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4 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi says she is too busy for Facebook for now

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Aung San Suu Kyi, World News

7 hrs ago | KSFO-AM San Francisco

Your Facebook Photo Is Shaped by National Culture

Poke around Facebook and you'll see your friends in all sorts of places: at the beach, at a party, at the ballpark, at home.

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Related Topix: Startups, University of Texas at Dallas

Thu May 31, 2012

The Campbell Reporter

Biz Break: Economic concerns push Wall Street down, but Facebook has big late rally

Today: Economic reports show slowdown in U.S. recovery, Facebook's stock continues to falter, and Wall Street takes brunt of the punishment.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Facebook IPO casts a pall over Square, other young companies seeking funding

The much-heralded, next-generation payments company had been aiming to raise its next round of venture capital funds at a valuation of as much as $4 billion -- up from $1 billion just a year ago.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Square, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Twitter

Click Orlando

Twitter, tweet, social media

With all the Facebook news lately -- the flat IPO, the regulatory interest, the Chan-Zuckerberg wedding -- it's highly possibly you've forgotten all about Twitter.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Social Software, Startups

Business Journal

Google+ hopes to top Facebook with Google+ Local

Google is still working on plans to top its rival social network Facebook, including launching Google+ Local and ending the less social Google Places, Fox Business reports.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Social Software

KATV Little Rock

Judge hears fight to sex offenders' Facebook ban

The tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut is moving to give its own police department a larger role inside the Western Hemisphere's largest casino.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Wedding, US News, US Supreme Court, US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat

WECT-TV Wilmington

Teenage girl posts picture of cash on Facebook, family robbed within hours

WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC Teenage girl posts picture of cash on Facebook, family robbed within hours The police reminded the public to be careful of the type of information that's posted on social networks like Facebook.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Spyware, Science / Technology

New York Post

Morgan Stanley CEO says firm worked '100% within the rules' on Facebook IPO

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman on Wednesday defended the firm's role in Facebook Inc.'s tumultuous initial public offering, telling employees internally that the firm worked "100 percent within the rules" and calling the steep decline in Facebook's stock "disappointing." Gorman, in a weekly strategy meeting, which was later webcast to employees, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

WISW-AM Columbia

Zynga CEO and the Value of 'Boring Conference Calls'

Zynga, maker of such popular social games as Words With Friends and Farmville, has seen lots of growth with its mobile games, but the CEO of the company, Mark Pincus, isn't worried about the disappearance of the PC.

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Related Topix: Zynga, PC, Startups

Wed May 30, 2012

WLTI-FM Syracuse

Investor Anxieties over Europe Push Stocks Lower

Wednesday was a rough day for the markets with new worries about Europe's financial problems pushing stocks into negative territory.

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Related Topix: Startups

KYTX-TV News

Mother of escaped inmate is arrested

A little life vest wearing dog that slipped off a boat in the Chicago River Sunday is back with his owners after a nearly 24 hour search, and the help of some Good Samaritans.

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Related Topix: Startups

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Jessica Simpson signs with Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers International and Jessica Simpson are banking on a new partnership that will make the pop star the next celebrity ambassador for Weight Watchers in North America.

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Related Topix: Weight Watchers International, Recreation, Startups

KBOI-AM Boise

Did Mark Zuckerberg Stiff His Italian Waiter?

Facebook's newlywed and newly minted billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg is being criticized after he reportedly skipped out on paying gratuity not once, but twice after dining out with his wife on the couple's Italian honeymoon.

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Related Topix: Startups, Mark Zuckerberg, Restaurant Management

The Daily Record

Sex offenders fight for right to use Facebook

Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation's courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to participate in common online discussions.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Nebraska, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Federal Prisons, Prison

The State

Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai

Facebook executives are hoping the company's first office in the Arab world can help boost sales even as its share price struggles.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, World News, United Arab Emirates, Marketing, Journalism, Middle East

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Siri, Facebook Improvements Coming to iPhone, Says Apple CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't only speak about how he'd like to see an iPhone made in the U.S. at the All Things D conference -- he also spoke about some future product plans, which include an improved Siri and Facebook experience for the iPhone.

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Related Topix: Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Twitter, Apple, Startups, iPhone, Social Software

Al Bawaba

Facebook 'shares' online slip by 9.6%

Shares of the No 1 social network fell 10 percent to an all-time low of $28.65, before closing at $28.84, or down 9.6 percent Facebook shares slid below $29 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company's shares, concerned about the social network's long-term business prospects.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups

Houston Home-Journal

Russian social network delays IPO after Facebook crash

VKontakte, one of Russia's most-popular social networks, has postponed its initial public offering indefinitely after the flotation of the world's largest social network Facebook took a hammering.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software

Tue May 29, 2012

InfoWorld

Gartner predicts huge rise in monitoring of employees' social media use

Corporations are starting to embrace technologies used to monitor employee Internet use, with 60 percent expected to watch workers' social media use for security breaches by 2015, according to a new report from Gartner.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Marketing, Privacy

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