A recent open letter from Women, Action & the Media on the topic of violence against women has elicited a response from Facebook.
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Facebook Privacy Settings Guide
Facebook has retooled its privacy settings time and time again to make them more user friendly, so customizing your settings is a fairly straightforward procedure.
Cory Booker Storms South by Southwest (SXSW): 9 Highlights from the ‘Social Mayor’ Conversation
We all know Cory Booker is America’s “Super Mayor,” a reputation cemented by his many acts of social-media influenced kindness: he’s been lauded for helping a man propose to his girlfriend, letting Hurricane Sandy victims crash …
Twitter to Take TweetDeck Web-Only, Axe Facebook Integration
We had a good run, TweetDeck. Thanks for the memories.
Turn Off, Tune Out: The National Day of Unplugging Is Upon Us
Twenty-four hours without your smartphone or tablet? Cue Bernard Herrmann’s shrieking Psycho violins for the next 1,440 minutes. Think you could do it?
South By Southwest: When Politicians Tweet — TIME to Present Conversation with @CoryBooker
SXSW: There’s never been a politician quite like Cory Booker — at least in terms of a social media persona.
Use Facebook? Own an iPhone? Call Your Facebook-Using, iPhone-Owning Friends for Free
Facebook has rolled out free voice calling to other Facebook users via its Messenger app for iOS.
Facebook’s Graph Search Is the Future of Facebook
Graph Search lets you enter plain-English concepts that tie together multiple things the social network knows about the people who use it.
Girl Scouts Use Social Media, Mobile Tech to Break Cookie Sales Records
The ease of connecting with customers through email, texting and social media is one of the reasons the Girl Scouts are selling more cookies than ever before.
‘Trekkie Dating’ Site Is Pretty Much Exactly Like It Sounds
Now there’s no need to wait until the official Star Trek conventions to meet your match.
Social Network Connects Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors
Imagine a Facebook or Pinterest for women with the chronic disease.
Netbot: Good News for App.net’s Anti-Twitter Insurrection
A couple of months ago, I got excited about App.net, Dalton Caldwell's social network which was both a Twitter clone and an anti-Twitter. (It looks and works much like Twitter once did, but charges for service and aims to welcome
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