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  Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride is not slowing down

  More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday.

  By Zach Miners | 18 May, 2013 22:45

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, consumer electronics, e-commerce, internet, Bitcoin, Facebook

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  Google Glass ecosystem grows with Twitter, Facebook and CNN apps

  Google is working to build out the app ecosystem for its upcoming Glass, showing off work today at Google I/O from partners like Twitter, Facebook, CNN and Elle.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 19:34

  Tags: cnn, consumer electronics, Google, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems, twitter, Personal Technology, Facebook

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  Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for Glass

  While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device.

  By Zach Miners | 16 May, 2013 19:25

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Tumblr, Google I/O, social networking, mobile, Path, social media, internet, search engines, Facebook, mobile applications, consumer electronics, Google, twitter

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  NetChoice: California privacy bills are bad for Internet

  E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet.

  By Grant Gross | 16 May, 2013 16:55

  Tags: Steve DelBianco, NetChoice, U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, legislation, Aaron Swartz, government, internet, World Wide Web Consortium, Facebook, U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Yahoo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ebay

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  Mozilla to Firefox: 'Browser, heal thyself'

  Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 21, adding more social media connections, tweaking the Do Not Track privacy setting and rolling out a new tool that long term, aims to create a self-healing browser.

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2013 10:54

  Tags: web apps, Firefox, applications, Microsoft, software, internet, mozilla, Facebook

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  How-to: Get started with MySQL

  An easy step-by-step guide to setting up a MySQL database server, along with phpMyAdmin, on Fedora, CentOS, or Ubuntu

  By Paul Venezia | 15 November, 2012 11:13

  Tags: Database Administration, applications, mysql, software, open source software, Facebook, Data management

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

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

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

• 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: Google, internet, Facebook

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  Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

  Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 May, 2013 10:15

  Tags: cnn, Mobile/Wireless, Emerging Technologies, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, mobile, Internet Search, internet, search engines, Facebook, BBC, Google, twitter

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  State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or are in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May, 2013 10:10

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, security, LinkedIn, twitter, social media, internet, privacy, Facebook

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  Facebook on a mobile roll

  Facebook last week cited mobile growth as a major contributor to its first-quarter increase in sales and profits.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 May, 2013 20:15

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, mobile, social media, internet, Facebook, management

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  Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity'

  Less than a year after calling mobile one of its biggest risks, Facebook has made another big move to attack the mobile market with Facebook Home for Android devices.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 05 April, 2013 09:52

  Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Internet-based applications and services, social media, internet, mobile apps, Facebook

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  Sandberg's book prompts discussion on dearth of women in IT

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has 'stalled' and that 'men still run the world' may hold true in IT.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 25 March, 2013 10:17

  Tags: Networking, Black Duck Software, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management, Facebook, National Science Foundation, management

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