The Friendster Autopsy: How a Social Network Dies - Wired

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The Friendster Autopsy: How a Social Network Dies
Wired
Friendster was once the hottest thing in social networking. Google wanted to buy it for $30 million back in 2003, but — burdened by technical glitches and a more nimble competitor in Facebook — it was pretty much dead in the U.S. by 2006. That said ...
Researchers conduct 'autopsy' of social network FriendsterWired.co.uk

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Help Your Brand's Reach at Social Media Strategies Summit 2013 - Technorati

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Help Your Brand's Reach at Social Media Strategies Summit 2013
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On April 23rd, social networking professionals will visit the Windy City for a unique summit designed to help them hone their craft in a still-emerging field. Social Media Strategies Summit, a two-day event held April 23-24 at the Hard Rock Hotel ...
Seven deadly sins of social mediaSydney Morning Herald (blog)
Never Hire Someone to Do Social Media For YouBusiness 2 Community

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Proposed bill to protect employee social media accounts - The Daily Pennsylvanian

Proposed bill to protect employee social media accounts
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Proposed legislation in the Philadelphia City Council could finally prohibit employers from requiring access to potential and current employees' social media accounts. The bill — introduced on Feb. 21 by Councilmember William Greenlee — would amend ...
Philly Councilman Pushes Workplace Social Media Privacy BillLaw360 (subscription)

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Wiz Khalifa Defends Ditching Studio & Social Networking: "I'm Not Gonna Lie" - SOHH

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Wiz Khalifa Defends Ditching Studio & Social Networking: "I'm Not Gonna Lie"
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Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa has defended putting music-making and social networking on the shelf in light of fiancée Amber Rose bringing their newborn son into the world last week. Khalifa let his 9.5 million Twitter followers know fatherhood ...

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Pimps hit social networks to recruit underage sex workers - CNN

Pimps hit social networks to recruit underage sex workers
CNN
He was a pimp -- and she was one of a growing number of women recruited on social networks for sex trafficking. There are no hard statistics on the scope of the problem. Law enforcement officials don't track how sex workers are recruited into the field ...

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LinkedIn: The Ugly Duckling of Social Media - Wall Street Journal

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LinkedIn: The Ugly Duckling of Social Media
Wall Street Journal
LinkedIn was long an ugly duckling of social media. Investors puzzled over its hybrid consumer-and-enterprise business model, which depends on attracting consumers but selling services mainly to businesses, and its focus on the less-flashy world of ...
LinkedIn Tries to Push Into Facebook's TurfWall Street Journal (India)

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Predators use social networking to lure local kids into sex work - WWL

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Predators use social networking to lure local kids into sex work
WWL
NEW ORLEANS -- It is happening across the country and right here in the New Orleans metro area. Pimps are targeting popular social networking sites to recruit kids as sex workers, and local law enforcement agencies are fighting back. "It is a cat and ...

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