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Seventeen magazine has released a new study about the impact of Facebook on relationships of young men and women ages 16-21. The study revealed that 79 percent of people ‘friend’ a love interest within one week of meeting the person, and 60 percent check the profile of their crush at least once a day. What Continue Reading →

MySpace knows that people prefer to do their social networking on Facebook, so they’ve integrated a new feature that lets users get their Facebook updates on MySpace. The new feature, “Mashup with Facebook,” is part of MySpace’s attempt to rebrand itself as a “social entertainment” site. Continue Reading →

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A Palestinian man, Walid Husayin, faces life in prison after spreading anti-Islam views on social networks like Facebook. The owner of the Internet café where Husayin often blogged reported him to authorities and the Palestinian government monitored Husayin for several weeks before his arrest. In the Middle East it’s not uncommon for authorities to create Continue Reading →

Facebook unveiled its new messaging system, which integrates email, text messaging, IM and Facebook notes into one interface. Facebook users can also sign-up for a new @facebook.com email address. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, noted this new communication system is not an “email killer” but expects people to embrace the new “cross-platform” way of communicating. Read Continue Reading →

Today Facebook will announce changes to its messaging service. The company is expected to introduce a web-based email system with @facebook.com email addresses. Should Google be worried?  Read the full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →

The sound of tweets just got much sweeter. Twitter has formed a partnership with Ping, Apple’s new music-oriented social network. Twitter users can now include song previews and links to buy songs on iTunes, directly in their tweets. Steve Jobs would have preferred a deal with Facebook, but will settle for Twitter’s 175 million registered Continue Reading →

A Connecticut woman was recently fired after criticizing her boss on Facebook. In response, The National Labor Relations Board has stepped in and filed a complaint against the company. This could be a groundbreaking case; it’s the first time the labor board has intervened in a case involving social networking.  Read the full story on Continue Reading →

ComScore is reporting that Facebook delivered 297 billion online display ad impressions last quarter, which accounted for 23 percent of the total market share. Yahoo came in a distant second, serving over 140 billion ads. In total, there were 1.3 trillion display ads delivered last quarter, and the average U.S. Internet user viewed over 6,000 Continue Reading →

Queen Elizabeth II has finally joined Facebook. Like the queen herself, her fan page is quite formal. The queen doesn’t share any  personal information, but does provide information about upcoming engagements and ceremonies the she will be attending. Her majesty already has over 77,000 fans on the site and also has a presence on both Continue Reading →