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Facebook and Google Tout Portable Profiles
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- May 12, 2008
They join MySpace in letting social networkers move data, but the devil is in the details.
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Former FEMA Director Brown Is Not High on That 'Heckuva' Quote
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- April 28, 2008
Read my latest on former FEMA Director Michael Brown and his fast-growing Facebook page.
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Try Our New Facebook App for Grad Schools
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 21, 2008
Tell friends your post-grad plans, and build polls for feedback.
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Morning Buzz: March 13, 2008
News Desk
- March 13, 2008
This morning a parked car exploded in a commercial district in central Baghdad, killing 11 and wounding 57. After several months of relative calm, today's bombing was the latest in a string of attacks to hit Iraq's capital. It took place in an area just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Group Dynamics
Money & Business
- March 4, 2008
Facebook could reap a bounty of benefits for your business. Should you join?
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A Year in the Life of Mark Zuckerberg
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- February 5, 2008
Facebook's founder didn't quite win Newsmaker of the Year, but he still had quite a year.
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Facebook Won't Load. Panic Ensues
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 17, 2008
For almost a WHOLE DAY, Facebook refused to work at several universities.
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Facebook Chief Apologizes for Online Sales Tracking
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- December 6, 2007
But will users forgive the social networking site for its privacy snafu?
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(Not-So-) True Confessions of Mark Zuckerberg
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- December 3, 2007
Facebook deals with lawsuits, divulged diaries, and unhappy users.
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Facebook Does an About-Face
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- November 30, 2007
Users' protests lead the social networking site to change its advertising program.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 30, 2007
News Desk
- November 30, 2007
The social networking site Facebook is changing a controversial new advertising system that turned its users into marketing tools. The advertising system entitled "Beacon" allowed users to see what their friends had recently purchased online and in some instances spoiled Christmas and Hanukkah surprises.
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How Facebook Stole Christmas
News Desk
- November 26, 2007
A feature on the popular social networking site Facebook is rattling users as they begin to do their holiday shopping. The site's news feed, which lists a variety of things users' "friends" are doing, is now listing what users are buying as well—a potential Christmas gift spoiler for some. U.S. News's Kimberly Palmer outlines the controversy and asks readers for feedback today in her blog, Alpha Consumer.
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Facebook Users Complain About Privacy
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- November 26, 2007
The networking site alerts friends about online purchases, often without users' knowledge.
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Smart Facebook Applications for Your Biz
Money & Business
- November 20, 2007
Now that Facebook-based applications can flourish, the social networking site is open for business.
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Facebook Friends Microsoft
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 25, 2007
For just $240 million, Microsoft has secured a 1.6 percent stake in the social networking site founded by Harvard dropout, Mark Zuckerberg.
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8 Ways to Buff Your Professional Image—Online
By Eileen P. Gunn -
Money & Business
- October 24, 2007
Hint: It's no longer a CV—it's a "profile."
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Harnessing the Web to Boost Your Career
By Eileen P. Gunn -
Money & Business
- October 24, 2007
Impress colleagues and customers--and maybe your next boss--with a strong online persona.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 14, 2007
* The fastest way to get state law enforcement to crash your party at Louisiana State: Get 10 kegs, a case of Jägermeister, and 53 miscellaneous bottles of alcohol. Also, don't forget to advertise the rager openly on Facebook, charge a $5 cover, and encourage guests to "drink all you want," according to the Daily Reveille.
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Madison Police Use Facebook to Track Parties
The Paper Trail
- December 15, 2006
Police in Madison, Wis., have been using Facebook to track student parties since Halloween--and they will continue to do so in 2007.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 8, 2006
The audience at a student play to debut at Brown University tonight will be very dazzled--and also swarmed by 30,000 fruit flies, the Brown Daily Herald reports.
"There's not a lot of people who, if something happened to you, you would want them to raise your children," the Indiana University men's basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson, told the Daily Student.
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