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Internet marketing software firm HubSpot has released new social media features aimed at helping companies increase their reach and improving prospect relationships. HubSpot sof...

MySpace Tempts Developers With Discounts, Promotions

Never mind the tactics of Facebook, Google, and other popular online companies; with its latest appeal to developers, MySpace appears to have taken a (good) page out of the AARP...

New AP Stylebook Covers Facebook And Twitter Usage

The Associated Press has released its 2010 edition of its Stylebook with a new section focused on social media for the first time and has announced that "website" is n...

People Not So Eager to Quit Facebook After All?

Yesterday was not only Memorial Day, but "Quit Facebook Day" as well - at least according to QuitFacebookDay.com and its...

Facebook Calls for Beta Testers for Q&A Product

As Facebook continues to take over the web in a variety of other ways, the social network is preparing to launch a new Q&A feature. "We think it will be...

Do You Go to MySpace for Friends or Content?

What is MySpace at this point? According to News Corp, which owns it, it's a content site. PaidContent...

Facebook Introduces New Privacy Settings

Facebook has introduced new privacy settings aimed at making it easier for users to have more control over their personal information and what they share. A new c...

Facebook Acquires Group Chat/Share Platform Sharegrove

Facebook has acquired Sharegrove, a social site that already utilizes Facebook Connect to let Facebook users have private conversations a...

BBC Ties Facebook, Twitter Into iPlayer

The iPlayer, which is a popular video-on-demand service offered by the BBC in the UK, is getting a lot more social. A new beta version ties into both Facebook and Twitter...

LinkedIn Tightens Integration With Twitter

LinkedIn users who are interested in what their professional contacts are thinking on a minute-to-minute basis should now find it much easier to track down their tweets. L...

Facebook Privacy Issues Getting Worse

Privacy is always a concern when you are spending time on the internet. Facebook is one company who has landed itself in some hot water over privacy of late and it has just gott...

Facebook to Give Users Way to Turn Off Third-Party Services

Update: Facebook announced today that it will be rolling out simplified privacy...

Facebook Users Consider Leaving Over Privacy Worries

Facebook's privacy issues have 60 percent of its members considering leaving the social network, according to a new survey by IT security firm, Sophos. The surve...

Twitter Decides it Will Be the Only One Offering Ads in the Timeline

Update: Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb has a helpful piece up...

MySpace Opens Offices To Social Gaming Developers

It's becoming hard to imagine how MySpace could get more serious about social games. This afternoon, the social network went several steps beyond encouraging or even payin...

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