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New App Makes Facebook Look Like Excel

So go ahead, waste time at work!

(Newser) - Desperate to slack off at work, but don't know how to make sure your boss doesn't notice you're on Facebook? Diesel—yes, the jeans company—has the solution. Its new Be Stupid at Work app makes Facebook appear to be an Excel spreadsheet, which means you can...

Winklevoss Twins Sue Facebook ... Again

After dropping appeal, new suit is filed

(Newser) - Well, apparently they're not packing it in quite yet: Just one day after dropping plans to appeal their $65 million Facebook settlement, the Winklevoss twins filed a new suit against the social networking site yesterday. This time around, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and business partner Divya Narendra seek to...

Utah Gunman Updated Facebook During Standoff

Jason Valdez added dozen new friends during 16-hour ordeal

(Newser) - A Utah man spent 16 hours holding a woman hostage in a motel room over the weekend—and made at least a dozen new Facebook friends at the same time. Jason Valdez, 36, kept his Facebook page updated throughout the armed standoff with police, reports the New York Daily News...

Winklevoss Twins Drop Facebook Appeal

They were going to ask the Supreme Court for a review

(Newser) - The Winklevoss twins are finally packing it in. Cameron and Tyler have dropped plans to appeal their Facebook settlement to the Supreme Court, reports Reuters . The twins say Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook and owes them more than the $65 million cash-and-stock settlement they agreed to in 2008....

Google Sets Record: 1B Unique Visitors in Month

But Facebook leads in time spent by users each month

(Newser) - Google set a staggering record in May, according to new comScore data: It reeled in more than 1 billion unique visitors, marking the first time an Internet company can claim that honor, reports the Wall Street Journal . The figure represents an 8.4% rise over the past year, and it'...

Ebert: 'Jackass' Tweet Meant to Be True, Not Cruel

Also: Movie critic's Facebook page briefly taken down

(Newser) - Roger Ebert shifted away from Twitter and took to a place where he could address the "Jackass" situation in more than 140 characters: his Chicago Sun-Times blog. There, the movie critic wrote, "I regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as...

75K Join Facebook Protest Against Cost of Cottage Cheese

...and it seems to be working

(Newser) - In a region rife with Facebook-fueled uprisings, Israelis have launched a modest revolt of their own—against the price of cottage cheese. By today, more than 75,000 people had joined a Facebook group vowing to boycott cottage cheese, a staple of the Israeli diet, until prices dropped. Even more...

Vancouver Cops Turn to Facebook to ID Rioters

'Let's label these losers,' Facebook group asks

(Newser) - Vancouver police trying to track down the people who trashed their city have a powerful tool on their side that wasn't around during the 1994 Stanley Cup riot. A Facebook group set up within minutes of the trouble beginning encourages people to help police by posting their pictures of...

Facebook Users Have More Real Friends

...and other surprising social network stats

(Newser) - Facebook friends aren’t real buddies, right? Wrong, according to a new study. People who use the social network multiple times a day have an average of “9% more close, core ties in their overall social network compared with other internet users,” the Pew study says. And yes,...

Facebook Is Starting to Feel Like a &#39;Stalker&#39;
Facebook Is Starting to Feel Like a 'Stalker'
OPINION
Jun 15, 2011 12:31 PM CDT

Facebook Is Starting to Feel Like a 'Stalker'

Little blue box is everywhere, and it's a 'little creepy': Mary Schmich

(Newser) - Facebook is calling into doubt a new estimate that it has lost 6 million users in the US, but the numbers wouldn't surprise Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune one bit. She uses Facebook a lot herself and has what she calls a typical love-hate relationship with it. The...

Juror Faces Jail for Friending Defendant

Woman guilty in UK's first contempt of court case involving Internet

(Newser) - A British juror who took empathy for the defendant a little too far may be going to jail for contempt of court. Joanna Fraill used Facebook to find and befriend a woman she had helped acquit on drug charges. Before the jury had reached a verdict on other defendants, the...

Cops: Philly Mom Hires Hit Man on Facebook

Pair arrested after 'friend' calls cops

(Newser) - Move over, boasting bank robbers —some new contenders for stupidest Facebook criminals have arrived. Police say Philadelphia mother Eley London, 20, sought and found a hit man on Facebook after an argument with her ex-boyfriend, reports the New York Daily News . "I will pay somebody a stack to...

Facebook Bleeds Users in Countries Where It Was First Hot

US, Canada, UK show high numbers leaving Facebook

(Newser) - In what may be early signs that Facebook’s popularity has peaked, the social media giant lost 6 million users in the US last month. Coupled with an 8% drop in Canadian users (more than 1.5 million profiles), and 100,000 each in the UK, Norway, and Russia, Facebook...

Facebook to Go Public With an Estimated Worth of $100B
Facebook Prepping for
$100B IPO in Early 2012
sources say
Jun 13, 2011 2:29 PM CDT

Facebook Prepping for $100B IPO in Early 2012

Notoriously private company to finally share its financial status, sources tell CNBC

(Newser) - Facebook is just about ready to change its IPO status to "public," sources tell CNBC . The social networking behemoth, which had previously kept its financial numbers under lock and key, will likely go public in the first quarter of next year at a valuation of $100 billion. Because...

Iceland Lets Facebook Fans Help Write New Constitution

Highly-wired country crowdsources new document

(Newser) - The council drafting Iceland’s new constitution is out to bring new meaning to the term “by the people.” They’re essentially crowdsourcing the document, the Guardian reports, using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to solicit ideas and get feedback from citizens. “I believe this...

Emotions Contagious on Facebook

Use especially negative words, and your friends will, too: Study

(Newser) - Does your Facebook feed seem especially glum lately? Angry? Bubbly? Streaks like that are to be expected, according to a new study from Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer. After analyzing posts by roughly 1 million users and their 150 million friends, Kramer has concluded that emotions spread like wildfire across...

Garbage Cam Airs Dirty Trash Habits

Camera phone posts pictures of garbage on Facebook, encourages recycling

(Newser) - Now on Facebook: Your garbage. Or at least, the garbage of five households who signed up for a Newcastle University program that posts photos of every item dumped in one garbage can on Facebook. Hoping to raise consciousness about recycling efforts, it uses a sensor and a camera phone to...

Look Out: Facial Recognition Goes Global on Facebook

You'll have to opt out if you don't want photos of you tagged

(Newser) - Facebook has expanded its photo tagging system to users worldwide, reports Sophos , and the security firm's Graham Cluley sees it as more evidence that the company "is eroding the online privacy of its users by stealth." Facebook doesn't automatically tag photos of you with its facial...

Woman's New Tattoo: 152 Facebook Friends

She posts video of the process

(Newser) - She’s become her own personal social network. A woman has posted a YouTube video of herself getting a tattoo of 152 of her Facebook pals. "After months of work I want to show you all my social Tattoo. Pretty amazing right ?" says YouTube user Suzyj87 of the...

NBA Scores Through Social Media

With more than 117M followers, the league brings fans close to the action

(Newser) - While the NFL tortures its fans with a lockout , the NBA is increasingly bringing fans closer to the action with an aggressive and sophisticated social media campaign. In the midst of a marquee finals match-up between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, the league consistently beats traditional news services to...

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