Facebook won a $711 million judgegment against “spam king” Sanford Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing emails. Facebook was awarded $711m in a judgement on Thursday against self-described ‘spam king’ Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the US District Court… More: continued here
Users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. Here’s how… On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network… More: continued here
Researchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users. The e-mails, which pose as communications from Facebook about password resets, contain a nasty downloader that ultimately makes users part of a notorious botnet. – Researchers at several security firms have tied the Bredolab Trojan to a spam campaign targeting Facebook users. [...]
Google launches Google Social Search from Google Labs Oct. 26. The experiment is designed to make search results more relevant by mining the rich Google profile information users provide. This includes all Gmail contacts and Gmail chat buddies, as well and people users are publicly connected to on social sites such as Twitter and FriendFeed. [...]
I read an article titled “54% of Companies Ban Facebook, Twitter at Work” the other week and was quite surprised to find the number was that high. Whenever the question comes up of about using social networking tools at work – the common debate tends to be focused around productivity. That is many people from [...]
Both Google and Facebook are primed to introduce new online music services in the week ahead. More: continued here
Google’s service will allow users to sample music after they search for information. Facebook is adding songs through its gift shop. More: continued here
Microsoft is expected to announce integration of Twitter and Facebook status updates into Bing. More: continued here
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Noting the popularity of taking and sharing pictures with iPhone, Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) selects and reviews “a few of the best†iPhone photo apps. Writes Dalrymple: “There are apps available on the App Store that will help you take better photos and edit them before you upload them to MobileMe, Facebook or Twitter.†More: continued [...]
We here at Wong Fu Productions recognize that when it comes to video blogging, we need a little help. So we got some advice from a few of the greatest: KevJumba, HappySlip, and David Choi! Shot in one afternoon, for fun, the first time Wong Fu ever met Kevin and Christine. Produced and edited by: [...]
We’ve seen plenty of sites emerge over the last few years that are built around helping users share media: Facebook is the largest photo sharing site on the planet, but there’s also media-centric sites like Flickr that have devoted followings. rrripple is the latest to joint the fray, and it’s doing it with a unique [...]
Reviewing the iPod nano, Stanford student Annika Heinle (stanforddaily.com) declares it a “masterpiece.†Citing both its classroom utility (built-in mic and speaker for note-taking) and extracurricular benefits (video camera for YouTube and Facebook posts; step-tracking accelerometer and FM radio for the gym), Heinle concludes: “It’s no longer entirely about the music with the iPod, but [...]
How’s Microsoft’s next Xbox 360 LIVE social networking update handle? We take the preview version for a spin to find out. More: continued here