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Board rules that Marine who called Obama the ‘enemy’ should be discharged
A US Marine faces possible dismissal after posting critical remarks on Facebook about US President Barack Obama, with a review board recommending a less than honorable discharge. Sergeant Gary Stein, 26, a nine-year veteran, posted comments on Facebook and other websites calling Obama a coward and “the economic and religious…
Scott Walker: My kids were ‘targeted’ on Facebook
Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says that his family has been “targeted” on Facebook and “yelled at” during trips to the grocery story over his efforts to strip public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights. Walker, who is facing a recall election, recently complained to Christian Broadcast Network’s (CBN)…
App makes saving energy social at Facebook
An application released on Tuesday plugs into the power ofFacebook to make saving energy an online community affair. The social networking colossus worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council and energy information software specialty firmOpower to launch the mini-program with an initial reach of more than 20 million US households. The application – available online at…
Bald ‘cancer Barbie’ doll to debut in 2013
The US maker of the famous Barbie franchise will release a doll next year that is bald in support of children who have cancer and lose their hair in treatment, a Mattel spokesman said Tuesday. The decision to launch the new doll, which Mattel described as “a friend of Barbie,”…
Facebook countersues Yahoo! over patent claims
Facebook on Tuesday fired back at Yahoo! with a countersuit charging that the floundering Internet pioneer is violating the social network’s patents — and not the other way around. The move came after Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook in a California court last month accusing the social networking giant of…
Facebook to users: Don’t give your boss your password
Facebook privacy chief Erin Egan has issued a stern statement regarding employers and prospective employers who ask individuals for their Facebook passwords. Egan cites a “distressing increase” in reports of individuals being asked to turn over their passwords or other Facebook account information to bosses, prospective employees and others. Addressing…
Facebook buys 750 IBM patents in battle with Yahoo
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook confirmed Friday that it has added a trove of IBM patents to its arsenal on an increasingly lawsuit-strewn technology battlefield. Reports that Facebook bought 750 software and networking patents from IBM surfaced less than two weeks after struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo! accused the thriving young firm…
‘Draw Something’ becomes an iPhone and Android games phenomenon
Stuart Dredge, guardian.co.uk US firm OMGPOP is the latest independent developer to spark a mobile gaming craze, with its Draw Something social game racing to more than 30m downloads on iOS and Android just six weeks after its release. The game takes its inspiration from Pictionary, and wraps Words With…
The top 50 Android phone apps
There is far more to smartphone life than Apple’s iPhone. Google launched its Android software in 2008 and has since sold more than 300m of its smartphones; currently, more than 850,000 are added to that number every day. More than 450,000 apps are available on Google Play, which is generating…
Maddow: Republicans don’t know what’s in their abortion bills
On Friday night’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel treated viewers to some of the priceless comments that Facebook users have been posting to the timelines of Sam Brownback and other Republican governors whose state legislatures are currently attempting to enact draconian anti-abortion laws. “Do you have a crossword…
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