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 [Bernadine] OUR CHANGING SOCIETY...ESSAY: Even though a person was to use all the privacy restrictions and tools provided by the administrators of Facebook, they themselves are somehow invading every registered member’s privacy regardless if they use the website or not. They are collecting and storing information about different classes of people and passing them on to third parties such as major corporations that are trying to get to the public in order to sell their products.

[21st Century Organization] Facebook Groups in Business Investigation: First Findings- Energy ...: These included effort and initiatives by the owners, other marketing initiatives undertaken at the same time in the business, and simply relevance of the group interest area to Facebook members generating viral growth. Clearly whether a Facebook Group is closed and private, for example for use within an organization, or open to all is significant for the growth trajectory and value proposition too.

[the exploding newsroom] 5000 reasons to build a New Jersey Facebook app: By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases and discharges the Sponsor, judging organization (if applicable), and any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, “Sponsor Entities”), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion, including without limitation legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) (collectively, “Claims”). Except where prohibited: (i) acceptance of a prize constitutes the consent of any winner, without further compensation, to use the name and likeness of such winner and his/her Submission for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes by the Sponsor and/or others authorized by the Sponsor;

[Tech blog] Is Facebook worth your time?: What makes the Facebook News Feed unlike any other communications tool that preceded it is that none of these friends explicitly said they wanted you to get this denunciation. Instead, it came to you because Facebook’s software has concluded, by sophisticated algorithmic means, that you are likely to be interested.

[Law Firm Marketing & Management Systems] Sheryl Sandberg: Named as Rainmaker to Facebook: Within 30 days, Zuckerberg apologized to users for launching a product that didn't adequately address their privacy concerns and adjusted Beacon to give users more control over what pops up on their profiles. He also now distinguishes Beacon from Facebook's ad strategy, which relaunched at the same time.

 [schwartznow.com] Brew Battle - Strategic Blogging by Budweiser & SABMiller: You're seeing a preview of SeenThis?”” a Facebook application that helps you discover the latest news,videos and more by showing you what's popular with your friends ”” bothon Facebook, and on sites like this one.

[Economy-Finance] Blockbuster sued for sharing customer info: Cathryn Elaine Harris, of Dallas County, Texas, claims that Beacon, which Facebook launched in November, got information on her movie renting and buying habits from Blockbuster through computer tracking programs without her permission.

[Technology news] Meet Facebook’s new number two: It’s a Wednesday afternoon in downtown Palo Alto and she has agreed to her principal interview since she turned in her security badge at the Googleplex last month, packed six years of belongings into her car, and drove over to meet her colleagues at Facebook. As Facebook’s chief operating officer, she is now number two to 23-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg.

[a thousand cuts] Blog policy? Try a Social Media Policy: for policy violations, the policy is really designed to promote professional and open dialog regardless of the technology. Frankly, people need to be aware that firm executives (not to mention our clients) are watching the content generated on the interwebs and should act accordingly. 

 [FORTUNE: Big Tech] Live blog: Apple SDK announcement: Now he’s talking about Interface Builder, which can be used to create the interface for apps and tie the code in. (An Apple spokesperson just told me that I can’t take pictures of the presentation in progress.

 [SocialBee's Blog] Advances on Facebook:  As for the global expansion, this speaks to the utility factor about facebook.  Should the Intenation editions be as simple as translating the site into the countries language?  We have heard rumors about MySpace’s International plans and they are taking a much more tactical approach.  MySpace will create a team of people on the ground within the native country.  Their job is to create a site full of relevant content, phrases, slang and overall experience specific to that country.  We think that MySpace’s methodology will prove more successful in foreign countries and deliver a more relevant and unique experience for users.

[Techy News Blog] Google borrows Facebook’s privacy manual: Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when world+dog was otherwise occupied. By altering the behaviour of one of its web-services, Google ran foul of its own .

[Canadian Privacy Law Blog] Happy birthday to the Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Despite the huge publicity given to these breaches, business built on personal information -- such as Facebook -- thrive. On the professional front, I've been very fortunate to have been invited to speak on the topic of privacy on more .

 [Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel] Personal Branding Tips From the Hidden Vault: What if you switch jobs or decide you don’t like a certain hobby, as you age? As the amount of social networks that you register for increases, so does the time you need to spend updating each one.

 [FORTUNE: Techland] Google’s OpenSocial open for business: Still, the potential to tap a massive audience is enough for hundreds of developers to shift their attention to the MySpace platform. While Facebook is steadily gaining users, MySpace remains the largest social networking site in the U.S. Last month MySpace boasted 68 million unique visitors with the average user spending four hours on the site, according to comScore.

[The Googlization of Everything] My Chronicle of Higher Ed review essay on privacy and surveillance: In November, Facebook, the social-networking site most popular among university students and faculty members, discovered just how much its users care about privacy. Sneaking in a surprise for its roughly 60 million users, .

[computing and internet] Facebook privacy chief: Data portability dangers overlooked ...: InfoWorld - The launch of Facebook’s Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, as Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and .

 [Ma.gnolia: Bookmarks] Google borrows Facebook's privacy manual: Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when world+dog was otherwise occupied. By altering the behaviour of one of its web-services, Google ran foul of its own Privacy guarantee - and continues to violate it.

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