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Drama in the World of Mobile Games

If you are a big fan of either iOS games or games that can be played through Facebook (like FarmVille and CityVille) then chances are pretty strong that you have at one point or another played a game that was developed and desi...

by Bryan Conte (Associate Editor)

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Facebook To Employers: Asking For Passwords Is Illegal

Some employees have come out and stated that their employers are asking for their Facebook account password. And what does Facebook want to do about it?Although reports of it actually happening are few and far between, the very...

by Bryan Conte (Associate Editor)

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OMGPOP Steals Top Spot From Zynga As Mobile Game Leader

Those that have ever played a Facebook game will know that the words “Facebook” and “Zynga” go together hand in hand. Without Facebook, Zynga would probably have never existed to begin with, and even though Facebook doe...

by Bryan Conte (Associate Editor)

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New Microsoft Ad On Facebook When You Log Out

Facebook, like most companies, is constantly looking for new ways to generate revenue through their site. Usually this comes in the form of advertising, and those ads that appear to the right of profiles are just that. However,...

by Omeed Asadi (Associate Editor)

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Yahoo! Planning a Huge Makeover

The past few years have not been anything but brutal for Yahoo!, as they have fallen significantly out of line with people looking for a quick, simple and easy search engine to use. In the past half-decade (or arguably even m...

by Bryan Conte (Associate Editor)

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Facebook Stores See Less-Than-Exciting Sales

One of the ways that Facebook has sought to make itself relevant in the long term market is by offering companies and firms online shops through Facebook. By doing this, Facebook will be able to make added revenue with their us...

by Matt Lavelle (Staff Writer)

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Zynga Looking To Reduce Facebook Dependence

Not long ago we covered the news of Zynga going public. Like a lot of the recent tech IPOs , there was certainly a lot of excitement surrounding them and arguably more than is warranted. However, those looking for a solid inves...

by Bryan Conte (Associate Editor)

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New Youtube App Overhaul for Facebook

Facebook has been able to stay relevant over the past years because it has developed the capability to constantly reinvent itself and add on new and exciting things that would make it difficult for anyone to try and challenge t...

by Matt Lavelle (Staff Writer)

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Is Facebook That Good of An Investment?

In recent times just about anything from Silicon Valley has proven to be a pretty risky thing to play with during their IPO, or Initial Public Offering. Pandora set the standards not long ago by skyrocketing and making many ric...

by Matt Lavelle (Staff Writer)

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Facebook Is Going Public; Files For IPO

It’s official. Facebook has filed for what investors, tech-analysts and everyone with an understand of just how big the company is, are calling the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) out of Silicon Valley. Not only tha...

by Omeed Asadi (Associate Editor)

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Tomorrow Is Data Privacy Day (DPD)

Tomorrow will be Data Privacy Day, or DPD. This day will be used to increase awareness of privacy and data protection issues. Access to technology is so integrated with our everyday lives and so it’s easy to forget that anyth...

by Vanessa Brisson-Fischer (Staff Writer)

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‘Facebook Timeline’ Becoming Permanent Real Soon

Not long ago when the Facebook Timeline was first announced, Mark Zuckerberg said that early on in its life it would be totally optional to people whether or not they wanted to have the new addition to the site. However, Zucker...

by Matt Lavelle (Staff Writer)

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