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Facebook Content Management Policy Leaked

A guideline for judging whether a photo is acceptable or not to Facebook has been leaked to the Gawker website and reported by the New Zealand Herald and MSN NZ. The "abuse violation handbook," says a photo that exposes a woman’s nipples is not okay, but man’s nipples in pictures are acceptable. It further specifies that pictures of the act of breastfeeding are banned if nipples are exposed.

Aussies Linger More on You Tube Than Facebook

What Australians are surfing about on the net these days? Like the rest of the world, they were socialising via Facebook or enjoying the hottest clips posted on You Tube, according to a new study from Experian Hitwise.

Microsoft's Social News Site, MSNow, Taps 'Hottest Conversations'

Microsoft Corp. launched on Thursday a new trend-tracking service called msnNow which tracks what people are talking about online by shifting through real-time topics across social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Users can then see what topics are trending at the moment by looking at the site along with a few pithy comments from MSN's editorial staff about the topics.
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A "Hunch" by Chris Dixon That Lead to eBay Acquisition

Hunch, a startup that specializes in recommendation technology, was acquired by eBay in last November 2011. The online auction site hopes to use Hunch's expertise to bolster eBay's business dealings.

A Brighter Future for Metal Detectors

A chronicle news reporter recently featured a behind-the-scenes look in MetalDetector.com, the first online retailer of Metal Detectors. MetalDetector.com is located at Southborough, Massachusetts and has been around for 30 years. It is currently being managed by brothers Michael and Daniel Berznweig.

Angry Birds on Facebook

Facebook users have another reason to celebrate as one of the most-loved games in the world; Angry Birds is now available in the social networking site.

Hasbro to Make Farmville, Mafia Wars Merchandise for Zynga

Fans of "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars" will soon have physical merchandise from their favorite online games. Hasbro Inc. and Zynga Inc. announced Thursday a deal where the toy company will create games and toys based on Zynga's popular online games including "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars".

Facebook's All-Male Board Hit by Criticism

Just days after Facebook filed papers to go public, a large California pension fund is criticizing the social media giant for having an all-male board of directors.

The Best Super Bowl Commercials of 2012

The New York Giants may have won the coveted Vince Lombardi trophy on Super Bowl Sunday, but whose ads got the most attention?

Who's Facebook's Highest Paid Employee?

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg was being paid $30.87 million last year making her the most highly paid employee in 2011.

French Court Fines Google for Free Maps

A French commercial court upheld an unfair competition complaint against search giant Google Inc. and has ordered it to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping company.

Aussie Tech Expert Predicts of Filtered Internet Soon

It could only be a matter of time for the World Wide Web to shed its rough edges and mature into a new phase that 'automatically' guards against the intrusions of unwanted contents and materials.

U.S. Gov't: Megaupload Files Set to be Deleted on Thursday

Megaupload users may never be able to re-access their files following the U.S. government's announcement late Monday that digital storage firms contracted by the shuttered company will begin deleting files Thursday this week.

Twitter Users Bash McDonald's

When McDonald’s started the Twitter hashtag #McDStories, the haters came out and told stories the fast food restaurant wasn't expecting.

How Search Engines Celebrated the Chinese New Year

January 23 marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year and to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Black Water Dragon, some websites had special homepages to mark the auspicious year.

Google to Open-Source Sky Map

If you like smartphone stargazing, the sky is now the limit. Google announced Friday that it has donated its popular Sky Map app to the open-source community, allowing fans of Android-based astronomy to "take the code and augment it as they wish."

Google Search Could Be Illegal?

Google's new search feature called Google Search Plus has garnered a lot of attention since it launched last week with critics like Twitter slamming the search giant for favoritism towards Google's social network. The new search feature is now being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, according to a source inside the U.S. regulatory body.

Sec 105 of SOPA Threatens Freedom of Health Speech, Aligns with FDA Trilateral Cooperation Charter to Potentially Eliminate Access to Dietary Supplements

Identifying threats to health freedom and freedom of health speech often requires connecting the dots between seemingly unrelated verbiage in one piece of legislation and a trade agreement, for instance, or reading between the lines to identify the full intent or scope of a provision or phrase added to an unrelated bill.

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