Posted by on under social networking site, addicti, facebook, burglar, robbery, ly, real world, logs | 
yet-another-lobbyist writes to mention that Facebook addiction has finally caused real world consequences, at least for one would-be burglar. It seems that 19-year-old Jonathan Parker couldn't stay away from the popular social networking site, even long enough to rob a house. Parker not only stopped mid-robbery to check his Facebook status on the victim's computer, but left it logged in to his account when he left.
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Posted by on under social networking site, facebook, female friends, digg, porn |
Are guys using Facebook as G-rated smut? Amanda Marcotte on men who ogle pictures of their female friends on the social networking site.
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Posted by on under law enforcement representative, australian federal police, social networking site, police alarm, alarm button, google, australian police, security awareness, cyber security, afp, butt, fi, australia |
littlekorea writes "The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has requested social networking site Facebook install a law enforcement representative in Australia and introduce some sort of button in which users can immediately report online crime to the police in a single click. It is National Cyber-Security Awareness Week in Australia, so the AFP is on an all-out offensive — announcing it is also investigating whether Google committed offences under Australia's Telecommunications Interception Act when it harvested Wi-Fi data." Something like this has been in the works for a while.
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Posted by on under aol executive, social networking site, networking space, wall street journal, bebo, industry observer, facebook, twitter, milli, icq, mth, instant messaging, acquisitions, wall street, traffic |
destinyland writes "The social networking site Bebo is being sold for just 'a small fraction of the $850 million AOL paid for the site two years ago,' according to the Wall Street Journal. Since its acquisition, 'the site has been shedding users as fast as Facebook and Twitter have been gaining them,' according to one industry observer, quoting an April memo reportedly sent by an AOL executive arguing that Bebo 'has been declining and, as a result, would require significant investment in order to compete in the competitive social networking space.' Bebo's traffic is already down 44% from last year, according to the Wall Street Journal, attracting just 5 million unique US visitors in May (versus 130.4 million for Facebook). And earlier this month, AOL shed the instant messaging service ICQ for $187.5 million — which it had acquired in 1998 for over $408 million."
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Posted by on under social networking site, facebook, privacy settings, juggernaut, firestorm, mth, traffic |
They say what started as a personal, close-knit community turned into an alienating experience. Facebook still has plenty of friends.Even amid last month's firestorm, which forced executives to hastily revamp the site's privacy settings, the social-networking juggernaut has held steady in membership and traffic.
Tagi: social networking site, facebook, privacy settings, juggernaut, firestorm, mth, traffic
