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Facebook on Monday launched a Web page devoted to staying safe on the Internet.

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This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the myspace website. News Corp. plans a relaunch this year of MySpace, the social network which has been supplanted by Facebook, and will target a younger audience, News Corp.’s head of digital operations said Friday.

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Having trouble with your iPhone? Email Steve Jobs and you might get an answer, though not necessarily the one you’d expect. What else happened this week? The first inklings of Windows 8 leaked onto the InterWebs, at the same time Microsoft killed off a highly hyped product just weeks after its debut. The first trailers [...]

(AP) — Facebook is rolling out a new feature that requires outside applications and websites to tell users exactly what parts of their profiles have to be shared for the apps to work.

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Social media such as Facebook and Twitter or blogging sites have become powerful tools that influence what people buy, online researcher Nielsen said Wednesday, urging business to embrace the trend.

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(AP) — The PTA and Facebook are joining forces to promote Internet safety through a set of tools and resources for kids, schools and parents.

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(AP) — Yahoo Inc.’s latest facelift will include a Facebook touchup.

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(AP) — Kids under 13 aren’t allowed on Facebook, but that hasn’t stopped many of them from joining.

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(AP) — Quelling rumors of a breakup, Facebook and the company behind many of the most popular games on the social network say they’ve signed a five-year partnership that will keep “Farmville,” “Mafia Wars” and “Cafe World” on the site.

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Just because popular social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, encourage members to use their actual identities doesn’t mean people are presenting themselves online the way they do in real life.

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