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'Spy' Looks Normal, Goofy on Facebook

Spy flap spurs talk of banning 007s from social media

(Newser) - Mikhail Semenko's co-workers found him clumsy and awkward, but on Facebook he looks like a pretty sociable guy. The accused Russian spy's profile features pics of him mugging with friends in a Bill Clinton mask and a USSR T-shirt, Gawker reports, as well as just chatting at parties with beer...

Zuckerberg Set to Trounce Former BFF

New Facebook Q&A product likely put Quora out of business

(Newser) - Facebook is working on a new questions and answers product that, it promises, “will be as exciting as Facebook Photos and Facebook Events.” It might also happen to totally destroy Quora , the Q&A startup that’s become the darling of Silicon Valley. Which is interesting, because Quora...

Corporate Twitter Accounts' Days Are Numbered
Corporate Twitter Accounts' Days Are Numbered
OPINION
Jun 21, 2010 1:30 PM CDT

Corporate Twitter Accounts' Days Are Numbered

Smart people won't be doing this forever

(Newser) - Ever sent a tweet to tech support? It beats the heck out of calling, Simon Dumenco discovered recently, when a whining appeal to @sprintcare yielded a prompt, personal, pitch-perfect response. Sounds great, right? Well, don’t expect it to last long, Dumenco writes for Advertising Age , because the current corporate...

Facebook Pulled in $800M in '09
 Facebook Pulled in $800M in '09 
Jun 18, 2010 10:28 AM CDT

Facebook Pulled in $800M in '09

Site making more money than previously believed

(Newser) - Facebook made a lot more money last year than it let on. The company’s actual revenues were close to $800 million, sources tell Reuters , which translates into tens of millions in profits. Facebook had forecast $500 million in revenue, and analysts had assumed the actual number was in that...

What Do We Tweet About? TV, Mostly
 What Do We Tweet 
 About? TV, Mostly 
opinion
May 17, 2010 4:55 PM CDT

What Do We Tweet About? TV, Mostly

New social media still fixated on the original

(Newser) - Everybody's eager to talk about the social media "revolution." But you know what the social media conversation mostly focuses on? Old media, particularly TV. Just ask Simon Dumenco, who analyzes Twitter data every week for Advertising Age . “Old media still rules our lives,” he writes. “...

Chavez Launches Twitter Chat

Comandante 'breaks loose' @chavezcandanga

(Newser) - Twitter's 140-character limit is going to be a challenge for a president notorious for hours-long speeches. But Hugo Chavez is nevertheless launching his Twitter feed today, striking back against critics who have been using the micro-blogging site to blast the Venezuelan leader. "I recommend you follow that page after...

Library of Congress Adds Twitter to Collection

Yes, all of Twitter—every public tweet since 2006

(Newser) - Good news: future generations will someday be able to read about what you ate for lunch, your opinions on last night’s Lost, and anything else you’ve decided to Tweet about, in the hallowed halls of the Library of Congress. The Library today announced—via Tweet, naturally—that it...

Microsoft's Kin: Does the World Really Need a 'Social' Phone?

Heir to the 'sidekick' throne misses the mark

(Newser) - If you're a Facebook-addicted, text-loving teenage girl, you might, maybe, like this phone. If not, look elsewhere. Microsoft's Kin isn't a smartphone, but a cell designed for social media. Is it any good?
  • Gizmodo calls it "the most seamlessly connected phone on the planet," but doesn't love the
...

Ads Hit Twitter&mdash;Today
 Ads Hit Twitter—Today 
Apr 13, 2010 6:38 AM CDT

Ads Hit Twitter—Today

But, will users actually click on them?

(Newser) - Social media darling Twitter finally has a fancy new business model: a little something the media like to call selling ads. After years of speculation, the micro-blogging site will today launch an advertising platform called 'Promoted Tweets.' Advertisements will now appear at the top of search results, much like...

Chatroulette Is a Gold Mine, Penises and All
Chatroulette Is
a Gold Mine, Penises and All
OPINION
Mar 29, 2010 10:47 AM CDT

Chatroulette Is a Gold Mine, Penises and All

The site doesn't have to be useful to find its niche—just fun

(Newser) - Yes, OK, fine, there are a lot of penises on Chatroulette. Granted. But get past that and you’ll find a bona fide cultural phenomenon that might just make a ton of money, writes Jennifer Van Grove of Mashable . Chatroulette has an audience because it’s just plain fun, as...

