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      Depressed Lady Loses Benefits Because Of Her Facebook Photos

      A depressed woman has lost her benefits because her insurance agent found Facebook photos where she appears to be having fun. More »

      1:16 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Ben Popken
      34,419 views, 251 comments

    • facebook

      PS3 Tacks On Facebook Two Days After Xbox 360

      With a surprisingly short turnaround from rumor to official announcement to reality, Sony cranked out a PlayStation 3 firmware update that added Facebook access to the console Thursday, just a couple days after Microsoft's ballyhooed addition of a portal to the social networking service. More »

      11:20 AM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      2,597 views, 50 comments

      Most discussed Dyscord: Has Sony released a firmware update for Netflix yet? Or do you still have to order a disc from them? more »

    • facebook

      Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One

      From the beginning, the profitability and viability of popular Facebook social networking games Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video. "I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues," he crows in the clip to a gathered bunch of fellow scumbag app developers. More »

      4:28 PM on Mon Nov 9 2009
      By Ben Popken
      185,931 views, 114 comments

      Most discussed Smshvll_s flng dsmvwld: #1 Facebook Pet Peeve: Mafia Wars shoutouts or broadcasts or whatever they call them. I don't play...so I don't give more »

    • facebook

      Social Network Games: Fake Mobsters, Real Racket

      You might enjoy raking in money as a fake mobster in Mafia Wars, or collecting cotton subsidies in FarmVille, but TechCrunch's Michael Arrington argues that the real racket in virtual games is for the companies that run them, and for the social networking sites that host them. More »

      8:00 PM on Sun Nov 8 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      23,031 views, 61 comments

      Most discussed yentaleh: Very true. I play FARM CITY (Don't want to get into trouble with copyright laws.) and YOW VILLE. If I more »

    • subscriptions

      Seattle Coffee Direct Decides You Need $40 Worth Of Coffee Per Day

      If you've been tempted by Facebook ads promising cheap "introductory" offers from Seattle Coffee Direct or World Bean Cafe, located in the world coffee capital of Evanston, Illinois, readers Adam and Ivan say, "don't do it!" The ads promise t-shirts or a free coffee grinder as an incentive to sign up, or tempting introductory offers. But you're really signing up for a coffee delivery service for close to $80 per month. Or more, as reader Ivan learned. He says that the company accidentally billed him for, and sent, two bags of coffee per day. More »

      11:00 AM on Sat Nov 7 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      10,713 views, 61 comments

      Most discussed Trai_Dep: Isn't two pounds of coffee per day the standard Seattle dose? It sounds like Consumerist isn't respecting the diversity of cultures more »

    • social networking

      Facebook Nags You To Communicate With The Dead

      If you've logged in to Facebook lately, you may have noticed the site's suggestions on the right-hand side telling you to write on the wall of someone you haven't communicated with in a while. This is merely annoying for most of us, but sort of a punch in the gut when the person you're being told to get back in touch with is dead. More »

      10:00 AM on Sun Nov 1 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      21,423 views, 93 comments

      Most discussed PsiCop: There are lots of things about Facebook that are hard to understand. I can only assume that the people who more »

    • can-spam

      Facebook Sues Spammer; Wins $711 Million

      Facebook won $711 million in a lawsuit against a notorious spammer. Don't cheer too hard, though. The same spampresario owes MySpace $234 million for the same thing. More »

      3:00 PM on Sat Oct 31 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      11,664 views, 43 comments

    • privacy

      Great, Your Doctor Is Talking About You On Facebook

      Apparently the new generation of med students aren't as concerned as you might like them to be about sharing your medical information on Facebook or Twitter, says Time. More »

      7:40 PM on Wed Sep 23 2009
      By Meg Marco
      14,280 views, 64 comments

    • social networking

      Quiz Yourself About Facebook Quiz Applications And Privacy

      What do Facebook applications know about you and your friends? What do you know about what Facebook applications know about you? If you have Facebook, you can take this handy quiz from the ACLU of Northern California that tests your knowledge of Facebook, privacy, and outside developers. More »

