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  Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

  The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

  By Marc Ferranti | 25 May, 2012 22:22

  Tags: Investments, business issues, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, workday, Eloqua, palo alto networks, sap, Ariba

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  Refund for some Facebook investors

  Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

  By AAP | 25 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: social networking, social media, Morgan Stanley, Facebook

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  Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

  Tags: social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook

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  Facebook used as terrorist tool: Expert

  Terrorist groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it, a leading counter-terrorism expert says.

  By AAP | 24 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: social networking, social media, Facebook, Counter Terrorism, Bill Paterson

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  Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

  Tags: social networking, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Civil lawsuits

• Should I protect my tweets?

  When I signed up for a Twitter account in the summer of 2009 I spent some time thinking about whether or not I should protect my tweets. As a novice Twitter user, I had to decide whether the benefits of protecting my tweets outweighed the drawbacks. Looking back, I do not regret my decision to protect my tweets, and I'll tell you why.

  By Phil Shapiro | 23 February, 2011 09:14

  Tags: Consumer Advice, Facebook, internet, Internet-based applications and services, LinkedIn, social networking, twitter

• Stop Facebook from cluttering your inbox

  There's a fine line between awesome and annoying. Take Facebook: Most of the time, it's great, but a few things about the service drive me crazy.

  By Rick Broida | 02 February, 2011 04:02

  Tags: applications, e-mail, Facebook, internet, Internet-based applications and services, social media, social networks, software

• Facebook social inbox: What you need to know about messages

  Back in November 2010, Facebook announced plans for a "social inbox" -- a space that would serve as a hub for all communications that people use online or via mobile phones, ranging from text messages and chat messages to e-mail messages, too.

  By Kristin Burnham | 12 January, 2011 10:25

  Tags: Facebook, internet, Internet-based applications and services, mail, social networking

• Facebook Ads secrets from an insider

  Many people log on to Facebook primarily for fun, but businesses are increasingly turning to the social networking site as an advertising gold mine. By placing ads on Facebook, you can zero in on a select portion of some half a billion users according to their interests and demographics.

  By Elsa Wenzel | 16 September, 2010 15:05

  Tags: Facebook, Google, internet

• How to choose who sees your photos on Facebook

  QUESTION: I signed up for a Facebook account and uploaded some photos to my profile. I was soon contacted out of the blue by someone I didn't want to hear from and who I didn't know could see my photos and profile. I've been told that I should stop using Facebook, but will I still be able to see my photos if I cancel my account, and how can I make sure no one else can see them?

  By Chris Byers | 18 August, 2010 03:17

  Tags: Facebook, Internet & broadband, internet privacy, security, software

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  Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

  What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

  By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2012 07:12

  Tags: software, social networking, social media, Languages and standards, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, application development

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  Location-based services: Are they there yet?

  Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the US - nearly a third of the total population.

  By Brian Proffitt | 03 May, 2012 23:28

  Tags: yelp, Web 2.0 and Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, GPS, Google, Facebook, consumer electronics, ComScore

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  Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

  Tags: comcast, Facebook, Google, Internet Society, IPv6, IPv6 Launch, LAN & WAN, Leslie Daigle, networking

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  Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

  ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

  By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

  Tags: cloud computing, Facebook, Gartner, hardware systems, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, security, tablets, wireless, youtube

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  How to prepare your business for Google+

  Google+ just opened its doors to the world by enabling open signups and moving to the beta, testing phase. The nascent social network is still thin on features and ways for businesses to properly use it, but its minimalist approach has gained Google+ millions of users in a very short period.

  By Angela West | 24 September, 2011 23:59

  Tags: Facebook, Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, social networks, Web-based Applications

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