How to Calm Stress 2.0
 How to Calm Stress 2.0 
SOCIAL-MEDIA JUNKIES DEPT.
Mar 28, 2010 5:10 AM CDT

How to Calm Stress 2.0

From disconnecting to breathing, relieve social-media angst

(Newser) - Mobile devices might be great for social networking, but extreme devotion to Facebook, Twitter & Co. can lead to “Stress 2.0,” Soren Gordhamer cautions. Fortunately, he has tips for dealing with it:
  • Disconnect, even just briefly. When you stop absorbing information, go outside, eat lunch, chat up
...

Hard-up MySpace Turns to Selling User Data

'Sounds like desperation to me'

(Newser) - In a scenario privacy advocates have warned about, MySpace has started selling user data to third parties—and you may be surprised to hear what a low price your private data goes for. A whopping 24 hours of MySpace's data stream is sold for a mere $30 by one firm,...

What It's Like to Work for This Guy

 What It's Like 
 to Work for 
 This Guy 

facebook gossip
Mar 4, 2010 7:48 AM CST

What It's Like to Work for This Guy

'Princely' Mark Zuckerberg used to shout 'domination' at meetings

(Newser) - When Facebook goes public, its IPO could make founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg the richest 25-year-old in the world. But Zuckerberg, who prides himself on his ability to delay gratification, is in no hurry: Facebook will go public, he says, but not anytime soon. Zuckerberg has, however, switched from sandals...

Twitter Apes Google's Ad Model
 Twitter Apes Google's Ad Model 
Feb 26, 2010 3:35 PM CST

Twitter Apes Google's Ad Model

Ads will show up as 140-character blurbs in search results

(Newser) - Twitter’s finally ready to unveil its ad service, and it’s going to look a heck of a lot like Google’s. Sources tell Peter Kafka of All Things Digital that Twitter intends to allow companies to place ads using a self-serve program, and that they’ll show up...

Woman Tweets Her Abortion
 Woman Tweets Her Abortion 
Feb 24, 2010 2:36 PM CST

Woman Tweets Her Abortion

Says she's trying to 'demystify' process

(Newser) - Angie Jackson wants to take the veil off of abortion. The blogger and mother of one became pregnant when her IUD failed, found out too late to take the morning-after pill, but because of health risks has turned unapologetically to RU-486. And she's live-tweeting the entire experience.

Why Google Buzz Is Different

Social media platform hopes to be more intimate than Twitter

(Newser) - Caught off guard by Google Buzz, the social media service that's invaded Gmail? Not to worry; GeekOSystem.com breaks down what Buzz is, and isn’t:
  • It’s not Twitter: Google went out of its way to point out that Buzz integrates with, rather than replaces, Twitter.
  • It’s not
...

Your Guide to the Internet's 'Next Big Thing'

Where is technology taking us? There are a few schools of thought

(Newser) - Michael Wolff hears so much about the Internet’s future “that I should be in a position to get rich, finally.” But it’s tough deciphering all this chatter, “because the technology business is at least as much talk as it is science,” he writes. So...

New Relationship Stress: Facebook Oversharing

Partners aren't always on the same page

(Newser) - Facebook may be a great way to reconnect with old friends, but it's not always easy on relationships . The main issue: "Some people live their lives online, while their partners don’t," one therapist tells the Boston Globe . For example: “I don’t think it should be...

Mexico Mulls Twitter Clampdown

'Twitteros' avoid drunk-driving checkpoints, feared to aid drug gangs

(Newser) - There's a new public enemy in Mexico: los Twitteros. Twitter users who warn one another about roadside drunk-driving checkpoints have so angered authorities that the Mexican government is considering restricting and monitoring social networking sites. But in a country in the grips of a violent battle against drug cartels, the...

New Media Unite, Ignite Anti-Obama Message

Beltway insiders work together with tea party populists

(Newser) - The bloggers, radio hosts, tea-partiers and Beltway veterans of the new conservative movement are not only getting their message out through Twitter and Facebook—they're also getting their act together. Thanks to new media, conservatives are increasingly energized and coordinated, with Washington "insiders" and populist "outsiders" working together....

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