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Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older.

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable July 7th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook ()’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. Facebook’s userbase, as a whole, is getting much older very … Continue reading →

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Facebook violates privacy law: watchdog

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via the Calgary Sun OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy watchdog says Internet phenomenon Facebook breaches the law by keeping users’ personal information indefinitely — even after members close their accounts. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the popular social networking site should … Continue reading →

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Users Over 55 Quitting Facebook: The Baby Boom Times Over?

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable by Josh Catone According to new data from Inside Facebook, users over the age of 55 haven’t been as actively using Facebook over the past two months after triple digit growth in that demographic earlier this year. The … Continue reading →

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Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via the New York Times By ALAN COWELL Published: February 18, 2009 After a wave of protests from its users, the Facebook social networking site said on Wednesday that it would withdraw changes to its so-called terms of service concerning … Continue reading →

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View * view my profile * view my articles * Facebook * Twitter * LinkedIn * MySpace Facebook Responds to Concerns Over Terms of Service

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable February 16, 2009 – 3:47 pm PDT – by Adam Ostrow oday’s hoopla over changes to the Facebook Terms of Service have prompted a rare blog post from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the post, Zuckerberg … Continue reading →

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Tweetups Can’t Touch Facebook Flashmobs

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable February 9, 2009 – 1:15 pm PDT – by Jennifer Van Grove If you thought Tweetups were viral and picking up steam, you’ll never believe what one Facebook member was able to accomplish with a simple idea, a … Continue reading →

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Facebook Joins OpenID Foundation; So What?

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable February 5, 2009 – 5:19 pm PDT – by Adam Ostrow Facebook announced this afternoon that it’s joining the OpenID Foundation – an interesting move considering that Facebook Connect, the company’s identity platform for third-party websites, has so … Continue reading →

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Mafia Finds Fans on Facebook

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via The New York Times By RACHEL DONADIO Published: December 30, 2008 Thousands of users have joined fan pages devoted to top Mafia bosses on the social networking site Facebook, the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica reported Tuesday. A page … Continue reading →

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The Future Of Social Search (Or Why Google Should Buy Facebook)

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 28, 2008 If you could search your friends’ thoughts, interests, and activities, would that be a better search experience? In many cases, it would be. Searching for restaurants, books, or movies, would … Continue reading →

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Facebook Is Gaining Ground On Google In Time Spent On The Internet

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 18, 2008 Facebook long ago passed MySpace in global visitors and time spent on the site, but now it appears to be gaining ground on Google. A couple days ago, Facebook released … Continue reading →

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