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  Bans Prompt Facebook to Pull 'Everybody Draw Mohammed' Page

  JP 1:47 am on June 1, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Bangladesh, facebook (320), Mohammad, Mohammed, Mohammed Day (2), nbsp (1,691), Pakistan (6), prophet mohammad, Read (1,473), site, social networking site (64), telecommunications regulator, Zia Ahmed

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  Following Pakistan’s lead, authorities in Bangladesh recently decided to block access to Facebook, on the grounds that the social networking site contains “objectionable” content about both the Prophet Mohammad and the country’s own political officials. According to CNET, chief telecommunications regulator Zia Ahmed has requested that all Internet providers block the site, until a page publicizing ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’ is taken down. And apparently, it worked.

  Today, the social network finally ceded to protests from both Pakistan and Bangladesh, and removed the controversial page. As the AP reports, Facebook officials assured the Pakistani government that “nothing of this sort will happen in the future,” prompting the country to restore access to the site.

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  Bans Prompt Facebook to Pull ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed’ Page originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 31 May 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Facebook Has Been Adding Apps to Your Profile, Without Telling You

  JP 2:15 am on May 7, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: application option, facebook (320), Mark Zuckerberg (42), nbsp (1,691), Read (1,473), site, social networking site (64)

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  As Facebook continues to expand its Internet-swallowing Open Graph network, it’s only become clearer how scary an idea it was at the outset. As InfoWorld reports, the social networking site has apparently been adding apps on user profile pages, without bothering to tell anyone about it. If you’ve visited a given site while logged into Facebook, there’s a good chance that there’s now an app somewhere on your profile related to whatever blog or news site you made the mistake of opening while under Mark Zuckerberg’s watchful eye. So far, the list of sites that trigger involuntary app downloads includes the Gawker blog family, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and TechCrunch, among others.

  Fortunately, there is a way to remove all the unwanted app clutter from your profile, although opting out of the site’s Instant Personalization service won’t do the trick (because that would be logical). Instead, you’ll have to go through and block each app individually, by clicking on the ‘Block Application’ option on the left side of the application’s page. Deleting an application will indeed remove the app, but it’ll just pop up the next time you visit the associated page. Alternatively, if you want to take the (more) inconvenient route, you can avoid the trap altogether by simply making sure you’re never logged into Facebook while visiting any third-party site. At this point, it’s unclear whether this is another “glitch” in the Facebook’s Open Graph framework, or if the social network really just intended on slipping this one by everyone.

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  Facebook Has Been Adding Apps to Your Profile, Without Telling You originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 06 May 2010 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Digg Teases New Design, Promises One-Click Diggs, Faster Site

  JP 12:50 am on March 15, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CEO Jay Adelson, Digg (2), nbsp (1,691), site, speed gains, speed improvements, Steve French, story submission

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  Yesterday at SXSW’s “Bigg Digg Shindigg” event at Stubb’s BBQ, Digg announced that it had been working on a complete redesign of its popular social recommendation site. Digg CEO Jay Adelson told attendees that the project (involving more customizable and relevant home pages, faster site, and new user features) has been five years in the making.

  The next version of Digg promises a significantly streamlined one-click story submission process — it’s still relatively involved, requiring diggers to add tags, headlines, and descriptions. The speed improvements, described by Digg’s Steve French as “blazing,” could be a huge improvement for regular users; the site hasn’t seen many speed gains over the years. Adelson also detailed how users will no longer need to login to the site: “[for] Digg buttons, you no will longer have to log in to click that Digg button. There will be instant Digging. If you’re on another Web site, you click that button, [and] there’s no more waiting.”

