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Facebook Facial Recognition Receives Criticism
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Facebook’s new facial recognition tagging feature in prompting privacy concerns among some users and tech analysts. The feature, called “Tag Suggestions” suggests friends tag users based upon facial analysis. Yesterday, online security company Sophos warned that...

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Web Leaders Push for Free Internet at G8
Thursday, May 26th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – On Thursday, web leaders discussed the internet at the G8 summit, warning that too much regulation could limit free access. The summit included such high profile executives as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google chairman Eric...

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Social Giants Oppose Privacy Bill
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – A proposed bill in California by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro) seeks to apply sweeping privacy changes to online social sites including Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. However, the legislation has the...

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Spammers Slip Past New Facebook Defenses
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Despite having just implemented new security features to protect against malware, social networking site Facebook has been hit with a new flurry of spam attacks. Last week, Facebook added a feature that is supposed to warn...

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Symantec Finds Facebook Leaks
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) -  Symantec, the online security firm, has found that around 100,000 Facebook applications have been sharing users’ access information, thus opening up the possibility other advertisers could have accessed user information. The problem has to do with...

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Facebook Battles Google Via PR Firm
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Social networking giant Facebook has been caught trying to spread ill will towards Google. USA Today broke the initial story earlier this week but had not named Facebook as the PR firm’s client. The Daily Beast...

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Facebook Explores Discounts, Set To Rival Groupon
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Facebook is set to launch a platform that is expected to rival Groupon and LivingSocial, the popular websites that provide discounts to consumers on various merchandisers. Such e-commerce platforms let small businesses grow while innovating alongside...

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Facebook Notifications Reset, Problem Fixed
Thursday, April 21st, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Facebook email notifications were accidently reset by the popular social networking website on Tuesday. The error affected a lot of Facebook users who had manually opted out of receiving particular notifications. In a statement released shortly...

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Facebook Releases Plans For New Data Center
Monday, April 11th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Facebook revealed plans for its new data center, which will host the company’s new servers. The servers are said to be more powerful and cost efficient. The company Open Computer Servers will assist Facebook in the...

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A Guide to Successful Facebook Ads – A Free Webinar
Friday, March 11th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – News Facts: Facebook advertising is becoming a more important part of many advertisers’ online media mix. Marin Software, provider the leading online advertising management platform for advertisers and agencies, announced today that it will host a...

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