Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has hired a lawyer after a lewd photo of an unidentified man was posted to his twitter account and directed at a 21-year-old female college student from Seattle. A spokesman for Weiner said the congressman is exploring “civil or criminal actions” in response to the incident, which he called a...
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LinkedIn, The 8-year-old company, based in Mountain View, Calif., shares skyrocketed more than 80% to trade at about $86 a share, and at a high of $92.99 a share, on Thursday as the social networking site launched its initial public offering. Many analysts expected shares in the largest social network aimed at professionals to...
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Our top degree pages for different areas of study have been well-received so we thought it would be helpful to come up with a ranking of top online schools. 1. UMassOnline UMassOnline is the clear number one online institution from our research because of its reputation, selection of degrees, and competitive pricing. The flagship...
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This is about a hoax which spread on Facebook in August 2010, but there have been genuine scams spreading virally on the social network using the disguise of a message about a girl who killed herself after her father posted a message on her wall. .
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In an era of exposition and voyeurism, where lives are microblogged, tumblr’d and podcasted, it should be no surprise that Shiba Inu Puppy Cam, in front of which a couple purporting to live in the San Francisco area raised a litter of six Shiba Inu puppies, became an Internet sensation, according to Time magazine....
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Facebook is reportedly testing a simplified interface of its social network service with faster load times called Facebook Lite. According to reports from TechCrunch regarding Facebook Lite, the slimmed-down service will be similar to Facebook’s mobile version — Lite would offer only basic functionality such as making comments, accepting friend requests, writing on Walls,...
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