now it seems it’s time to deliver on […]

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BBC iPlayer Hooking Up With Facebook and Twitter

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Now the BBC iPlayer, an on demand video service, will allow its users to link their Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live Messenger to their BBC ID which they get by registering on BBC.co.uk. The new iPlayer Beta will be officially going live at the end of June. Users will be able to share whatever their […]

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Australia’s Communications Minister Slams Google’s Privacy Policy

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Stephen Conroy, the Australian minister for communications, has called Google’s privacy policy “a bit creepy” while also severely criticising the social networking giant Facebook and its creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Stephen Conroy went on to claim that Google had committed the “single greatest breach in the history of privacy” by collecting private wireless data […]

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Mark Zuckerberg Breaks Silence on Facebook’s Privacy Settings Fiasco

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Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is finally addressing users’ complaints and uproar over the recently updated privacy settings and controls of the social networking site. In a ‘Washington Post’ column on Monday , Zuckerberg admits that users all over the world are finding it hard to navigate through the new complicated privacy settings.He promises […]

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YouTube Gets a New Look

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After a long phase of testing and planning, YouTube comes up with a new look. This has generated mixed reviews about the #1 video-sharing website. The millions of users around the world will be welcomed on the site with several changes in the video playback page. Many elements have been relocated where others have changed […]

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