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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Facebook, NRDC And Opower Team Up For Social Energy App
Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Opower have teamed up to unveil a social energy app that aims to raise awareness of energy consumption and increase energy efficiency. The app, which will be launched early next year, will allow you to measure your home's energy consumption against a national average of similar homes; compare your energy... Read more » Officers Use Facebook To Find Missing Police Dog
Facebook’s viral power isn’t to be underestimated. Once something is posted it can spread to thousands and even millions of people. This is why it’s such a good tool to use when you’re trying to find something or someone that is missing. In the past, the service has been used to find missing people and one police force even uses it to find half of missing... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Companies View Social Advertising
It’s no secret that social advertising is a hugely popular way for companies to promote themselves. Social networks are constantly developing new and more effective and appealing ways of advertising on their services, like how Twitter moved ads into users' timelines and how Facebook launched a new ad program targeted at smaller businesses. It’s hard to say... Read more » Teacher Under Investigation After Calling Students Inbred On Facebook
Whether or not teachers should have public Facebook accounts is a much debated subject and many teachers are forbidden to become friends with students, which makes a lot of sense in certain cases but not in others. For every teacher who uses the service to benefit and help their students, there are handfuls that abuse it. Recently, a governing body of a primary... Read more » Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker Get Into Screaming Match Over Spotify, Facebook Partnership
Apparently not all is well in the world of Facebook and Spotify’s seemingly awesome partnership. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Napster co-founder Sean Parker, who launched Spotify, had a huge public argument in a Hollywood nightclub about their new joint venture. According to the New York Post, the pair got into a drunken argument about Facebook’s... Read more » Boy Arrested After Friend Posts On Facebook Wall Looking For Drugs
Police monitor Facebook – that’s just something that every drug wielding, underage partygoer needs to know. Sadly, they don’t. Teens are constantly putting way, way too much information on the social networking site and are completely shocked when they actually get in trouble. Part of the reason many people hide Wall posts from the public is because you can... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How College Students Use Social Networking
Social networking is extremely popular in colleges across the country. After all, Facebook started at one, right? Social networking has changed everything from the way students learn to how they meet new people and even date. While studies are mixed on the benefits of using social networks in an educational setting, we can all agree that students will not be stopping... Read more » Facebook Sued Over Tracking Cookies
A woman from Louisiana is suing Facebook over claims that the social network uses tracking cookies to collect and store information about users' Web browsing habits. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Mississippi on behalf of Brooke Rutledge, a resident of Layfayette County. The lawsuit -- which is seeking class-action status for millions of Facebook... Read more » Crime Analyst Who Posed As Chief Inspector Exposed After Facebook Photos Surface
Facebook gives away a whole lot of criminals, but none more bizarre than this fake cop, who really should have known better. Paul Hodgson was employed under contract by the Manx police as a crime analyst when he posed as a chief inspector. He didn’t use his fake position for power or authority; instead he borrowed a marked car from the Ramsey police station,... Read more » Victim Uses GPS Tracking And Facebook To Catch Laptop Thief
Modern technology makes it much easier to find people who are lost. We have GPS on our phones and use geo-tagging services on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. We even check in to places using Foursquare. Needless to say, our digital footprint is probably much larger than we imagine, which is why it’s not completely surprising that this laptop thief from... Read more » 
