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]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">374981</guid><title><![CDATA[Twitter back online after brief outage]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/twitter-back-online-after-brief-outage-374981</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:41:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Twitter was down for about a half-hour for an unknown number of users on Monday after a glitch during a "routine change."]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">374512</guid><title><![CDATA[Yelp open to partnering with Facebook on Graph Search - report]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/yelp-open-to-partnering-with-facebook-on-graph-search-report-374512</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:26:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If Yelp were to partner with Facebook for graph search, the consumer review aggregator would be in a better position to compete with Google,]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">373789</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook's how you're feeling and what you're doing status update options rolling out to Indian users]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebooks-how-youre-feeling-and-what-youre-doing-status-update-options-rolling-out-to-indian-users-373789</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 17:25:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook's new status update options are rolling out to Indian users.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">373319</guid><title><![CDATA[Nasdaq to pay $10 million fine over Facebook IPO debacle]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/nasdaq-to-pay-10-million-fine-over-facebook-ipo-debacle-373319</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 16:38:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nasdaq's senior executives were aware of technical problems but decided to open up Facebook stock for secondary trading.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">373175</guid><title><![CDATA[Twitter app update for iOS and Android brings new composer, rich notifications]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/twitter-app-update-for-ios-and-android-brings-new-composer-rich-notifications-373175</link><category>Apps</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 13:00:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Twitter has released a new update for its Android and iOS apps.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">373029</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook follows Twitter, introduces Verified Pages and Profiles]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-follows-twitter-introduces-verified-pages-and-profiles-373029</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:53:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook began authenticating the pages of famous folks and big brands at the social network on Wednesday.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">372663</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook says it failed to stop misogynous pages]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-says-it-failed-to-stop-misogynous-pages-372663</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 12:06:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook said its "systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work, particularly around issues of gender-based hate."
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Jack Dorsey fired off the first tweets on March 21, 2006, an automated "just setting up my twitter" message which he followed with the first "human" tweet -- "inviting coworkers."

It was Dorsey who proposed the idea for Twitter while working with Biz Stone and Evan Williams at podcasting company Odeo.

Since then, Twitter has been embraced as a forum for sharing anything from a favorite lunch spot to violations of civil rights and calls for revolution.

"As much fun as we were having, there was always, I think, in the back of our heads the idea of the potential of something important coming from it," Stone said of the startup's formative days.

"Even if we didn't say it out loud and talk about it," the co-founder said in an interview with AFP. "Because we were just getting started and we really had no place saying anything like that."]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226770</guid><title><![CDATA[Virtual world voices outrage over Delhi girl's murder]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/virtual-world-voices-outrage-over-delhi-girls-murder-226770</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:27:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The outrage over 20-year-old Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar's murder spread to virtual platforms and social networking sites as bloggers and netizens vented their anger.Social networking site Facebook had one such group "Stand With Me" opening within less than 24...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226783</guid><title><![CDATA[Zuckerberg's dog angers Chinese blogger]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/zuckerbergs-dog-angers-chinese-blogger-226783</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:49:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chinese blogger and activist Michael Anti wants to know why he is less worthy of a Facebook account than company founder Mark Zuckerberg's dog.Anti, a popular online commentator whose legal name is Zhao Jing, said in an interview on Tuesday...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226787</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook founder has a new page... for his puppy]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-founder-has-a-new-page-for-his-puppy-226787</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:51:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced his latest acquisition -- a puppy.Zuckerberg, 26, and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan created a Facebook profile for their new dog, "Beast."Born on January 10 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Beast is a Puli, a...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226805</guid><title><![CDATA[$430k Love settlement shows tweets can be costly]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/430k-love-settlement-shows-tweets-can-be-costly-226805</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:13:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Courtney Love's settlement of a case sparked by online attacks on a fashion designer show that while Twitter posts may be short, they can also be costly.

The singer has agreed to pay Dawn Simorangkir $430,000, plus interest, to settle a lawsuit the designer filed in March 2009 over comments Love made on Twitter and her MySpace blog.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226798</guid><title><![CDATA[As Google matures, startups keep it young]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/as-google-matures-startups-keep-it-young-226798</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:46:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google co-founder Larry Page is taking charge of the maturing Internet giant in a move seen as recapturing youthful roots in the face of competition from hip upstart startups like Facebook.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226816</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheen seduces 1.3 million Twitter fans in two days]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/sheen-seduces-13-million-twitter-fans-in-two-days-226816</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:24:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Troubled American actor Charlie Sheen was Thursday reveling in the fact that his new Twitter account had attracted some 1.3 million followers in just two days.

