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Microsoft co-opts Facebook to take on Google

by Simon Aughton on 14 October 2010 in News
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Microsoft has struck a deal with Facebook that it hopes will help its Bing search engine to close the gap to Google. Bing will be able to take data posted on Facebook — such as users’ “likes” or preferences — and use that information to provide more relevant search results from data that Google doesn’t have.

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Facebook denies phone privacy breach

by Simon Aughton on 7 October 2010 in News
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Facebook has moved to reassure users that its new Phonebook service will not expose friends’ phone numbers to all and sundry.

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Facebook clicks on cliques for more privacy

by admin on 7 October 2010 in News
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Facebook has unveiled tools to give users more control over personal information and let them create Groups, making it easier for its half-billion users to interact with select circles of friends, instead of having photos and personal messages openly viewable to family, college buddies and colleagues alike.

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Facebook and Twitter used in $7m stock fraud

by admin on 6 October 2010 in News

Facebook and Twitter were used to tout stocks in a classic “pump and dump” fraud of about $7 million that was uncovered during a cocaine-trafficking probe. The Manhattan US Attorney’s office said more than 15 websites, Facebook pages, and Twitter feeds were used to “defraud the investing public into purchasing stocks that were being manipulated by participants in the conspiracy”.

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Facebook “confident” of Ping tie-up

by Simon Aughton on 1 October 2010 in News
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Facebook is “very confident” that it can secure a deal with Apple that would integrate the social networking site with Ping, iTunes’ new social network for music.

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Facebook Places lands in UK

by admin on 17 September 2010 in News
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Facebook has switched on its controversial Places feature in the UK. Launched in the US last month, it lets Facebook users share their location with other members of the social network.

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