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  Where Are My Waffles?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:43 AM ET

  say Kellogg’s should feel pretty happy about the public’s affection for its famous brand.Moms have been blogging about it; the waffles' 400 Facebook friends mourned the dearth of their favorite treat; and Twitter has been a-blaze with commentary including one user who, according to CNN Read More

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  Chase Bank Asks Facebookers How to Give Away $5 Million

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:55 AM ET

  social networking tools can be used as a marketing tool as well as a giving mechanism. Along those lines, here's a new idea from Chase Bank and Facebook: a program called Chase Community Giving: You Decide What Matters.Chase is offering $5 million of its money, the fate of which Faceboo Read More

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  The 2009 Word Of The Year Is...

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:12 PM ET

  effective "clicking," or hanging up the phone, and sending the person on the other end to a dial tone was? It's sort of like that. I stare at the Facebook count thinking: "Well ... that wasn't very nice," or something a bit more snide. Either way you usually (and totally should) get over it Read More

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  Twilight Addicts: This Is Your Brain On RPattz

  By Erin Green | Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:35 PM ET

  film, who fits within your concept of an ideal partner, the [reward system] can get triggered." Lauren Suero, the co-owner of the official Twilight Facebook fan page puts it this way: "I think my addiction [to Twilight] happened because I wanted that relationship. I wanted that undying love Read More

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  Get Your Nominations in for the Open Web Awards

  By Marc Hertz | Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:38 PM ET

  with 52 total categories that include TwitPic of the Year, Best Local Blog and Most Creative Use of Facebook Connect. Due to the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, there are sections specific to each site, with four categories devoted to Facebook and six to Twitter.Nominations run throug Read More

  More like this in: Twitter, Mashable, Technology
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  Clicker Goes Live

  By Marc Hertz | Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:49 PM ET

  episode when, say, Bill Murray guest-starred on Square Pegs, you can (it was the "No Substitutions" episode in 1983, by the way).Clicker also has a Facebook Connect option and lets people share content across Twitter and Digg. And, according to the TechNewsWorld article, an iPhone version is i Read More

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  Facebook Status Update Springs a Teen From the Clink

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:32 PM ET

  confirmed his alibi. "They had me on Rikers Island for 12 days. It was really miserable," Bradford told The New York Post. "If it wasn't for Facebook I'd still be on Riker's Island." His exuberant step-mom, Ernestine Bradford, agreed. "Facebook saved my son. Normally, we yell at our kids Read More

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  Social Media's Downside? Bad Manners

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:57 AM ET

  writes Kim Hart on Post I.T. "Just today, I found myself saying farewell to a friend who is moving away from Washington by writing a message on her Facebook wall."Hart changed her mind and called her friend, but only at the last minute. How many of you out there haven't caught yourself i Read More

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  Get Back On That Horse

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:52 PM ET

  idea that your first company bombed, and you get back on that horse, is a huge sign for a VC."But if you haven’t reached the stage of a Google or Facebook just yet, don’t worry. PayPal’s Levchin told NPR the best way to lessen the pain of failure along the way is to get a co-founder. Tha Read More

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  Life After Death on Facebook

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:00 PM ET

  page won't come up in search queries. Once confirmed, friends of the deceased can leave wall posts in remembrance.Kelly says the idea was something Facebook had to figure out how best to approach, but it looks like the results are positive: "As time passes, the sting of losing someone you car Read More

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