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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

Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression

(AP) -- Add "Facebook depression" to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors' group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

LMK, IDK: Texting is writing, researcher says

(PhysOrg.com) -- The days of traditional college writing instruction are nearly over, contends a Michigan State University researcher who found that college students now rank texting as the No. 1 form of writing ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

To boost innovation, Facebook opens server designs

(AP) -- Facebook says it wants to help others build startups more easily and efficiently by sharing the technology behind the servers that power its massive online social network. In turn, it hopes to benefit ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Facebook looks to cash in on user data

Julee Morrison has been obsessed with Bon Jovi since she was a teenager. So when paid ads for fan sites started popping up on the 41-year-old Salt Lake City blogger's Facebook page, she was thrilled. She described herself ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 20

Young Indians in social network 'fatigue'

India's urban youth are suffering social-media "fatigue," prompting a number to delete their Facebook and other accounts, according to a new study.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: Scrutinizing your presence on Facebook

(AP) -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I was tagged in 33 photos and added 18 of my own to the site.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MySpace deepens ties with rival Facebook

MySpace on Thursday began letting members tap into entertainment preferences expressed in Facebook profiles in a deepening of ties with the firm that snatched its social networking crown.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lawmakers concerned by US social media monitoring

US lawmakers expressed concern on Thursday over the monitoring of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter by the Department of Homeland Security.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LinkedIn unimpressed as Facebook dives into job market

Facebook Inc. has struck a partnership with the U.S. Labor Department to help the unemployed find jobs.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook's new status feature may cause headaches

Facebook has just announced another feature that should make you scramble to update your privacy settings.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1