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Facebook Wants to Be
Your Social Planner

Dec 23, 2011 6:41 AM CST

Facebook Wants to Be Your Social Planner

Site rolls out 'suggested events' feature based on your previous activity

(Newser) - Have you ever stayed home on a Saturday night wishing someone would have sent you a Facebook invitation to something, anything? Well, if so, Facebook has your back. It recently quietly rolled out a new “suggested Events” feature, replacing the old “Friends’ Events” one. It recommends events to...

Mark Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Have Blue-Chip Future

Zuckerberg
Has Grown-Up
Plans for
Facebook

Dec 22, 2011 5:31 PM CST

Zuckerberg Has Grown-Up Plans for Facebook

He wants his company to be a blue-chip business

(Newser) - With Facebook's IPO on the way, Mark Zuckerberg is looking to the future. Over the past year and a half, the site's CEO has worked toward a more mature company, reports the Wall Street Journal . He's seeking blue-chip status and beyond. "There was a period in...

Coming Soon to Your
News Feed: Ads

reactions

Dec 21, 2011 11:38 AM CST

Coming Soon to Your News Feed: Ads

But tech writers don't think you'll mind too much

(Newser) - Ads are coming to your Facebook News Feed next month, but tech writers don’t expect a major backlash from users of the social networking site. Sponsored Stories, the social ads that are currently restricted to the right-hand side of the page, will start appearing in your news feed at...

Obamas: No Facebook
for Malia, Sasha

Dec 16, 2011 5:52 AM CST

Obamas: No Facebook for Malia, Sasha

Prez a big fan of Modern Family, Boardwalk Empire, Homeland

(Newser) - President Obama's elder daughter Malia is now 13, old enough to have a Facebook account, but the first couple has no intention of lifting their ban on their daughters using the site . And the girls don't mind, the president tells People , characterizing their view as, "Why would...

Farmville Maker Zynga's
IPO Pegs Value at $7B

Dec 15, 2011 4:44 PM CST

Farmville Maker Zynga's IPO Pegs Value at $7B

Company sets shares at $10

(Newser) - Tomorrow should be a pretty good day to live in Farmville: Creator Zynga begins trading publicly on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker ZNGA, and the company has set the price for the 100 million shares being sold at $10, reports MarketWatch . That would peg the market value of Zynga...

It's Facebook Timeline Day! What You Need to Know

Dec 15, 2011 12:02 PM CST

It's Facebook Timeline Day! What You Need to Know

New profiles roll out today

(Newser) - Facebook Timeline is finally here. You can wait for a notification asking you to switch, or you can just click here to do it now, but either way, the new profiles are rolling out to all of Facebook’s users starting today. (Note that you won’t be able...

Facebook
Has Scads
of Cash: Leak

Dec 15, 2011 11:29 AM CST

Facebook Has Scads of Cash: Leak

Source reveals finances to Gawker

(Newser) - Facebook is pretty much made of money, a knowledgeable source tells Gawker . The site has raw numbers as of September, which Ryan Tate calls “the Silicon Valley equivalent of hard-core pornography,” and they show that the social networking site will probably earn almost $1 billion in profit this...

Sick of Bad Seatmates?
Airline to Let You Cherry-Pick

Dec 15, 2011 8:42 AM CST

Sick of Bad Seatmates? Airline to Let You Cherry-Pick

...using social media, of course

(Newser) - Not fun: Being stuck next to a super-chatty traveler or big drinker on a long flight when all you want to do is sleep. The modern-day solution: Forget earplugs, just book on KLM, which will next year launch a service called "meet and seat." The move will allow...

Facebook Adds Features
to Help Prevent Suicide

Dec 13, 2011 4:12 PM CST

Facebook Adds Features to Help Prevent Suicide

It will connect people with counselors via Facebook chat

(Newser) - Facebook rolled out changes today designed to quickly connect people on the site who are thinking about suicide with counselors, reports AP . The site won't hunt for suicidal postings, but friends could report them to Facebook via a link next to the comment. Facebook would then contact the person...

Suicidal Beau Confesses to Double Murder on Facebook

Dec 13, 2011 12:11 AM CST

Suicidal Beau Confesses to Double Murder on Facebook

'You'll find three bodies,' warns Bart Heller

(Newser) - A jilted, suicidal beau confessed to double murder from his grave—on his Facebook page. "Someone call 911," wrote Bart Heller of Indiana. "I've killed Ryann, Erin, and myself. People were warned not to play me. They didn't listen. Sorry about your luck." A...

