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Tagged.com settles with N.Y., Texas over privacy

Nov. 9, 2009
The social-networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of about 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. Cuomo...
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Natural historians use social network

LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- British scientists say an Internet social networking tool meant to advance the science of natural history has generated responses from 1,100 registered users.

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.

Cuomo targets networking site for spam

ALBANY, N.Y., July 11 (UPI) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says the social networking Web site Tagged.com uses deceptive e-mail marketing practices and invades privacy.
Teen Web networking thriller in the works

Teen Web networking thriller in the works

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Dimension Films says it is developing an untitled thriller based on an original idea from U.S. actress Sara Rue and her producing partner Robert Green.

Muslim cleric decries Facebook

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 31 (UPI) -- A Saudi woman's alleged death at her father's hands has been cited by a Muslim cleric in his criticism of the Internet social networking site Facebook.

Teens give up Facebook for lent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christian teens and young adults are replacing fatty foods or meat with social networking Web sites as the thing they prefer to give up for for Lent.

Beliefnet launches social-networking site

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Beliefnet has launched a social-networking service intended to bring together religious devotees, spiritual leaders and faith groups, the U.S. Web site said.

Minogue launches social network site

LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Australian pop singer and former TV star Kylie Minogue has established her own Web-based social networking site so she can connect with fans, Variety.com said.

IBM's 'business-grade' social networking

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. computer giant IBM Corp. Monday unveiled social-networking software like MySpace, YouTube, and Flickr, but for corporate use. IBM's Lotus Connections, which IBM dubbed "business-grade social computing," lets business people post personal profiles abo

News Corp.gains control of MySpace.com

NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. media giant News Corp. has agreed to pay $580 million in cash for the majority owner of the wildly popular social-networking site MySpace.com.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler