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Google Engineer Rips Google+
 Google Engineer Rips Google+  
Oct 13, 2011 4:41 AM CDT

Google Engineer Rips Google+

Service 'a knee-jerk reaction' to Facebook's success, Steve Yegge complains

(Newser) - While using Google+, senior Google engineer Steve Yegge accidentally shared a post heavily criticizing the company's social networking service with the general public instead of just his co-workers, the Huffington Post reports. He described Google+ as an example of the company's "complete failure to understand platforms,"...

Court to Winklevoss Twins: Pay Your $13M Legal Tab

They tried to get out of paying up on malpractice grounds

(Newser) - Those poor Winklevoss twins. First courts forced them to stick with their original $65 million settlement with Facebook, and now a court has declared that they must actually pay their lawyer for negotiating it. The twins had tried to get out of paying their law firm its $13 million contingency...

What Job-Seekers Shouldn't Post on Facebook

...and what employers want to see

(Newser) - We’ve all heard the horror stories of Facebook profiles that keep people from being hired. Indeed, 91% of employers screen potential employees using the service, a survey finds. So just what is it, exactly, that employers don’t want to see? The survey , by online reputation-protection service Reppler , reveals...

SEAL Widow's Hunt for Lost Ring Goes Viral on Facebook

Search for missing wedding band goes viral

(Newser) - Kimberly Vaughn is getting some serious help—or at least good wishes—as she looks for her lost wedding ring. Vaughn's husband, Aaron, was a Navy SEAL killed in August when the Taliban shot down a helicopter in Afghanistan. Kimberly noticed her ring was missing on Oct. 1—the...

Man Allegedly Hits Wife Who Didn't 'Like' Facebook Post

'Everyone likes my status but you,' Benito Apolinar tells estranged spouse

(Newser) - It's a bad day for bizarre violence. Earlier, we heard about karaoke-inspired fisticuffs ; now an apparent Facebook-based argument has led to an attack. A Texas man who reportedly said he was furious at his estranged wife for not "liking" his Facebook status allegedly punched her in the face...

Egyptian 'Facebook Girl' Could Win Nobel Tomorrow

Esraa Abdel Fattah organized protests, spent time in jail

(Newser) - She spent weeks in jail after organizing a key strike to protest the government; now, the Egyptian woman once known as “Facebook Girl” is up for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not about her, Esraa Abdel Fattah tells the Christian Science Monitor . “If I win this,...

Facebook Delays Timeline Launch in Battle Over Name

Another site has 'timeline' rights

(Newser) - Whether you’re dreading it or desperate for it , you’ll have to wait at least a few more days to use Facebook’s new Timeline . There’s already an online firm called Timelines, and it’s not happy about the plan: The company, whose service is similar to what...

Devices Spy on You 24 Hours a Day

Personal data sells for billions of dollars

(Newser) - Companies are observing nearly every move you make and selling your personal data for billions of dollars—and Washington appears helpless to stop them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Whether it's your smart phone, cable box, Facebook page, or video game, devices are amassing reams of data on your...

Everyone Who Unfriended You on Facebook Hidden Again
 Everyone Who 
 Unfriended You 
 Hidden Again 
in case you missed it
Oct 1, 2011 7:05 AM CDT

Everyone Who Unfriended You Hidden Again

Timeline made it easy to see who'd cut you off

(Newser) - If you haven’t done it yet, looks like you’ve missed your window to find out who has unfriended you on Facebook . Last week, a list of friends available in the Timeline profile pages made it clear who had removed you as a friend; they were the ones in...

Lawmakers Want FTC to Investigate Facebook

Letter cites more privacy concerns over tracking of cookies

(Newser) - Two longtime critics of Facebook on Capitol Hill want the FTC to investigate the company over new privacy allegations, reports Politico . Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Joe Barton sent their letter after an Australian blogger reported that Facebook keeps collecting data on users even after they are logged out. Gawker...