Obama's Israel Ad
'Incredibly Dishonest'

OPINION

Dec 12, 2011 1:51 PM CST

Obama's Israel Ad 'Incredibly Dishonest'

He claims GOP wants to 'zero out' Israel aid: Justin Elliott

(Newser) - It's become popular for GOP presidential candidates to advocate "zeroing out" all foreign aid, and Barack Obama's campaign is now trying to use that against them—in what Justin Elliott of Salon calls an "incredibly dishonest" attack. Obama's Facebook ad text reads, "No Aid...

What Facebookers Plan to
Do With Their IPO Riches

What Facebookers Plan to Do With Their IPO Riches

At least 1K new millionaires will likely be created

(Newser) - When it comes to Facebook, most of us ponder big questions like, "Is my profile picture cute enough?" But for a group of around a thousand people, the big Facebook-related question is more along the lines of, "Do I sail around the world in a hot air balloon...

Google's Photo ID Feature Calms Privacy Fears

Dec 11, 2011 7:57 AM CST

Google's Photo ID Feature Calms Privacy Fears

Security experts applaud opt-in requirement

(Newser) - Google has quietly launched a facial recognition service for Google+, but unlike Facebook's more intrusive photo ID feature , Google is earning praise from privacy experts for keeping Find My Face an opt-in feature, reports eWeek . Like Facebook's Tag Suggestions, which launched about a year ago, Find My Face...

Where Facebook 'Hides'
Your Missing Messages

Dec 10, 2011 4:40 PM CST

Where Facebook 'Hides' Your Missing Messages

One writer discovers hard-to-find 'other' tab

(Newser) - Need another reason to fume over Facebook? Slate writer Elizabeth Weingarten found one after forgetting her new Macbook Air in the back of a New York taxi. "Hands shaking," she called the cab company, she writes—but no luck. "Then, I slumped against the side of a...

Facebook Glitch Allowed Access to Private Photos

Dec 6, 2011 5:07 PM CST

Facebook Glitch Allowed Access to Private Photos

... and Mark Zuckerberg himself learned the hard way

(Newser) - A temporary glitch allowed Facebook users to view others' private photos with a surprisingly easy trick, reports ZDNet . It's been fixed, but not before some of Mark Zuckerberg's own private photos got pilfered and reposted on blogs, like here at Launch. The trick: You could report an image...

Cuba Unveils
Facebook-Like
Social Network

Dec 2, 2011 4:18 PM CST

Cuba Unveils Facebook-Like Social Network

'Red Social' launches a year after Cuban Wikipedia clone

(Newser) - Cuba has introduced its very own Facebook-style social network called Red Social. The website appears to be sponsored by the communist nation's Ministry of Education, reports USA Today . Red Social imitates both the look and feel of Facebook, and its homepage features the slogan "A virtual meeting point...

Blame Yourself
for Facebook's
Lack of Privacy

OPINION

Dec 1, 2011 2:25 PM CST

Blame Yourself for Facebook's Lack of Privacy

Site is all about sharing, so stop expecting a 'silver bullet' fix: Farhad Manjoo

(Newser) - Facebook is submitting to a government crackdown on privacy, and Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges “a bunch of mistakes” on that front. But the site’s privacy issues are as much our own fault as Zuck’s, writes Farhad Manjoo in Slate . The “idea that we can control the audience...

Facebook's Most-Shared
Articles in 2011

Nov 29, 2011 5:46 PM CST

Facebook's Most-Shared Articles in 2011

Tsunami photos take No. 1

(Newser) - Facebook runs down its list of the 40 most-shared articles on the networking site in 2011 here , with the top seven below:

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami ( New York Times )
What teachers really want to tell their parents ( CNN )
No,

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Facebook Settles
Privacy Case
With FTC

Nov 29, 2011 2:14 PM CST

Facebook Settles Privacy Case With FTC

It agrees to independent audits for 20 years

(Newser) - Facebook is settling with the FTC over charges it deceived consumers with its privacy settings to get people to share more personal information than they originally agreed to. The charges go back to at least 2009, when Facebook changed its privacy settings so that information users may have deemed private,...

Facebook IPO Could Top $10B

Nov 29, 2011 5:05 AM CST