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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.

Facebook Gets Click-Based Search Relevance Patent

Facebook has been granted a patent called "Ranking search results based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation". Here's the abstract:

Facebook Sues Teacher Resource for Using the Word "Book"

Update: WebProNews reached out to Teachbook for comment. Read Teachbook's full response here. See comments from Facebook in the comments section of either article.

So-Called Facebook Alternative Diaspora Gets a Launch Date

You may recall that earlier this year, Facebook took a lot of heat over user privacy. While some may still not be satisfied, the company did release simplified privacy settings in response. Around that time, however, a project called Diaspora started generating a lot of hype as a potential, open alternative to Facebook as a social network.

MySpace Users Can Now Sync Accounts with Facebook Profiles, Pages

MySpace has announced a new feature that lets users sync their status updates with their Facebook profiles or Pages, while also letting them share content from their MySpace page with Facebook friends. "Sync with Facebook allows users to keep their friends on Facebook up to date on everything, including: sharing songs, latest photos, fun game apps, and more," says MySpace's Jennifer Ruffner.

LinkedIn Recruiter Gets New Search Filter Features

LinkedIn has launched new search filter features for LinkedIn Recruiter. The company has taken advanced search and refinement filters that have been available, and added them to some new places.

Facebook Talks Questions, Lists, Mobile

As usual, Facebook is making its way into a lot of headlines for a lot of reasons. While many of them have to do with legal issues, some are also based on the social network itself and other areas of innovation.

Facebook Places, the Competition (Including Google) & Your Business

A great deal of attention has been put on what Facebook Places means for the future of other check-in apps. This discussion has been around as long as the rumors of Facebook launching a location feature, which have been swirling for quite some time. Will you check in with Facebook Places? Let us know.

Facebook Tries To Own "Face" And "Book"

As you may have read, Facebook is suing Teachbook for using the word "book" and being a competitor. To put it in Facebook's exact words, the company's Director of Policy Communications, Barry Schnitt, tells WebProNews: