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New Missouri ‘Facebook law’: Let school districts make their own rules

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The Missouri legislature wants to limit ‘improper communications’ between students and teachers, but its first ‘Facebook law’ was blocked by the courts. Now, it’s trying a toned-down version. Alana Maddock, nurse and cheerleader coach at East Middle School, Joplin, Mo, used Facebook to locate students after the tornado destroyed several schools and much of Joplin [...]

EXCLUSIVE-Facebook doubles first-half revenue -source

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Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:18pm EDT * Net income nearly dollarsignr500 million in first half * Growth comes at Yahoo’s expense, but Google looms (Adds details throughout) By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Facebook’s revenue doubled to dollarsignr1.6 billion in 2011′s first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, [...]

Exclusive: Facebook doubles first-half revenue

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By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:19pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook’s revenue doubled to dollarsignr1.6 billion in 2011′s first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying competition from the likes of Google Inc. Net income in [...]

Exclusive: Facebook doubles first-half revenue

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By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:19pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook’s revenue doubled to dollarsignr1.6 billion in 2011′s first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying competition from the likes of Google Inc. Net income in [...]

Report: Facebook’s Revenue Hits $1.6B In The First Half Of 2011

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Image via Wikipedia Facebook’s revenue soared to dollarsignr1.6 billion in the first half of 2011, according to a report by Reuters, as the world’s largest social network continues to expand ahead of its widely anticipated IPO. The social networking giant posted net income of dollarsignr500 million in the first half of 2011, according to “a [...]

Social Location Services Not Catching Fire in the US

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Maybe Facebook was on to something when it recently deemphasized its location check-in service. Cellphones may be capable of pinpointing your location using GPS or cell tower triangulation, but a new study says few American adults are interested in sharing their current location on services such as Foursquare and Gowalla. That’s despite the fact that [...]

Watchdog wants fair trade rules for Facebook, Twitter, Google

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A leading regulatory watchdog is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a bid to establish a “trade regulation” framework, which would set out how web companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter can operate lawfully. The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) is looking for ways to protect U.S.-based web-based services or companies, by bidding the [...]

Facebook Updates Help Users Share Better With Others

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On a recent vacation to Aruba, I had to smile when I saw that each of the computers in the hotel business center had Facebook.com saved in their Internet bookmarks. Even people in a tropical paradise are anxious to check Facebook. For all of Facebook’s popularity, many of its users are still nervous about how [...]

Ceglia: Facebook violated my privacy, published e-mail passwords

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Paul Ceglia, a man that claims he owns half of Facebook, says the company’s lawyers committed an “egregious and massive violation” of his privacy by publishing his e-mail passwords. Ceglia’s filing notes Facebook’s lawyers included passwords to his Web-based e-mail accounts in a court document filed on September 1 in federal court in Buffalo, New [...]

Facebook Page for Jesus, With Highly Active Fans

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The doctor, Aaron Tabor, 41, grew up watching his father preach at churches in Alabama and North Carolina, and his Facebook creation is called the Jesus Daily. He started it in April 2009, he said, as a hobby shortly after he began using Facebook to market his diet book and online diet business that includes [...]