      7:30 AM on Sat Sep 5 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      6,041 views, 31 comments

      Most discussed not_a_virus.exe.vbs: Th only thing I accept is friend requests, Mafia wars and that stupid farming app, the rest are trash. Maximum more »

    • can't buy me friendship

      Aussie Company Will Sell You Facebook Friends

      Here's a company that will help those who really, really need more help killing Col. Mustard in the parlor with the candlestick in Mafia Wars: Australian company uSocial is selling Facebook "friends" and Twitter followers by the batch. If you want 5,000 more adoring Facebook minions checking out your status updates, you pay $654.30. More »

      10:47 AM on Fri Sep 4 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      3,923 views, 33 comments

      Most discussed Tawnie is saving no...: This is exactly why I stay off of facebook. It is becoming a scammer and malware haven. more »

    • privacy

      Complaint From Canada Prompts Facebook Privacy Changes

      If you're suspicious of Facebook's use of your personal data, the social networking site has made some recent changes that may make you very happy. And for this, you can blame thank Canada. More »

      11:30 AM on Sun Aug 30 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      11,386 views, 40 comments

    • your photos

      Watch Out For Pointless Self-Replicating Spam Facebook Application

      Watch out for "[A friend] commented on a photo of you" notifications on Facebook. If you click on the notification and it asks you to install an application called "Your Photos," RUN AWAY. Your friend didn't comment on any photos of you, and the application exists to coax people to click on banner ads. More »

      3:45 PM on Fri Aug 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      5,236 views, 21 comments

      Most discussed umbriago: Ugh, Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. Am I the only person who is not displaying every single detail of their entire life more »

    • marketing

      Facebook Says No To Advertiser Sponsored Accounts

      Thanks to an update to Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, there will be one less place for advertisers to encroach onto your private life: your friends' news feeds. More »

      3:30 PM on Wed Aug 12 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,702 views, 29 comments

    • activism

      Facebook Members Go After Coca-Cola

      How long will it take for Coke to give up on its Facebook page? That depends how long its PR machine can keep deleting the "fun facts" on its Wall: More »

      12:27 PM on Wed Aug 12 2009
      By Carrie McLaren
      22,255 views, 108 comments

    • grocery stores

      Grocery Store Cancels Facebook Coupon Deal, Enrages Customers

      Marsh, a grocery chain in Indiana and Ohio, made a special coupon available to their fans on Facebook. The coupon was good for $10 off a purchase of $10 or more. Great deal, right? Until the promotion got out of hand, and the store stopped accepting the coupon on Friday, with no warning to customers. Based on past similar experiences, you can guess how well this turns out. More »

      7:15 AM on Mon Aug 3 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      6,409 views, 14 comments

      Most discussed hillsrovey: As an Indy native, I love Marsh and am bummed to hear they messed up and are getting bad press. more »

    • privacy

      Facebook Bans Advertisers From Stealing Your Photo To Sell Stuff To Your Friends

      Facebook has firmly told app developers that it's not okay for them to steal your wife's photo from her profile page and use it to entice others into a sexy local singles dating service. More »

      5:28 PM on Thu Jul 30 2009
      By Ben Popken
      7,651 views, 27 comments

    • privacy

      Facebook Lets Ads Steal Your Profile Photos To Sell Crap To Your Friends

      The internet has woken up to the fact that Facebook can steal photos from your profile page and use them in ads targeted at your friends. More »

      1:24 PM on Fri Jul 24 2009
      By Ben Popken
      32,797 views, 94 comments

    • free stuff

      Free Food From Pizza Hut Via Twitter And Facebook

      The new Pizza Hut social media intern has her first assignment, and it's to give out codes for free stuffed pizza rolls to the company's followers on Twitter and Facebook. Let's hope they've planned ahead better than KFC did. [Mashable] (Thanks, David!)

      4:56 PM on Thu Jun 25 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      5,387 views, 22 comments

      Most discussed I Love New Jersey: They have food at Pizza Hut? more »

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