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Facebook adds privacy features

Dec. 2, 2009
Facebook users will soon lose the ability to join a network of friends who live in the same area but will gain the widely desired ability to control who sees every piece of information they post.
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AARP con features entertainment, classes

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- This year's AARP convention in Las Vegas features a Facebook seminar, celebrity guests and an estimated 25,000 participants, organizers said.

Microsoft to work with Facebook, Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. said it had formed partnerships with two social networking Web sites, Twitter and Facebook.

Facebook bows to Canada's privacy demands

OTTAWA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Internet social networking site Facebook agreed to Canada's demand it tighten up its privacy policy, a government official said in Ottawa Thursday.

Facebook expands reach with new deal

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The social networking Web site Facebook will likely expand its online presence with its purchase of social aggregator FriendFeed, The Washington Post reports.

New privacy features coming to Facebook

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A Facebook official says the social networking Web site is implementing new privacy features to protect users in the United States and abroad.

Swahili Facebook Web site started

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet social networking Web site Facebook now has a Swahili version, its promoters say.

Facebook besieged by Koobface virus

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A computer virus dubbed Koobface had been running rampant on the social networking Web site Facebook, U.S. computer experts warn.

Scrabble knock-off removed from Facebook

WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Scrabulous, the Scrabble-like game that was one of the most popular features on Facebook, has been removed from the Internet social networking Web site.

Facebook opens users shopping habits

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Some Facebook users are upset by a new feature on the U.S. site that makes their online shopping habits public, and are organizing online against it.

Facebook starting to nip at MySpace

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (UPI) -- Watch out MySpace, Facebook -- with new applications designed to enhance user experience -- is catching up as the online place for U.S. teens to socialize.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch