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Facebook’s ‘Darwinian’ nature keeps users safe – Irish gov

Billions of web2.0 monkeys one day to evolve into humans?
Facebook’s handling of its user data in Ireland is legitimate, the Irish data protection commissioner’s office said today.…

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How Facebook Can Hurt Your Credit Rating

You know those deadbeat friends of yours on Facebook? They could end up killing your credit score and costing you a loan. At the very least, your no-account pals could bump up your interest rate.
A chilling story in the New York Observer’ BetaBeat bl…

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Facebook won’t deny it is sitting on huge mountain of cash

Facebook has declined to comment on a report that suggested the dominant social network had already tucked away sales of $2.5bn for the first nine months of 2011.
Gawker, citing a “well-placed” source, claimed to have its hands on juicy financial detai…

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Vinton Cerf, other Internet gurus protest piracy bill

Vinton Cerf, one of the Internet’s pioneers, and 82 other Internet inventors and engineers have signed an open letter to Congress protesting both a controversial piracy bill known as SOPA and related Internet legislation that they say would “create an …

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Facebook rolls out Timeline to world+dog

Brace yourself for ‘frictionless sharing’ … bitch
Facebook is finally rolling out its Timeline feature worldwide, after the company first announced the latest tweak to its social network in September.…

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‘NHS bosses must master Twitter, Facebook to halt staff antics’

Top adviser hits out at ‘social media refuseniks’
The author of recent guidance on using social media for nurses and midwives says NHS managers should be able to actively respond to issues around how their staff use social media.…

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Private social network ventures could steal users from Facebook

In a survey this year of over 5,000 people by Meinungsraum, a German-based online market and option studies research provider, it was revealed that 90% who use the Internet daily are concerned about security and think their privacy is at risk online.
T…

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Social Media Metrics: Not as Difficult as You Thought

Posted by jennita
When was the last time you were asked, “So what’s our average growth rate on Facebook?” Err… Whether it’s a client, a boss, or the CEO of the company, you get questions like this. Ok so perhaps you’ve …

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Thieves plunder apartment for Facebook booty

Don’t flash your wares online, advises Sao Paulo cop
São Paulo police are warning of the perils of flashing your wealth on Facebook after a teenager’s snaps of his electronic equipment and foreign holidays on the social network prompted thieves to rob…

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Kaspersky quits Business Software Alliance

Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab will quit the Business Software Alliance (BSA) from 1 January 2012 in a disagreement over the BSA’s support of the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill.
CEO Eugene Kaspersky confirmed the move on Twitter, promising …

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