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Facebook apologises and makes changes to Facebook Ads

Facebook apologises and makes changes to Facebook AdsSocial network Facebook promises to make changes to its controversial advertising system Beacon, amid uproar from users regarding their privacy.Beacon is a part of Facebook Ads, that was introduced to an audience of advertising experts in New York...

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Facebook founder announces changes to advertising tool Beacon

Facebook founder announces changes to advertising tool BeaconThe 23 year old chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologised via the company blog for the release of their controversial advertising system, Beacon.Beacon is a part of Facebook Ads, a new advertising model that was introduced o...

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Facebook founder apology over ads

Facebook founder apology over adsThe founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users for the way it launched a social advertising system.  Called Beacon, the system tracks web shopping on partner sites outside Facebook and then sells advert...

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Logged in or out, Facebook is watching you

Logged in or out, Facebook is watching youResearchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controve...

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Send virtual gifts on Facebook through Needdit and Amazon

Send virtual gifts on Facebook through Needdit and AmazonSend virtual gifts on Facebook through Needdit and AmazonSnimple launch Needdit, social shopping application for Facebook that catalogues Amazon US productsApplication development company Snimple has launched its new social shopping application fo...

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Web 2.0 genealogy site Geni.com aims to become 'digital scrapbook'

Web 2.0 genealogy site Geni.com aims to become 'digital scrapbook'Genealogy networking site, Geni.com has today announced they want to become a "digital scrapbook" for families.  To do this, Geni.com have launched two new features, Timelines and Family News.Geni's CEO David Sacks says, "The most important e...