"In all sincerity... 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Never mind complicated voice and speech recognition software,...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226874</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook wins relatively few friends in Japan]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-wins-relatively-few-friends-in-japan-226874</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:02:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mr. Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old Facebook chief executive and co-founder, may be the man of the moment in the United States and much of the rest of the online world. But here in Japan, one of the globe's most wired nations,...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226877</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook to splash cash on new headquarters: Report]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-to-splash-cash-on-new-headquarters-report-226877</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:09:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook is not wasting any time in spending the $500 million that it reportedly raised from Goldman Sachs and the Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies.A day after The New York Times reported the massive investment, the San Jose Mercury News...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226882</guid><title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs values Facebook at $50 billion]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/goldman-sachs-values-facebook-at-50-billion-226882</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:05:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Social networking site Facebook has raised USD 500 million from Goldman Sachs and Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies in a deal valuing the company at USD 50 billion, says a media report."Facebook, the popular social networking site, has...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226891</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook beats Google as most visited in 2010]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-beats-google-as-most-visited-in-2010-226891</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:32:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook surpassed Google as the most visited website in the US in 2010, according to a survey by the web tracking firm Experian Hitwise.The social networking site also claimed the top search term of the year, with variations on its...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226894</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook is 'a second internet': Experts]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-is-a-second-internet-experts-226894</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:05:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook is challenging Google's supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online.While Google delivers search results selected by algorithms that take into account a user's Web history, Facebook boasts a...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226899</guid><title><![CDATA[On Facebook, angry people are more popular]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/on-facebook-angry-people-are-more-popular-226899</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:23:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook's data team proved once again today that when you analyze a large set of anonymous user data from the world's biggest social network, you can learn some very interesting things about the state of humanity. In a blog post...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226900</guid><title><![CDATA[Step aside FarmVille, CityVille now Facebook's biggest game]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/step-aside-farmville-cityville-now-facebooks-biggest-game-226900</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:02:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Less than a month after its launch, Zynga's CityVille has become the world's most popular game. According to AppData, CityVille just reached 61.7 million monthly active users, and with that, the game nabs the number one spot from Zynga's other...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226906</guid><title><![CDATA[Computers help social animals to see beyond their tribes]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/computers-help-social-animals-to-see-beyond-their-tribes-226906</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:17:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[IBM researchers in this laboratory nestled next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been forced lately to confront a limit on computing power: The human brain just isn't processing data any faster.It's a shame, too, because the brain...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226917</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook wrestles with free speech and civility]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-wrestles-with-free-speech-and-civility-226917</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:15:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, likes to say that his Web site brings people together, helping to make the world a better place. But Facebook isn't a utopia, and when it comes up short, Dave Willner...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226919</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook announces hacker cup competition]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-announces-hacker-cup-competition-226919</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:41:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook has announced its 2011 Hacker Cup, a competition in the search of a world champion hacker. For those that are already weary of the narrative we've been hearing the last week-and-a-half - that hackers are suddenly posing this grave...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226925</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook, the new platform for loan recovery]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-the-new-platform-for-loan-recovery-226925</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:21:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the enforcement agencies have yet to effectively harness the web to tackle crime, loan recovery agents are not only tracking down defaulters by looking up their profiles on social networking sites, but are going a step further by luring...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226926</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook founder denies starting the site 'to get girls']]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-founder-denies-starting-the-site-to-get-girls-226926</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:27:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The founder of popular social networking site 'Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has refuted claims that he started the company in order to "get girls".The 26-year-old world's youngest billionaire's denial came in the wake of a Hollywood movie -- 'The Social Network',...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226930</guid><title><![CDATA[New Facebook profile pages to highlight your recent pictures]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/new-facebook-profile-pages-to-highlight-your-recent-pictures-226930</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:49:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook is redesigning the profile pages of its 500 million-plus users to make it more of a reflection of their real lives and emphasize one of the site's most popular features, photos.Facebook said in a blog post Sunday the changes...