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NASA To Hold Tweetup At The World Science Festival
NASA and the World Science Festival said today they are inviting Twitter followers to a behind-the-scenes Tweetup at 2 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 5, in New York City....
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Can Facebook Be Replaced?
Once upon a time, not so long ago, MySpace was the top social network in the land. Eventually, Facebook took over that role, and has not looked back since. Earlier this year, th...
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Facebook Seeks More Users With Fast, Free Mobile Site
Numerous reports have indicated this week that Facebook is about to hit the 500 million user mark, and while there may be a big celebration, the social network isn't slowing dow...
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LiveWorld Launches Facebook Forum 2.0 For Brands
Social networking marketing firm LiveWorld has launched Facebook Forum 2.0, aimed at helping brands deepen their level of engagement with their fans. WebProNews s...
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Facebook And Zynga Reach 5 Year Deal
Facebook said today it has entered into a five-year relationship with Zynga, the social networking gaming company behind the popular FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Un...
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Twitter To Hit Japanese Cell Phones This Summer
Japan's third-largest mobile communications company is poised to help Twitter become significantly more popular outside America.  SoftBank has decided to ship a total of 13...
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Key Engineer Leaves Twitter
An engineer who joined Twitter in early 2007 and later earned the title "API Lead" has now left the company.  Alex Payne announced this afternoon that he's quit,...
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Facebook Closes In On 500 Million Users
In early February, Facebook announced that it had 400 million users, and while nothing's certain at this point, it looks like an announcement regarding the next big milestone ma...
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MySpace Gets New Leadership for Marketing, Entertainment
MySpace let us know that it's hired marketing industry vet David Donegan as Senior Vice President of Marketing. He will oversee the company'...
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Funding and Offers Pour In for Facebook Alternative
Diaspora has been getting a great deal of attention as reports come...
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What is This Diaspora Everyone’s Talking About?
There is already a lot of hype being generated for a social network that doesn't even exist yet. I'm talking about Diaspora, which if y...
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Is Deleting Your Facebook Account Really a Good Idea?
Since Facebook announced its plans to take over the web...
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Facebook Introduces New Login Security Features
Don't be surprised if you see a drop-off in "John Doe is the worst boyfriend ever"-style status updates on Facebook starting this week.  Facebook has introduced t...
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NBC Turns To Twitter And Facebook To Promote Shows
NBC is hoping to take advantage of the popularity of social media by launching a new program called "Fan It" which will reward users for liking its shows on a number o...
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NASA Invites Twitter Followers To Space Center In Houston
NASA is offering its Twitter followers a chance to personally get an up close look of a space shuttle mission at the agency's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston....
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