  No word yet on when Digg 2.0 will be rolled out, but you can sign up for the alpha (hopefully opening soon) over at digg.com/news [From: DownloadSquad and Digg]

  Digg Teases New Design, Promises One-Click Diggs, Faster Site originally appeared on Switched on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Google Starts Person-Finder Site for Displaced in Chile

  JP 12:51 am on March 8, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Chile (3), google (193), Haiti (14), magnitude earthquake (3), michelle bachelet, nbsp (1,691), President Michelle Bachelet, Read (1,473), site, South American

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  A hemisphere still reeling from the tragedy in Haiti was struck again this weekend by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile. With the death toll now tallied at over 700, and over a million Chileans displaced or homeless, President Michelle Bachelet has called the quake “an emergency unparalleled in the history of Chile.” While the infrastructure of the South American country is stronger than Haiti’s, people are still waiting for provisions and aid as their loved ones attempt to find them.

  In response to the disaster, Google immediately launched a person-finder site to help families and friends locate people in Chile — much as it did it after the Haiti quake. Available in both Spanish and English, Chilepersonfinder.appspot.com allows users to search for, post information about, or create a new record for someone. Go there now if you are looking for, or have information about, someone in the disaster zone.

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  Google Starts Person-Finder Site for Displaced in Chile originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Classmates.com to Digitize Yearbooks, Reveal Your Painful Puberty

  JP 12:51 am on February 23, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: class reunion news, Classmates, middle school classmates, nbsp (1,691), Read (1,473), site, social networking sites (55)

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  Pine for your glory days but hate pulling those dusty old yearbooks from the attic? Well, Classmates.com hopes to provide a solution with some new changes to its site.

  According to Tech Flash, the social networking site that just won’t die plans on digitizing yearbooks over the next couple years, and charging users to view and customize full-size images from their high school or college days. Along with the digital versions, the company will pay a vendor to produce DVD and hard copies of the yearbooks to sell. It’s a move spurred by the growth of other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Users can view thumbnail images for free, but they’ll have to pay a subscription fee for all the site’s benefits.

  Along with this new model, Classmates.com will partner with Facebook (if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em) to offer an application that notifies Facebook users of class reunion news from the Classmates site. While we might be willing to pay for digitized yearbook photos, Facebook has taught us the trials and tribulations of ‘reconnecting’ with our long-lost middle school classmates. [From: Tech Flash]

  Classmates.com to Digitize Yearbooks, Reveal Your Painful Puberty originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Facebook's at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling

  JP 12:51 am on February 13, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Chris Donahue (2), facebook (320), Heidi Montag (5), left hand side (4), nbsp (1,691), site, sixth anniversary (2)

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  Facebook is the Heidi Montag of the Internet. Just when you get used to one look, it undergoes some radical plastic surgery and changes everything. The latest incarnation of the social network has got users talking — and they don’t have a lot of nice things to say. Some call it slower. Others say it’s cluttered. And lots of people seem to wonder where their status-update feeds went. Backlash against Facebook redesigns is a regular occurrence, of course, but this time some of the complaints seem legitimate.

  Rolled out on the site’s sixth anniversary, the redesign uses links along the left-hand side of the page to improve the visibility of commonly used features, like pictures and applications. It’s also much easier to see which friends are online and available to chat. And new messages, requests and notifications now show at the top left of the screen — making them more noticeable, at least in theory. But as is common with any major redesign, things haven’t gone as smoothly as everyone would hope. “Dear Facebook,” wrote user Chris Donahue in his status update. “Thank you for making what used to be the simplest tasks on your site infinitely more complicated.”

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  Facebook’s at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Facebook's at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling

  JP 12:50 am on February 12, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Chris Donahue (2), facebook (320), Heidi Montag (5), left hand side (4), nbsp (1,691), site, sixth anniversary (2)

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  Facebook is the Heidi Montag of the Internet. Just when you get used to one look, it undergoes some radical plastic surgery and changes everything. The latest incarnation of the social network has got users talking — and they don’t have a lot of nice things to say. Some call it slower. Others say it’s cluttered. And lots of people seem to wonder where their status-update feeds went. Backlash against Facebook redesigns is a regular occurrence, of course, but this time some of the complaints seem legitimate.