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226931</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook offers Rs 38 lakh package for IIT Madras students]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-offers-rs-38-lakh-package-for-iit-madras-students-226931</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:54:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Social networking site Facebook has offered a package of Rs 38 lakh (USD 85,000) for IIT Madras students during the ongoing placement season, a top official of the institute said.Companies selecting prospective candidates from the country's premier educational institute IIT...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226939</guid><title><![CDATA[A Facebook founder begins a social network focused on charities]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/a-facebook-founder-begins-a-social-network-focused-on-charities-226939</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:27:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chris Hughes, one of the founders of Facebook and the chief digital organizer for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, knows a thing or two about building online communities.Now he is applying his expertise to a new venture called Jumo, which aims...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226961</guid><title><![CDATA[Farmville helped Facebook beat Orkut]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/farmville-helped-facebook-beat-orkut-226961</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:27:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The phenomenal popularity of Orkut, which made terms like 'social networking' part of common lingo, is well documented. However, in May this year, Facebook beat Orkut as the top social networking destination in India. Mumbai-based agency Komli Media's Vizisense, which...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226965</guid><title><![CDATA[Attacker that sharpened Facebook's defences]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/attacker-that-sharpened-facebooks-defences-226965</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:30:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A friend on Facebook suggests that you watch an amazing or funny or sexy video. The link may seem innocuous enough. But with a few simple clicks, you could end up infecting your PC with the Koobface worm.Koobface, whose name...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226967</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook to start an e-mail service]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-to-start-an-e-mail-service-226967</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:09:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook has more than 500 million users around the world. And Americans spend more of their time online with Facebook than with any other Internet company, including Google&nbsp; and Yahoo.Now the company wants people to weave their online lives even...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226975</guid><title><![CDATA[Google now restricts Facebook access to Gmail contacts]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/google-now-restricts-facebook-access-to-gmail-contacts-226975</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:30:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google has restricted social networking site Facebook from grabbing information about its users' contacts in Gmail, the search engine giant's email service, a media report said.Until now, new Facebook users could find out whether their contacts on Gmail also had...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226978</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook generation loneliest among all age groups]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-generation-loneliest-among-all-age-groups-226978</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:44:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Britain's 16- to 24-year-olds, the so-called Facebook generation, are lonelier than any other age group, even pensioners.One in three said they were bored with their lives, compared to just eight percent of pensioners, and 28 percent complained that loneliness was...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226998</guid><title><![CDATA[Australian cops use Facebook to curb stalker]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/australian-cops-use-facebook-to-curb-stalker-226998</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:13:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Now the long arm of the law can reach you through the World Wide Web too. Australian police have shown the way by using Facebook to restrict a man from contacting his partner after he harassed her via the online...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226999</guid><title><![CDATA[A photo-sharing app with bigger aspirations]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/a-photo-sharing-app-with-bigger-aspirations-226999</link><category>Apps</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:55:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For many people, the iPhone camera -- always in your pocket -- is fast replacing digital cameras. And with the help of a bunch of applications, the pictures can look even better than typical photos.The latest such app to get...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227001</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook vows to fix a flaw in data privacy]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-vows-to-fix-a-flaw-in-data-privacy-227001</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:29:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When you sign up for Facebook, you enter into a bargain. You share personal information with the site, and Facebook agrees to obey your wishes when it comes to who can see what you post.At the same time, you agree...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227002</guid><title><![CDATA[At Facebook, Hollywood stardom as a game]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/at-facebook-hollywood-stardom-as-a-game-227002</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:51:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If being a virtual farmer or make-believe mobster is not for you, Michael D. Eisner hopes that playing the role of a movie star in a digital version of Hollywood will have its appeal.On Monday, Mr. Eisner, the former chief...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227003</guid><title><![CDATA[Google determined to crack the social code]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/google-determined-to-crack-the-social-code-227003</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:38:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google has been stunningly adept at devising computer algorithms to help people search the Internet. But when it comes to building features for social networking, the company has been much less effective. And changing that is one of the company's...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227017</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook lets users interact in small groups]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-lets-users-interact-in-small-groups-227017</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:56:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook is trying to become a bit more like the real world.The company on Wednesday introduced a feature that allows users to interact with small groups of people, like their family, high school friends or colleagues.The move is an effort...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227025</guid><title><![CDATA[Shift at the top of Twitter as a founder steps aside]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/shift-at-the-top-of-twitter-as-a-founder-steps-aside-227025</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:13:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Evan Williams, the co-founder and chief executive of Twitter, is stepping down to lead product strategy at the company, Twitter announced on Monday. Dick Costolo, the chief operating officer, will succeed Williams.The company, which announced the change in a blog...