Jan 14 2009

Nortel needs a plan, fast – Globe and Mail


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Nortel needs a plan, fast
Globe and Mail – 1 hour ago
TORONTO/OTTAWA – Nortel Networks Corp., the humbled giant of Canadian technology, is vowing to re-emerge from creditor protection a stronger company, but first needs to win over nervous customers and suppliers and possibly secure financial aid from …
Nortel falls victim to crunch Financial Times
TSX benchmark index drops 3% on Nortel news CBC.ca
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Jan 14 2009

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button – Telegraph-Journal

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button
Telegraph-Journal – 12 Jan 2009
VANCOUVER – It's become a routine of signing up for email, online dating services or social networking websites: casually clicking "Accept" below several pages of dense legalese that none of us ever read.
With Facebook, who needs friends? Detroit Free Press
The Facebook phenomenon Rome News-Tribune
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Jan 13 2009

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button – Telegraph-Journal

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button
Telegraph-Journal – 12 Jan 2009
VANCOUVER – It's become a routine of signing up for email, online dating services or social networking websites: casually clicking "Accept" below several pages of dense legalese that none of us ever read.
Is this lawman your Facebook friend? Boston Globe
With Facebook, who needs friends? Detroit Free Press
Rome News-Tribune – Norman Transcript – SitePoint – Daily Breeze
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Jan 12 2009

Google Paper Proves Social Web Has Become a Science – eWeek


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Google Paper Proves Social Web Has Become a Science
eWeek – 7 hours ago
Think back a week, month, year or almost 5 years ago to when you started using Facebook or MySpace. It seemed like such a harmless, simple social transaction as you were friended by a friend, colleague or significant other.
7 Social Media Predictions for 2009 Search Engine Watch
Flex your networking skills Boston Globe
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Jan 11 2009

Chinese Version of Wikinews Blocked In China

DragonFire1024 writes with this story from Wikinews that says “access to the Chinese Wikinews website has been blocked in China. Wikinews can also confirm that the English version of the website is still available in China. … Users using the social networking site called Twitter have reported that the site was “blockade[ed] today by the mainland” of China. Others, writing on the Wikimedia Foundation’s mailing list also state that the Chinese version of Wikinews is blocked in major Chinese cities such as Beijing.”

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Jan 10 2009

Warner Music adding social networking to websites

After years of watching music fans flood online social networks to interact with their favorite recording artists, the music industry is starting to get serious about adding community features to its own…

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Jan 9 2009

Twitter Marriage Proposal: Bloggers In Love

Grant Robertson from Download Squad has proposed to his girlfriend Christina Warren (TUAW and Download Squad) on TWITTER. That’s right. On Twitter. Social networking has come a long way.

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Jan 6 2009

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire – Jakarta Post


Jakarta Post

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire
Jakarta Post – 3 Jan 2009
Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies.
I don't normally sign petitions, but in this case… guardian.co.uk
Breast-feeding should not be a source of shame The Olympian
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Jan 6 2009

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire – Jakarta Post


Jakarta Post

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire
Jakarta Post – 3 Jan 2009
Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies.
I don't normally sign petitions, but in this case… guardian.co.uk
Breast-feeding should not be a source of shame The Olympian
HeraldNet
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Jan 6 2009

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire – Jakarta Post


Jakarta Post

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire
Jakarta Post – 3 Jan 2009
Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies.
I don't normally sign petitions, but in this case… guardian.co.uk
Breast-feeding should not be a source of shame The Olympian
HeraldNet
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