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Facebook's S-1 Language: Lots Of "Control"--But Not Much "Privacy"

Facebook's S-1 document is the hottest read since Harry Potter put down his wand. We gaze into this word cloud and parse the language to find hidden gems. READ»

Meebo Buys Mindset for Ad Targeting, but What the Heck Is Psychographics?

Social media-sharing experts Meebo have just forked over an undisclosed sum to buy ad-targeting experts Mindset. These innovative guys eschew demographic profiling, and use psychographic targeting to understand consumers instead. But...what exactly is that?READ»

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Facebook Tests Stalker-Friendly "Subscribe to" Feature

Facebook is testing a new feature that allows you to "subscribe to" a person, thus receiving a notification whenever that person does anything on the network.READ»

Intel, Nokia Taking Smartphones Into A Whole New Dimension: The Third

Smartphones have only recently become powerful enough to deal with 3-D graphics, but Intel and Nokia have grand plans for the tech. To this end, they've just opened a new research lab dedicated to "immersive" experiences.READ»

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Facebook Nears 500-Million-User Mark, Prepares Self-Loving "Facebook Stories"

The tagline of the upcoming Facebook movie reads "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies." Facebook is expected to announce that it has accepted that very half-billionth user sometime this week.READ»

Got Something to Say? Make the Most of Fast Company's Comments and Profiles

Have you noticed the new comments appearing on Fast Company postings this week? If not, shame on you! An entirely new system has successfully swung into action, so to help you work it out, along with our new user profiles, read this: ...READ»

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Facebook Adds Login Protection Security Features

In the midst of the internal combustion engine of controversy that is Facebook's privacy controls, the network is rolling out some new login protection features. They're pretty good, but why are they opt-in, while advertising is opt-out?READ»

Why Does iTunes App Store Need a Facebook Page?

We've heard rumors that Apple is trying to make its services more social-net-centric, and we know that the App Store needs a bit of an overhaul if it's to remain vital and easily navigable. But Mashable points us to an App Store ...READ»

Analysis: When Working Day's Done, iPhones, and Soon iPads, Light Up

Analysis of iPhone user trends show the devices get most play at evening time and also on the weekends, when they generate 7% more traffic than weekdays. Besides being useful for PR purposes, this shows business iPhone use still ...READ»

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Study: Users Don't Really Care or Know About Google's Real Time Feed

Much fuss has been made about Google's real time search feed, and its flashy new Twitter statuses. But a new user eye-tracking study is calling Google out, and suggests users don't care much for it. The thing is, the study's only ...READ»

More Content Shared on Facebook Than Ever, but User Activity Is Falling

There's a surprise buried deep within the statistics Facebook has revealed about its user base's activities on the social network: Sure, more content is being shared than ever before. But the percentage of sharers has shrunk. The ...READ»

Microsoft: Sidekick User Data on Its Way Back

A user uproar, rumors of sabotage, and embarrassing intra-organization finger-pointing--that's how the Microsoft's Sidekick user data loss fiasco has unfolded. But it may soon be over: Microsoft's working on recovering the data. In a ...READ»

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Debunking the "Facebook Exodus:" Some May Leave, but More Stay Longer Than Ever

There's been a lot of talk about the legendary "Facebook exodus" of late, not least of which stemmed from a New York Times Magazine article of the same name detailing why, for one reason or another, users are beginning to flee the ...READ»

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60% of Twitterers Quit After a Month, but Does It Matter?

Some new data from Nielsen Online suggests that Twitter has a retention rate of just 40% after one month of usage--60% of users leave. This is despite Twitter's growth in user numbers, including its adoption by celebrities like ...READ»

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Good Designs? No, thanks!

It amuses me how certain companies decide to approach design houses for solutions on Design while they donot want these design houses to really suggest them where they should go in terms of directions and product line. One of our ...READ»