  Rolled out on the site’s sixth anniversary, the redesign uses links along the left-hand side of the page to improve the visibility of commonly used features, like pictures and applications. It’s also much easier to see which friends are online and available to chat. And new messages, requests and notifications now show at the top left of the screen — making them more noticeable, at least in theory. But as is common with any major redesign, things haven’t gone as smoothly as everyone would hope. “Dear Facebook,” wrote user Chris Donahue in his status update. “Thank you for making what used to be the simplest tasks on your site infinitely more complicated.”

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  Facebook’s at It Again: More Changes, More Grumbling originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Celebrity Doppelganger Facebook Photos Could Violate Terms

  JP 12:51 am on February 6, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: celebrity photo, facebook (320), Jonas, Ms. Piggy, nbsp (1,691), Read (1,473), Scarlett Johansson, site, social networking site (64)

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  If you’ve logged on to Facebook in the past week or so, you’ve probably noticed a string of new profile pictures on the News Feed. But these aren’t your typical pictures. Instead, they’re pictures of Scarlett Johansson, Ms. Piggy, and various brothers Jonas. Why would your friend insert a photo of a celebrity on her page? It’s part of a new trend that recently surfaced on the social networking site called: Doppelganger Week.

  
  But according to CNET News, this phenomenon could violate the site’s terms of service. Somewhere in all that small print you didn’t bother to read while registering with the site, you agreed not to post any content that infringes on somebody’s rights or breaks the law. Posting a celebrity photo (or any photo) that you didn’t take would fall under this category. However, a spokeswoman for Facebook said the company hasn’t received any requests for doppelganger images to be removed from the site. This means the craze will continue a while longer before it flames out.

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  Celebrity Doppelganger Facebook Photos Could Violate Terms originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  You've Received a (Cow)Poke! Cowboy Social Network Gains Popularity

  JP 1:06 am on January 15, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Chris (2), cowboy, e mail address (12), equine interests, Japan (14), Kelly, nbsp (1,691), Read (1,473), site, social networking site (64), Texas (12), U.K. (37), Western Order

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  Where does the modern-day cowboy or cowgirl go to socialize? Not a dusty ol’ barroom, but the Web, of course. According to CNET News, Chris and Kelly Cooper, a Texan couple, started the social networking site CowboySyndicate.org for cowboys who are just as comfortable using an iPhone as they are using a branding iron. Simply sign in using an e-mail address and password, and you’ll have access to videos, forums, events pages, blogs, and photos, along with plenty of other user-generated, cowboy content.

  You need not be from Texas to join the site (which includes members from Japan and the U.K.), but only a passion for “rodeo, equine interests, music, fashion, agriculture, and so on.” This ain’t your granddaddy’s cowboy site. “The world is changing, and the industry will have to change with it to some extent,” Chris said in speaking about the site, which he envisions as a “New Western Order” (a funny, if sort of creepy, title).

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  You’ve Received a (Cow)Poke! Cowboy Social Network Gains Popularity originally appeared on Switched.com on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  BeautifulPeople Dating Site Boots 5,000 'Fatties'

  JP 12:51 am on January 7, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: BeautifulPeople (2), nbsp (1,691), practice members, Read (1,473), site, sole credit, users vote

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  There is plenty of undue pressure out there (particularly on women) to be, not just attractive, but beautiful. Social network and dating site, BeautifulPeople.com takes this absurd, and rather shameful truth, and has turned it into a professed business practice. Members are only allowed to join after they’ve passed a screening process, in which existing users vote on whether or not they’re attractive enough. But those who thought once they got through the gate they were free to let themselves go had another thing coming.

  The site has reportedly booted 5,000 (yes, that’s a comma and three zeros) users after they posted pictures which showed they had gained weight over the holidays. (That will teach them to have a second helping of turkey and stuffing, we suppose.) The unabashedly vain Web site can’t take sole credit here however, the site’s users themselves reported the now exiled members for getting soft around the middle.

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  BeautifulPeople Dating Site Boots 5,000 ‘Fatties’ originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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