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Facebook Is Testing A Pay-For-Promotion System Everyone Can Use

If you don’t feel people pay enough attention to your Facebook status updates, here’s some news you’ve been waiting for. Facebook is reportedly testing a scheme which will allow any user — not just businesses — to promote their status, in exchange for cold, hard cash.


August 23, 2011
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Google+ Posts Coming Soon To Gmail

Google is gradually rolling out a new Gmail people widget that lets you view recent Google+ posts within Gmail.


August 11, 2011
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Live Cooking Class Explodes On Google+

Lee Allison had the brilliant idea of hosting a cooking class using Google+. He invited participants to video chat using Hangouts while he walked them through a recipe.


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Researcher Predicts Your Facebook Friends With Frightening Accuracy

Stanford University’s Jure Leskovec knows more about than you think. With the right tools and information, the computer scientist can predict the next person you will friend on Facebook.


August 10, 2011
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Anonymous To Destroy Facebook On November 5th?

Remember, remember the fifth of November, the day Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the English Parliament in 1605 and the day Anonymous threatens to destroy Facebook. Update: Is this a fake? A splinter group? Two prominent Anon Twitter accounts seem to disagree:


February 25, 2011
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Facebook Hero: Zuckerberg Gets Immortalised In Comic Books

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The adventures of Mark Zuckerberg, the one and only Facebook king, philanthropist and unlikely gazillionaire – is now coming to the world of comics. And what’s more, it actually looks like something worth reading…in the toilet.


December 6, 2009
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Be On The Lookout For Giant Red Balloons

Remember that DARPA balloon challenge, where the first team to find eight weather balloons wins $US40,000? Well, the balloons are now officially at large. If you don’t have a team yet, here are some places to report a sighting.