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Yesterday, the surprising news that Facebook and MySpace are negotiating a content-sharing partnership broke, yet that's not all the latter social network…
Online town hall meetings with a member of congress has significant and positive impact on a voter's view of a lawmaker and increases the likelihood that they will become more politically engaged, according to research form the Congressional Management Foundation.
The experimental feature that Marissa Mayer announced last week is becoming available today for everyone to try. Google Social Search promises to help users "find more relevant public content from your broader social circle." The premise is simple: people value their acquaintances' content more than that of random strangers. So Google Social Search brings content from your social circle to the forefront, perhaps showing a…
The U.S. Census Bureau has launched a new website as part of its effort to communicate with Americans about the 2010 census. The website called 2010CENSUS.GOV features an animated marquee that allows users to click on images representative of the population and view video clips aimed at easing fears about the census and encourage participation. "2010CENSUS.GOV puts the census in the hands of the public,"…
With Halloween looming in the very near future one wonders if the ‘reconnect’ feature’s algorithm doesn’t have a little bit of ‘All Hallow’s Eve’ mischief in it or is programmed for the macabre. Either way it is managing to upset more than a few Facebook users with suggestions that border on the, well, bizarre.
As announced last month, Facebook is finally ending its unpopular advertising program, Beacon, through a court settlement. The class action lawsuit settlement only needed judicial approval to make it final. And last week we they got that preliminary approval.
