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Six Privacy Groups Have Asked FTC to Strike Down Proposed Changes to Facebook's Policies
Sep 6, 2013Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook’s policies, as they violate a 2011 settlement with the agency over user privacy. “The changes will allow Facebook to ...
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The Use of Tools Led Facebook to Temporarily Disable Some Legitimate Third-party Apps
Aug 19, 2013The use of tools to detect malicious patterns in apps led Facebook to temporarily disable some legitimate third-party apps that integrate with the social networking website, it said Thursday. On Tuesday, a number of people complained that ...
Tags: Facebook, webservice, Computer Products
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Yahoo Has Bid Between $600m and $800m
May 29, 2013Yahoo has bid between $600m (£397m) and $800m (£530m) for premium on-demand streaming video site Hulu, according to reports. There is a $200m range in the bid because Yahoo has proposed a number of different prices based on ...
Tags: Yahoo, Hulu, Computer Products
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Yahoo Has Concluded a $1.1bn Deal to Acquire Tumblr
May 21, 2013Yahoo has concluded a $1.1bn (£725m) deal to acquire Tumblr, the microblogging and social networking website, which achieved revenues of just $13m (£8.56m) in its last financial year. The deal is the largest undertaken by ...
Tags: Computer Products, Yahoo
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A Bug Redirected People From Third-Party Websites Integrated with Facebook to Facebook.com
Feb 17, 2013A bug redirected people from third-party websites integrated with Facebook to Facebook.com. for a short period of time, the social networking website said Thursday. The temporary glitch, which affected users on Thursday afternoon, ...
Tags: Facebook, social networking, company news
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A Court in California Has Given Its Preliminary Approval to a Revised Class Settlement
Dec 28, 2012A court in California has given its preliminary approval to a revised class settlement in a lawsuit brought against Facebook by users who claimed that their names and likeness were used without their prior consent in "Sponsored Stories" ...
Tags: preliminary approval, class settlement, lawsuit, Facebook
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Facebook Has Proposed a Revised Settlement in a Lawsuit
Dec 24, 2012IDG News Service - Facebook has proposed a revised settlement in a lawsuit in which it was alleged to have used the names and likeness of the plaintiffs without their prior consent in "Sponsored Stories" advertisements shown to their online ...
Tags: Facebook, settlement, IDG News Service, social networking website
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Service-Facebook and Zynga Have Loosened Their Ties in an Amended Agreement
Nov 30, 2012IDG News Service-Facebook and Zynga have loosened their ties in an amended agreement that does away with most of Facebook's exclusive rights to Zynga games,but also permits Facebook to develop its own games from March next year. The ...
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Online Shopping Is Increasingly Becoming Popular Among The Internet
Oct 31, 2012The trend of online shopping is increasingly becoming popular among the Internet savvy generation today. Many e-commerce websites, offering a vivid array of products ranging from clothing to electronic appliances, have been introduced in ...
Tags: clothing, electronic appliances, furnishings, retail items