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Report: Facebook plans huge server farm in Sweden

Facebook plans to build a large server farm in northern Sweden near the Arctic Circle, taking advantage of the chilly climate to keep its equipment cool, a Swedish newspaper reported Wednesday

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Review: News app that lets you choose your editor

(AP) -- Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your ...

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created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google launches search page for real-time online posts

Google on Thursday further embraced the world of tweets, status updates, and on-the-fly posts with a website devoted to finding "real-time" content as it hits the Internet.

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created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

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

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 ...

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 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.

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

Loyal Instagram users fret about Facebook's reach

(AP) -- Poor Instagram users. First, their beloved photo-sharing application moves from iPhone-only exclusivity to the Android phone masses. A week later, Facebook swallows up the tiny startup behind the ...

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created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | 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.

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

Social-networking rivals offer workaround for Google social search

Google's social-networking rivals have apparently teamed up to offer users a tool that allows them to avoid the integration of Google's core search business and Google+.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

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

Property tax confusion pokes Facebook in Oregon

(AP) -- The promise of lucrative tax breaks helped persuade Facebook to build a data center in one of Oregon's most economically depressed counties. Now, the state and the company are in a dispute over how much Facebook ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

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

Friendster evolves to escape Facebook's shadow

(AP) -- Faded social networking site Friendster will soon delete nearly a decade's worth of user photos, blog entries and other data in a revamp to set it apart from Facebook, a company official said Thursday.

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created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0