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227034</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook opens office in India]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-opens-office-in-india-227034</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:48:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Social networking site Facebook today starts its operations in India by opening an office in Hyderabad.The office is already humming with an initial landing team from its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and a team of recent hires from India,...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227035</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook, Skype to combine their communications services]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-skype-to-combine-their-communications-services-227035</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:40:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Social networking site Facebook and Internet telephone provider Skype are planning to combine their communications services, according to a media report.Under the partnership, Facebook users will be able to sign into Skype through their Facebook Connect accounts. Those users would...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227051</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg decoded]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/london-facebook-founder-mark-zuckerberg-decoded-227051</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:05:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Multi-billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg likes to wear worn out jeans, cheap T-shirts and lives in a rented house. To relax, he likes drinking beer and eating fast food with workmates, it was reported in London on Friday.The man responsible...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227053</guid><title><![CDATA[A second day of technical troubles at Facebook]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/a-second-day-of-technical-troubles-at-facebook-227053</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:56:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some Facebook users were shut out of the social networking service as the website was beset by technical troubles for the second day in a row."We're currently experiencing some site issues causing Facebook to be slow or unavailable for some...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227054</guid><title><![CDATA[Was the Twitter hack made in Japan?]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/was-the-twitter-hack-made-in-japan-227054</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:19:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week's Twitter attack that caused a widespread headache for the micro-blogging service appears to have been triggered by a Japanese computer hacker who says he was only trying to help.The attack, which emerged and was shut down within hours...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227062</guid><title><![CDATA[Hacked: Worm sends Twitter users to porn sites]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/now-twitter-gets-hacked-227062</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:59:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Twitter was overrun with posts on Tuesday morning that used a programming flaw to play pranks, distribute porn and spread worms to unsuspecting users. The problem appeared to be confined to Twitter's old Web interface, and does not affect the...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227074</guid><title><![CDATA[You're 'so coal': Angling to shame Facebook]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/youre-so-coal-angling-to-shame-facebook-227074</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:38:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's not intuitive to have pity for Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old co-founder of Facebook. But lately Mr. Zuckerberg, thought to be the world's youngest billionaire, is facing salvos from all sides -- including green activists.First, the Hollywood writer-producer Aaron Sorkin...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227077</guid><title><![CDATA[Diaspora, the open Facebook alternative, releases its code]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/diaspora-the-pen-facebook-alternative-releases-its-code-227077</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:59:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Thursday Diaspora, a social Web site that hopes to offer an alternative to Facebook, announced that its developers would be allowed to download the code used to build the new service and begin exploring and enhancing the Diaspora software.Diaspora...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227098</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook inches past Google in US: comScore]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-inches-past-google-in-us-comscore-227098</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:37:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[US Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.In August, people spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, comScore said Thursday, about 9.9 percent...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227118</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook gives remote logout to users]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-gives-remote-logout-to-users-227118</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:04:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.To do this, go to "account settings" on your Facebook page and click on "change" next to "account security." There, you'll...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227132</guid><title><![CDATA[MySpace users can now sync posts to Facebook]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/myspace-users-can-now-sync-posts-to-facebook-227132</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:37:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too.That means people on Facebook can see their friends' MySpace items without leaving Facebook. 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Facebook, one of the companies that has flourished on the open Internet, indicated Wednesday that it did not support a proposal by Google and Verizon that critics say...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227201</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook reaches saturation point in Britain]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-reaches-saturation-point-in-britain-227201</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:21:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Social networking website Facebook is nearing its saturation point in Britain and its growth in the country has gone down over the past six months.Britain, however, has the second-largest membership of Facebook in the world, at 25 million. 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It doesn't matter that you're a 20-something and they're tweeting...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227238</guid><title><![CDATA[Facebook and Twitter's new rival, Tumblr]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/facebook-and-twitters-new-rival-tumblr-227238</link><category>Social</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:19:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By now, plenty of traditional media companies have hopped on the social media bandwagon, pumping out news updates on Facebook and Twitter. 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