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Friendster evolves to escape Facebook's shadow

(AP) -- Faded social networking site Friendster will soon delete nearly a decade's worth of user photos, blog entries and other data in a revamp to set it apart from Facebook, a company official said Thursday.

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created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evite rival Socializr launches events aggregator

(AP) -- Socializr, the online invitations startup from Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, now helps users manage their events from sites like Facebook, MySpace, Evite and Meetup.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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CEO calls Zynga his 'crowning achievement'

Before Zynga traded its first share on Friday, nervous investors in the social-gaming company didn't know whether to expect a killing or to be killed.

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created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New social network, developed solely for members of medical school community, goes live this week

The School of Medicine’s Office of Information Resources & Technology is launching this week a private, internal social-networking service, called CAP Network, that could dramatically alter communication among faculty, student ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Qwick retreat: Netflix kills plan to split in two (Update)

(AP) -- To the ranks of New Coke and the Edsel, we can now add Qwikster.

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created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Challenge to Groupon's model with trio of deals

(AP) -- Groupon's online coupons save people cash, but they're not always great deals for merchants. Some businesses complain that bargain hunters rarely return after scoring a cheap meal or massage.

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created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study: Web users worry about snooping businesses

(AP) -- It's not Big Brother, but "big business" that Internet users are more worried about. A new survey found that nearly half of Internet-connected Americans age 16 and older worry about businesses checking what they ...

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created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MySpace to revamp site in aim to simplify

(AP) -- The once-dominant social network MySpace is revamping its home page. It's looking a little more like its more popular and populous rival, Facebook, even as it attempts to set itself apart.

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created Aug 12, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook deal means virtual 'credits' can be bought in shops

Facebook signed a deal with a Malaysian company on Thursday allowing a virtual currency for online games and services to be sold at retail shops across Asia for the first time.

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created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans spending more time on social networks: study

The number of minutes Americans spent on social networking sites nearly doubled in the past year with Facebook and Twitter enjoying explosive growth, according to a new study.

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Student Facebook use predicted by race, ethnicity, education

New research from Northwestern University finds that college students’ choice of social networking sites -- including Facebook, MySpace and Xanga -- is related to their race, ethnicity and parents’ education.

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created Nov 19, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Marrow program tapping into Web for donors

Organizers of a Web-based bone marrow donation campaign said they're looking to expand their efforts to recruit more South Asians for the U.S. registry.

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created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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