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06 December 2011
News: StumbleUpon Rolls Out New Layout

StumbleUpon, the social network built around somewhat random exploration of the Web, rolled out its first major update in almost a decade on Monday.
News: Facebook hires Gowalla team, but will shut the service

Facebook has hired the team at Gowalla, a mobile location service in Austin, Texas, but the service will be shut down by January, the companies said Monday.
05 December 2011
News: Apple employee blogging and social media guidelines revealed

The guidelines that Apple employees are expected to adhere to when blogging and using social media have been revealed in a leaked document.
30 November 2011
News: Why Yammer Is Snatching Up Enterprise Customers

Yammer looks a lot like a work-friendly Facebook, and it's yielding new enterprise users as a result. Here are 5 things you need to know about the social networking site.
News: Spotify unveils platform for external developers to create music apps

Spotify on Wednesday launched a development platform designed to let third parties create applications that integrate with its popular digital music-streaming service.
News: Facebook Privacy: How the FTC Settlement Affects You

Facebook users: Get ready for more changes in the way the social network operates.
News: Will FTC force Facebook onto privacy straight and narrow?

After angering users with one privacy misstep after another, Facebook yesterday settled charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it had deceived users and shared information it had told them would be private.
News: Spotify unveils platform for external developers to create music apps

Spotify on Wednesday launched a development platform designed to let third parties create applications that integrate with its popular digital music-streaming service.
News: AmEx Helps Customers Cash In On Foursquare

Credit card issuer American Express looks to turn location-based social network Foursquare into a new revenue stream with cash incentives for customers.
News: Web application scans Facebook for unflattering photos

So you're at the company Christmas party, and you've drank too much. The next day, an unflattering photo is on Facebook, but you don't know it since you haven't been tagged.
News: Facebook IPO could value company at £64bn

Social networking company Facebook could be considering an initial public offering (IPO) for the second quarter of 2012, according to rumours swirling on the web.
29 November 2011
News: Thanks, Feds: Facebook's 5 Big Privacy Changes

Facebook will soon be on privacy probation, thanks to a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
News: Privacy groups generally cheer FTC's Facebook settlement

Privacy and technology groups generally applauded a wide-ranging settlement between Facebook and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the social-networking site's privacy practices.
News: Facebook may aim for 2012 IPO and $100B value

Facebook executives reportedly are looking to take the company public this coming spring with an eye on valuing the social network at more than $100 billion.
News: Facebook community forum swamped by spam during Thanksgiving weekend

Facebook's community forum was flooded during the Thanksgiving weekend with spam messages that advertised live streaming links for various sporting events.
24 November 2011
News: Research: Paid Posters Poison the Internet

In China, they're called the Internet Water Army: legions of people paid to flood online hangouts with postings and comments (primarily for marketing purposes). And according to academic researchers, they're degrading information quality on the Web.
23 November 2011
News: Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks

Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when technological advances make this possible.
News: SAP could benefit from social networking company acquisition

Enterprise software giant SAP could be close to buying a social networking company, according to Constellation Research analyst Ray Wang.
22 November 2011
News: Facebook Shaves a Few Degrees Off 'Six Degrees of Separation' Theory

Facebook has updated the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory, announcing that a joint study shows that any single person on earth is a mere 4.74 steps away from being introduced to any other person, instead of the believed upon six.
21 November 2011
News: Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Disable Sharing in Social Reader Apps

Facebook's new "seamless sharing" apps, which the company announced at this year's F8 developer conference, are causing a stir as more users are unintentionally subscribing to them and broadcasting their reading habits to their networks.

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