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  10 ways to get more out of LinkedIn

• Crowd-funding site offers open alternative to Kickstarter

  By Cameron Scott | 11 February, 2012 12:08

  Crowd-funding website Crowdtilt officially launched on Friday, expanding upon the collective fundraising model pioneered by Kickstarter to enable raising money for any project -- even a beer blitz.

• Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

  By Cameron Scott | 11 February, 2012 05:38

  Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

• Chinese expected to brush off real name registration for Twitter-like sites

  By Michael Kan | 10 February, 2012 23:17

  By March 16, users of China's Twitter-like microblogging sites will be required to register with their real names in a government effort to stop harmful information from spreading on social media sites. But to Beijing resident Cao Hong, it's clear what authorities' real intentions are.

• LinkedIn's Q4 earnings strong, revenue doubles

  By AAP | 10 February, 2012 09:25

  LinkedIn is reporting a strong fourth quarter as the online professional networking service added 14 million members. Its net income and revenue beat Wall Street's expectations.

• Five tips to make your Facebook Timeline amazing

  By Ian Paul | 10 February, 2012 01:59

  Facebook Timeline currently is rolling out to all users worldwide, and--whether you like it or not--the new default profile layout will be hitting your Facebook account in the coming weeks.

• EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

  By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 09:28

  The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

• New social site Pinterest attracts enthusiasm, scrutiny

  By Joab Jackson | 09 February, 2012 07:10

  Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy. Observers are accusing the site of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue.

• Dating site matches not so scientific

  By Joab Jackson | 08 February, 2012 08:56

  Users flock to online dating sites in ever greater numbers, but despite their marketing claims, services such as Match.com and eHarmony may not be offering potential mates chosen through rigorous scientific methods, a group of psychologists and sociologists have charged.

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.

• Social media, virtual meetings help firms enter markets and save capital

  By Fred O'Connor | 28 October, 2011 08:49

  When cloud computing service provider Nimbula hires employees for its South Africa development office, the Mountain View, California, company turns to social networking, not recruiters, to find workers. The company also uses video conferencing to conduct interviews with job candidates and to demonstrate software to potential customers, which saves travel expenses.

• First Look: Facebook Single Sign-on

  By Alex Wawro | 05 November, 2010 09:03

  Facebook is getting serious about on-the-go social networking with a suite of new features announced during the Facebook Mobile event on Wednesday.

• Can you trust Facebook Places?

  By Robert X. Cringely | 21 August, 2010 07:10

  Facebook, the company many people don't trust to protect their status updates and personal information, is now in the business of collecting location information, thanks to the introduction of its Foursquare/Gowalla killer, Facebook Places.

• Who really runs Facebook?

  By Christopher Null | 06 July, 2010 00:59

  Quick: Who's the CEO of Facebook?

• Can Facebook privacy be simple?

  By Scott Bradner | 02 June, 2010 07:27

  Facebook, according to its CEO, is built around the simple idea that people want to share things with "their friends and the people around them."  

• Is Facebook truly sorry for its privacy sins?

  By Robert X. Cringely | 25 May, 2010 10:27

  Want an expert lesson in how to respond without actually responding and how to apologize without saying you're sorry? Then you need to read Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg's quasi-mea culpa in today's Washington Post. Do it now; I'll wait.

• Good-bye to privacy?

  By Tom Spring | 24 May, 2010 23:56

  New Yorker Barry Hoggard draws a line in the sand when it comes to online privacy. In May he said farewell to 1251 Facebook friends by deleting his account of four years to protest what he calls the social network's eroding privacy policies.