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Archive for February, 2009

The Latest in Facebook Hubbub

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 by Griffin Hammond

From the historic outcry over the News Feed rollout, or the debacle that was Beacon, any time Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Facebook Blog, there's a 50/50 chance it's because people in Facebookland are unhappy. Most recently, Zuckerberg responded to controversy surrounding a change in Facebook's ...

Top URL Shorteners

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 by Griffin Hammond

Any constant Twitter user knows the value of a URL shortener, because some of the most fascinating links don't conform to the 140-character restriction of many micro-blogging services. But some of the best URL shorteners are overshadowed by the titan, TinyURL. Below I've compiled a list of the nine most popular ...

MySpace Kicks Out Sex Offenders

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 by Griffin Hammond

With Facebook nipping at the heels of MySpace for U.S. web traffic, what's MySpace's solution? Kick out 90,000 registered users! Fortunately, according to CNN, those 90,000 banned users were also convicted sex offenders. This revelation is thanks to the Connecticut attorney general, who subpoenaed MySpace's user files to check for ...