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Zynga.com to show Facebook ads
Zynga is starting to show ads from Facebook on Zynga.com, its stand-alone website that lets people play its online games away from Facebook.
Facebook signs apps privacy agreement
Facebook became the seventh company to agree to give people advance warning if its mobile applications pull personal information from mobile phones ...
Twitter site down for brief outage
Twitter users were unable to access the micro-blogging service for part of Thursday. Twitter initially said on its status blog that its engineers were ...
Cuban blog gathering prompts official criticism
Cuban bloggers and tweeters talked tech in Havana on Thursday at a Spanish-organized forum promoting social media in one of the world's most unplugged ...
The pop that wasn't: Life after Facebook's IPO
It's been a month since Facebook's IPO fell flat and in that time, the market for initial public offerings has collapsed. No company has gone public ...
Campaigns apply tech tools to ground game
The red and blue T-shirts that Mitt Romney campaign volunteers wear in Virginia feature a digital code that voters can zap with their smart phones to ...
2 guilds scrutinize Lohan TV film production
Two Hollywood unions are scrutinizing worker safety and welfare on Lindsay Lohan's TV movie "Liz & Dick" after the actress tweeted that she was ...
Facebook to let developers charge subscriptions
Facebook is letting app developers charge subscription fees, in addition to existing one-time payments, for games and other applications on its site.
London Games to be first social media Olympics
Tweet this: The London Games will be the first Olympics told in 140 characters or less. The London Games will be the most tweeted, liked and tagged ...
Campaigns buy into 'swag factor' as volunteer push
Think of them as frequent flier programs for political action. Instead of a free flight, the reward for loyalty to a campaign can be as simple as a ...
Facebook launches page for all things Olympics
Facebook on Monday launched an official London Olympics page for fans to connect with their favorite athletes and teams, a move it says can help make ...
SEC questioned Facebook about Zynga, mobile
As Facebook's much-anticipated public stock offering approached, federal regulators wanted to know more about the revenue it gets from mobile devices, ...
Facebook suggests Nasdaq glitches led to decline
Facebook is suggesting that trading problems at the Nasdaq Stock Market contributed to a sharp drop in the company's stock price after its initial ...
NCAA deregulates texts, calls to hoops recruits
Coaches can now pick up their smartphones without trepidation. Starting Friday, Division I men's basketball coaches will be able to send unlimited ...
Ohio tourism board touts Sandusky trial on Twitter
An Ohio tourism board tweet meant to promote a Father's Day deal in the Lake Erie town of Sandusky instead directed followers to news about the sex ...
Yelp serves restaurant reviews to Microsoft's Bing
Yelp is feeding its online reviews of restaurants and other local merchants to Microsoft's Bing search engine in a move to compete against Zagat ...
New app designed for sports fans on Twitter
When Philip Sanford goes to his favorite bar to watch his beloved Seton Hall Pirates, he brings along his phone charger so he also can follow the game ...
Social media helped, hurt in hunt for Ala suspect
Social media at times was a help, other times a hindrance in the search and eventual arrest of a suspect in the triple fatal shooting at a pool party ...
Harper's 'clown question' retort takes off
Bryce Harper's comebacks look ready for the big leagues, too. The 19-year-old Washington Nationals outfielder quipped "That's a clown question, bro" ...