Tag Archives: Online social networking

Canadian police warn about Facebook scams

ophisticated scam artists are raiding blackberries, I-phones and personal computers and are using sites like Facebook to steal identities and money by fooling friends, Halifax police warn. Det. Const. Dana Drover said Wednesday the best way to protect yourself at … read more »

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Time names Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ‘Person of the Year’

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2010. At 26, Zuckerberg has put himself on the map not only as one of the world’s youngest billionaires, but … read more »

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Facebook’s email gives us a new way to chat

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company is to launch a new email messaging system. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/APOne of my boys has his birthday this weekend. Even if he hadn’t been reminding me on a daily basis, … read more »

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Is E-Mail Dead?

They said it wouldn’t last — e-mail, that is. Crippled by a ceaseless deluge of spam and infected with computer viruses and malware, e-mail became the symbol of all that was wrong with technology. Then came texting and smartphones and … read more »

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13 Things You Shouldn’t Post On Facebook

According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s unofficial mission is to make “the world more open and connected.” But there are limits to how open you should be on Facebook and while you might enjoy sharing photos and status … read more »

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Facebook unveils e-mail, the sequel

SAN FRANCISCO–”We don’t think that a modern messaging system is going to be e-mail,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference on Monday morning as it unveiled a hotly anticipated revamp of its messaging system that many pundits … read more »

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21 things you could do on Facebook

Time your statuses, tracks friends’ likes, download entire photo albums and be invisible on chat. Calcalist presents: Tools and tips to best utilize popular social network. 1. Post statuses to a select group Facebook offers a very useful feature called … read more »

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Google alerts users to Facebook contacts ‘trap’

Google is now telling anyone stupid enough to import Gmail contacts into Facebook to reconsider such a foolish move because it’s a “trap”. The two companies have been angrily shaking handbags at each other over the past few days in … read more »

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The British Queen joins Facebook social networking site

The Queen is to embrace the world of “social networking” by joining Facebook. The Queen on facebook Photo: PA The Queen has joined Facebook in the latest attempt to drag the Royal Family into the computer age Photo: AP In … read more »

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