Facebook Places Designer Any Foursquare Logo Similarities Were Not Intentional

In response on to a question on Quora yesterday afternoon about why the Facebook Places logo looks like it contains a four in a square, Facebook Design Strategy lead Aaron Sittig confirms our belief that any similarities between the two logos the two were accidental.

We sure got a laugh from the news stories, but could only wish wed been so clever.

You know whats cool? That I seriously do post these things to get people to laugh (and think). Ru

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http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/facesquare-logo-not-intentional/

Facebook Partnership Is Proven by 3000 Check Lawyer Says

The western New York man suing over claims he owns 84 percent of Facebook Inc. has a copy of a $3,000 cashier's check that may support his contract claim against the company and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-17/facebook-claimant-ceglia-says-he-has-copy-of-2003-check-to-mark-zuckerberg.html

Facebook nears saturation point in UK

Facebooks growth in the UK has waned over the last six months, suggesting that the social network is nearing saturation point, according to new statistics.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7936738/Facebook-nears-saturation-point-in-UK.html

Will Facebook Ever Be Replaced

Much to its credit, Facebook (which may not even qualify as a start-up any longer) has stood firm in the rapid river that is the modern social web and has grown into one of the most powerful web properties online.

Could it be that Facebook has found a unique formula that protects them from obsolescence and makes it irreplaceable?

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http://www.flowtown.com/blog/will-facebook-ever-be-replaced

30 Under 30 Americas Coolest Young Entrepreneurs

Past 30 Under 30 winners have included Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Aaron Patzer of Mint.com, and Tom Szaky of Terracycle.

See which up and coming entrepreneurs will be household names a few years down the line.

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http://www.inc.com/30under30/2010/

Zuckerberg Facebook is the most engaging site ever built

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a rare visit to London this week, introducing the UK Facebook Developers Garage and discussing his thoughts about what makes Facebook so popular.

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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/zuckerberg-facebook-is-the-most-engaging-site-ever-built-697961

Facebook is just the first step say Russians

The Russian investment vehicle that bought a $200m stake in Facebook last year
is preparing to buy stakes in dozens of well-known internet companies as
Russia turns to the internet to lead its future prosperity.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7753692/Facebook-is-just-the-first-step-say-Russians.html

Quit Facebook Day Wants Users To Leave

As controversy swells around Facebook's latest changes to its privacy policy--which is now longer than the Constitution and offers some 50 settings and over 170 options--users'; interest in deleting their Facebook accounts has soared.

A group of dissatisfied Facebook users have teamed up in an effort to organize a mass, coordinated exodus fr

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/15/delete-facebook-account-q_n_576956.html

Students Raise More than 100000 for Facebook Alternative

Four New York University students have a vision to build Diaspora, an open source personal web service that will put individuals in control of their data,� or essentially the anti-Facebook.

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http://mashable.com/2010/05/13/diaspora/

Why Doesnt Facebook Look Like This

As you may be aware, tomorrow, Facebook kicks off its big f8 developer conference in San Francisco.

We'll be there to cover what's going on, but it looks like a lot of the information is already out there -- Inside Facebook, All Facebook, and GigaOM have good write-ups of what we can likely expect. We've previously reported on a bunch of these poss

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http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/21/facebook-design/

Facebook vulnera las directrices de privacidad europeas

Las autoridades de protecci�n de datos de Alemania han iniciado un proceso contra Facebook por su �ltimo procedimiento de cambio de la configuraci�n de privacidad de datos.

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http://www.marketingdirecto.com/noticias/37615-facebook-vulnera-directrices-privacidad-europeas

Las seoras invaden Facebook

La �ltima moda de Internet, re�rse de los t�picos de las mujeres mayores, se ha convertido en un corto que triunfa en la red

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http://www.lavanguardia.es/internet-y-tecnologia/noticias/20100129/53879347461/las-senoras-invaden-facebook-benedicto-xvi-navidades-internet-madrid-lidl-papa-mas.html

Hoax Falso virus de Facebook que instalaras por informarte

PandaLabs acaba de anunciar de urgencia de una falsa alerta de virus que se est� produciendo en redes sociales como facebookFacebook

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http://www.elblogmasfamoso.com/2010/01/hoax-falso-virus-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-740

Maltrato de animales en Facebook

Deseamos y esperamos que a la publicaci�n de esta noticia; el video titulado: El verdadero gato volador (se pod�a visualizar en este link: video)

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http://www.facebooknoticias.com/2010/01/28/maltrato-de-animales-en-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-13059

Hacerse fans en facebook

La primera vez que entr a facebook, motivado por la cantidad de gente que lo usaba en EEUU y otras partes del mundo, tard dos minutos en cerrar la ventana.

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http://thatstheway-itis.blogspot.com/2010/01/hacerse-fans-en-facebook.html

Si tienes muchos amigos en Tuenti o Facebook podras tener un problema legal

La Agencia Espa�ola de Protecci�n de Datos entiende que si el usuario de una red social tiene un alto n�mero de contactos, o tiene su perfil sin restricciones de privacidad, ser�a un motivo para que a ese usuario se le aplicase todo el rgimen de la Ley Org�nica de Protecci�n de Datos y, por ejemplo, tuviera que pedir el consentimiento individualizado para subir fotograf�as de terceros en su perfil.

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http://www.samuelparra.com/2010/01/20/tienes-muchos-amigos-tuenti-facebook-podrias-tener-problema-legal/

Facebook ya no quiero ser tu amigo

El xito de Facebook, Twitter y dem�s comienza a resquebrajarse: sus fieles est�n dejando de serlo y, con claros s�ntomas de hast�o, la moda ahora es quitarse amigos virtuales (e innecesarios) de encima.

Source:
http://www.larazon.es/noticia/9699-facebook-ya-no-quiero-ser-tu-amigo

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook La Edad de la Privacidad ha terminado

Mark Zuckerberg ha reconocido que si tuviera que volver a crear Facebook hoy, los datos de los usuarios ser�an por defecto p�blicos y no privados, como lo han sido durante a�os hasta el controvertido cambio en la pol�tica de privacidad de Facebook del mes de Diciembre 2009.

Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.es/entrevistas/facebook-la-edad-privacidad-ha-terminado/

Facebook es una chorrada exhibicionista

Ha ganado el Premio Josep Pla con Egosurfing, una novela sobre las relaciones que genera Internet.

C�mo naci� el libro?

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http://www.publico.es/culturas/283815/facebook/chorrada/exhibicionista

Facebook ataca los sitios que permiten suprimir sus perfiles

Facebook ha bloqueado el acceso a su red social de un sitio, Internet Suicide Machine que permit�a a sus internautas suprimir su perfil de la popular red social.

Esta medida se suma a otra parecido emprendida por Facebook contra Seppukoo.com por idnticas razones.

Source:
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/tecnologia/Facebook/ataca/sitios/permiten/suprimir/perfiles/elpeputec/20100105elpeputec_7/Tes