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Just How Concerned with Privacy Are Facebook Users?

PeopleBrowsr shared a rather interesting report with us this week, looking at privacy related tweets during the center of this year's Facebook "privacy storm." The firm studied the public's reaction to Facebook's open graph-related announcements that set off the majority of the Facebook privacy controversy back in April.

Does Facebook Face A Google-Like Issue With "Like Farms" and "Like Buying"?

Facebook may be going through some of the growing pains that Google went through earlier in its life. Google has always had to deal with link farms and link buying, polluting its search results, and has gotten better and better at keeping this under control over the years.

Twitter Releases its iPad App with iPad-Specific Features

Twitter has launched its official iPad app. There's a bit more to this than the standard mobile Twitter app. "Twitter for iPad takes advantage of the iPad's fluid touch interface, letting you move lots of information around smoothly and quickly – without needing to open and close windows or click buttons," says Twitter's Leland Rechis.

Google, Facebook and Boxee Respond to Apple

At Apple's music event yesterday, where the company launched a new version of iOS, a new version of iTunes with a new social network (Ping), a new line of iPods, and a new version of Apple TV, Steve Jobs took a shot at Google involving numbers of smartphone activations. Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that Android gets over 200,000 devices a day.

Implications of New Gowalla Feature, Facebook Gift Cards

Gowalla has launched a new feature called "highlights" which it describes as "little rewards you can give to places that are important to your life". MG Siegler talks about the potential significance of such a feature.

Madden NFL Superstars Launches On Facebook

Electronic Arts has launched Madden NFL Superstars on Facebook that allows users to create their own fantasy team by collecting NFL players and competing in matchups with their friends. “Each day on consoles, fans are playing as many games online as the equivalent of 750 full NFL seasons,” said Peter Moore, president of EA SPORTS. “Now on Facebook, Madden NFL Superstars will bring a whole new dimension and audience to the Madden NFL experience.”

Booyah Utilizes Facebook Places for Standalone App

Booyah, makers of the check-in app/game MyTown, have unveiled a new game today, and it is is the first standalone app to utilize the recently launched Facebook Places API. "In addition to being the first app built exclusively for Facebook Places, it is the only app that accesses Facebook Search," says Booyah.

Target To Start Selling Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Target said today it will be the first retailer to sell Facebook Credits gift cards at all of its 1,743 stores and on Target.com beginning September 5.

Greplin is Real Personalized Search

There's a new kind of personalized, social search available that may trump any effort we've seen from Google to date in this corner of search. Greplin is a new site that searches through "all your online data in one place, really fast" - or at least your the online data you have in the services that it supports, which is likely far from all of your online data. Still, the concept behind the site is pretty noteworthy, and it will likely add more services as time goes on.

Facebook Goes Back to the University, A New Spin on Online Charities

Facebook has launched a "Universities on Facebook" page to "help students and campus organizations discover how to take full advantage of Facebook's features to publicize events, distribute content, and foster community and school spirit." The company has also acquired an interesting search patent for ranking based on click frequency.