Apps Need Your Facebook Login? Count Me Out

Mark Zuckerberg continues his assault on privacy: Mat Honan

(Newser) - Once again, Facebook has reinvented itself , but its goal hasn’t changed: Mark Zuckerberg wants to “drag us all into publicly sharing everything from everywhere with everyone all the time,” writes Mat Honan at Gizmodo . And it’s getting even harder to keep your online activities private. The...

Facebook Starts a PAC
 Facebook 
 Starts a PAC 
Sep 27, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Facebook Starts a PAC

Social media firm aiming to buy some friends

(Newser) - Looks like the original social network is shopping for a political network: Facebook has filed paperwork to form a political action committee and it plans to use it to funnel donations to its favored candidates in upcoming elections, reports the New York Times . As debates about privacy and monopoly concerns...

Racially Charged Bake Sale Sparks Student Outrage

UC Berkeley Republicans get snarky about student admissions

(Newser) - "White/Caucasian" pastries: $2. "Black/African American" pastries: 75 cents. "Native American" pastries: only a quarter. Such is the pricing scheme for a sarcastic "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" posted on Facebook by a Republican group at UC Berkeley, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Planned for Tuesday, the sale...

How to See Who Unfriended You on Facebook

BuzzFeed explains how Timelines makes it a breeze

(Newser) - Tech pundits are still debating how big Facebook's new Timeline features will be—blogger Dan Lyons is in the it's-overhyped camp—but BuzzFeed has stumbled onto one indisputable fact: Timeline makes it really easy to see who has unfriended you over the years. Click here for the four-step...

Facebook Timeline: Is Big Brother Boring?

 Facebook Timeline: 
 Is Big Brother Boring? 
Reaction Roundup
Sep 23, 2011 12:50 PM CDT

Facebook Timeline: Is Big Brother Boring?

Writers sound off on big changes

(Newser) - The hype surrounding yesterday’s big Facebook announcement wasn’t misplaced: This really was a massive status update, and as you might expect, it’s generating a lot of comments. Here’s what people are saying:
  • “Timeline brings a long-overdue overhaul to Facebook’s interface,” which previously looked
...

Facebook Turns Profiles Into &#39;Timelines&#39;


 Facebook Turns Profiles 
 Into 'Timelines' 
F8 Recap
Sep 22, 2011 1:48 PM CDT

Facebook Turns Profiles Into 'Timelines'

Massive overhaul also lets you do more than 'like' something

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg announced more massive changes to Facebook at its f8 event today, starting with a complete reinvention of its profile page into something called “Timeline,” which Zuckerberg described as “the story of your life.” Friends will now be able to see years worth of your...

Today's Facebook News: Prepare to Be 'Shellshocked'

Ben Parr has seen the future, and it is Facebook

(Newser) - Oh, baby. If you were peeved by Facebook's latest changes , you may want to pop a Valium. Because the changes Facebook will announce sometime after 1pm EDT at its f8 conference in San Francisco will "forever transform" Facebook, writes Ben Parr for Mashable , who was briefed on the...

Facebook Overhauls News Feed

Now, 'Top News' is always on top of page

(Newser) - Facebook rolled out a dramatic new redesign today, that’s designed to turn Facebook into “your own personal newspaper.” Gone is the option to toggle between “Top Stories” and the “Most Recent” updates; now the stories Facebook deems “Top Stories” will always be on top,...

New Facebook Buttons Coming: Watched Read, Listened
 New Facebook Buttons: 
 Read, Watched, Listened 
says source
Sep 20, 2011 7:56 AM CDT

New Facebook Buttons: Read, Watched, Listened

Facebook will reveal buttons this week, says source

(Newser) - Facebook is taking its "Like" concept to the next level, and will launch new buttons—Read, Listened, and Watched—at its developer conference this week, a source tells TechCrunch . The buttons will appear on users' walls, allowing them to proclaim that they Read, Listened, or Watched content in their...

Facebook Apps Actually Create Jobs—182K So Far

You waste time on them at work ... giving someone else a chance to work

(Newser) - Playing FarmVille may not make you an actual farmer—but it does help create some bona fide, albeit non-agricultural, jobs. A new study released today estimates that more than 182,000 jobs have been created because of Facebook applications. University of Maryland Business School researchers pegged the number of software-company...

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