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Windows Phone an overlooked worthy alternative to Android, iPhone

There are many smartphone users who are not giving Microsoft's Windows Phone the look it deserves. Together Android and iOS hog more than 80 percent of the U.S. market share. Android's large chunk of the market is split among ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (21) | comments 23

Online game maker Zynga prices IPO at $10 a share

Zynga is poised to harvest some cold hard cash in its initial public offering. Who knew that selling virtual cows and digital corn on Facebook would create a $7 billion company?

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Microsoft adds Facebook to Outlook

Microsoft added Facebook to Outlook on Tuesday, giving users of its popular email program the ability to view status updates, pictures and wall posts from their friends on the social network.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Facebook blocks social network 'suicide' website

Facebook said Monday that it is blocking a website called "Web 2.0 Suicide Machine" that helps users delete their social network profiles.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Microsoft to pull Facebook, MySpace into Outlook

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop e-mail program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Technology / Software

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Big tech companies team up to combat email scams

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

LinkedIn says access blocked in parts of China

Career networking site LinkedIn said Friday its service had been blocked in parts of China, after the launch of an online campaign for Middle East-style rallies that has triggered official unease.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

When tweets can make you a jailbird

(AP) -- Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Go ahead, unfriend 'em

I knew I had to delete her or suffer the consequences.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Divorce lawyers: Facebook tops in online evidence

(AP) -- Forgot to de-friend your wife on Facebook while posting vacation shots of your mistress? Her divorce lawyer will be thrilled.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cyber crooks out for LinkedIn members' bank accounts

Cisco on Monday warned that crooks have inundated LinkedIn with emails crafted to trick members of the career-oriented social networking service into downloading software that loots bank accounts.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Investors give 'Farmville' maker a cold shoulder

(AP) -- As its workers celebrated with hot chocolate and cinnamon buns, Zynga saw its stock dinged on its first day of trading Friday - an unexpected turn of events for a closely watched public debut seen ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Website that rates people triggers controversy

Peter Kazanjy, a little-known San Francisco entrepreneur, has launched a controversial new Web site that overnight has turned him into a very public and not very popular figure.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AOL cracks open door to new Project Phoenix e-mail

You've still got mail - but AOL is redesigning it from the ground up to be faster and easier to use.

Technology / Software

created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

In reminder of '90s, LinkedIn has big first day

(AP) -- There was an unmistakable echo of the dot-com boom Thursday on Wall Street. LinkedIn, a trailblazer in the online networking craze, went public with a roaring stock offering. Within minutes, shares ...

Technology / Business

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

LinkedIn

LinkedIn (pronounced /ˈlɪŋkt.ˈɪn/) is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking. As of May 2009[update], it had more than 40 million registered users, spanning 170 industries.

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