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Twitter beefs up security measures

Users will now be able to enroll in a login verification program

Associated Press Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:36 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Twitter

Teenagers care more about online privacy than you think

New research reveals they're surprisingly shrewd about protecting their personal data on social networks

Jared Keller, Pacific Standard Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:36 PM UTC
Technology Pacific Standard, Facebook

Facebook’s hate speech problem

Facebook removes photos of women breastfeeding, but rape videos seem to last for days. These women are sick of it

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:39 PM UTC 61
Technology Facebook, Internet Culture

Facebook “like” on trial in Virginia

A federal appeals court is revisiting a case that asks if a digital thumbs-up qualifies as protected speech

Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Social the daily dot, Facebook, Internet

Mark Zuckerberg, political conservative?

It's not just his fundraiser for Christie. The causes the Facebook CEO is backing suggest he's taken a right turn

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:33 PM UTC
Technology AlterNet, Mark Zuckerberg

LinkedIn celebrates anniversary of IPO

The professional networking company has nearly quadrupled in value over the last two years

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Monday, May 13, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Linkedin, IPO

Taking a bath is a “good daily habit”: 10 vintage video tutorials

Who needs OKCupid when YouTube can teach you how to land a date, courtesy of a 1949 instructional film VIDEO

Mike Fenn, The Daily Dott Monday, May 13, 2013 6:11 PM UTC
Technology Video, the daily dot, YouTube

Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy

Scott Timberg Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 291
Technology Books, Jaron Lanier, Facebook

The Facebook Home disaster

The people have spoken: Nobody wants to live in Mark Zuckerberg's gated community

Andrew Leonard Thursday, May 9, 2013 4:03 PM UTC 82
Technology Facebook, facebook home

Obama may back plan to make FBI wiretaps easier

The DOJ proposal, prompted by the FBI, would fine firms that don't comply with government wiretaps

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:44 PM UTC
Technology wiretaps, FBI, Barack Obama, doj

Zuckerberg delayed Instagram deal to watch “Game of Thrones”

A new Vanity Fair feature offers a comprehensive look at how the billion-dollar agreement went down

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Monday, May 6, 2013 9:03 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Game of Thrones

Facebook and Google are the new Exxon

Facebook and Google the new Exxon? Lobbying dollars crush opposition

Andrew Leonard Monday, May 6, 2013 4:29 PM UTC
Technology Facebook, Google, Privacy

Indian child trafficking on the rise

Approximately 90,000 children went missing in India in 2011 alone. Nearly half of these cases remain unsolved

Jason Overdorf, GlobalPost Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
Social GlobalPost, India

How Facebook could blow it

A pledge to give users the power to block the ads they hate is a promise the social network can't keep

Andrew Leonard Friday, May 3, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Technology Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

“Mad Men” recapped via Facebook updates

If all of your favorite characters were friends on your News Feed

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, May 1, 2013 9:15 PM UTC
Entertainment Mad Men, Facebook, recaps, Comedy

Facebook is blowing it

Mark Zuckerberg won't let me turn off the spammy online dating ads on my smartphone. It's a big mistake

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:24 PM UTC 44
Technology Facebook, Advertising

71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them

Lucifer. Mafia No Fear. "*" (!) What were these parents thinking?

Kyle Kim, GlobalPost Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:59 PM UTC 100
Life GlobalPost, New Zealand

He made me his drug mule

Twenty years after I almost went to jail, I found the guy responsible on Facebook -- and something amazing happened

Alix Wall Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 47
Life Life stories, Drugs, Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg is not trying to drill in ANWR

Environmentalists can relax. The Facebook founder's new PAC is not pushing a pro-fossil fuel agenda

Andrew Leonard Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:28 PM UTC
Technology Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook helps solve 45-year-old murder

A 1968 hit-and-run in upstate New York had gone unsolved -- until a retired cop renewed the investigation online

Justin Franz, The Daily Dot Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:59 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Facebook

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