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Utah woman and son rescued after Facebook call for help
A Utah woman had been held hostage for nearly five days by her domestic partner, raped and beaten when she managed to sneak into a closet with a laptop and post a cry for help on the social networking site Facebook. In this video from Fox News, America Live host…
Stratfor warns hacking victims of further woes
WASHINGTON – US intelligence analysis firm Stratfor has warned its members whose emails and credit card information were hacked that they could be targeted a second time for speaking out on behalf of the company. Online “hacktivist” group Anonymous claimed Sunday via Twitter that it had stolen a trove of…
Zynga prices IPO at top end of range
(Reuters) – Online games maker Zynga Inc is expected to make a strong debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday after it priced its initial public offering at the top end of a preliminary range but did not increase the size of the $1 billion deal. Analysts and investors…
Facebook rolls out ‘Timeline’ feature to all users
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday began transforming profile pages into interactive digital scrapbooks that let members of the world’s leading online social network tell the stories of their lives. The “Timeline” feature being rolled out by Facebook was unveiled at a developers conference in September and comes with new…
Facebook adds suicide prevention tool
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is providing a new way for US or Canadian members of the leading online social network to summon help for friends who may be thinking of ending their lives. A tool rolled out by Facebook lets people report suicidal comments posted by friends, who will immediately…
Bigotry charges aimed at Lowes over Muslim TV show
WASHINGTON — One of the biggest US retailers faced charges of bigotry Monday after it bowed to pressure from a Christian group and stopped advertising on a reality TV show about Arab Americans. Lowe’s, a national hardware chain, said it was among a number of sponsors to abandon “All-American Muslim,”…
Pincus makes power play with Zynga IPO
(Reuters) – For years, a group of about 20 guys would gather in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park or the neighboring Presidio Park for weekend games of soccer. Among them was a man whose 5-foot 6-inch stature belied his ruthless competitiveness and who was usually accompanied by his American bulldog,…
App helps unemployed with job search
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook, the social networking site, is probably not the first place that comes to mind when contemplating new career opportunities. But Monster.com, the career search website, hopes to change that with BeKnown, a professional networking app that allows users to build their professional identities within Facebook.…
Stewart: Indefinite detention bill ‘one-way ticket to Gitmo’
Last night’s The Daily Show featured a two-part examination of the new bill passed by the Senate that allows the government to detain American citizens without a trial for indefinite amounts of time. Watch segment one, embedded via Comedy Central, below: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show…
Defiant Russia opposition vows mass protest
Russia’s opposition on Thursday defiantly vowed to stage a mass protest in Moscow at the weekend contesting the results of elections, despite warnings from the authorities to scale down the event. Around 1,000 people have been arrested in three days of demonstrations protesting what they say was mass fraud in…
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