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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook in Privacy Breach — Top-Ranked Applications Transmit Personal IDs, a Journal Investigation Finds — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the F8 developer conference this spring. — Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc …
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Jeremy Lizt / Rapleaf:
Referrer URLs and Privacy Risks — The Wall Street Journal's recent article in the “What They Know” series discussed the problem of Facebook IDs being passed to ad networks. This is a serious potential privacy risk - and most Facebook applications are impacted by this issue.
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Digits
Mike Vernal / Facebook Developer Blog:
Using Facebook UIDs — We take user privacy seriously. We are dedicated to protecting private user data while letting users enjoy rich experiences with their friends. This more social Web will only occur if users trust that they are in control of their information.
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Developer Love: Facebook Shuts Down LOLapps
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Mashable!, VentureBeat, Gamezebo and Inside Social Games
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why Groupon Is No Ebay — Chicago-based Groupon is certainly one heck of a startup. Like Zynga it sort of came out of nowhere in 2009. Even last December I was sort of only vaguely aware of how fast it was growing. — But it was clear by early 2010 to the whole world that Groupon was on a tear.
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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Intel, Microsoft, and the curious case of the iPad — “That tablet thing? Yeah, we'll get back to you on that.” That's a crude but fairly accurate encapsulation of the attitude Microsoft, Intel, and Advanced Micro Devices have toward the iPad and the tablet market in general. — Why the cavalier attitude?
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
A Renewed Mark Zuckerberg — If you've seen Mark Zuckerberg speak at some point over the past few weeks, you've probably noticed something different about him. It's not that he's just more charismatic, but for the first time it appears as though he feels comfortable in his own body while speaking on stage.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg On Facebook's Strategy For China (And His Wardrobe)
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Gawker, Inside Facebook, Gizmodo, NewsGrange, winandmac.com, VentureBeat and ReadWriteWeb
Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal:
On Apple and Its (Enviable) Problems — Oh, to have Apple Inc.'s kind of problem. While consumer confidence remains weak, the strength of Apple's quarterly results Monday will depend largely on how fast it has been able to meet demand for products such as iPhones and iPads.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
300,000 Apple apps? Not so fast! — The iOS App Store is large and dynamic market place, and measuring its size can be tricky — On Sept. 1, Steve Jobs announced that there were more than 250,000 apps to choose from in Apple's (AAPL) App Store. — On Saturday, two websites …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Apple's App Store crosses 300,000 apps
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The Next Web, IntoMobile, Boy Genius Report, I4U News and Gadgetell
Thomas Joseph / Boy Genius Report:
Angry Birds for Android gets over 1 million downloads in 1 day — There is no denying the Angry Birds phenomenon. Rovio Mobile, the developers behind the multi-platform Angry Birds app, have just announced a staggering stat — over 1 million Android downloads in 1 day.
Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Offer Media Links — Yahoo Inc. plans to mimic a strategy used by rival Facebook Inc. to help drive traffic to its site, people familiar with the matter said. — The Sunnyvale, Calif., company soon will roll out a feature called Y Connect to allow media publishers …
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
The Facebook Money Machine — This year, Facebook will make about $1.5bn in advertising revenue. On average, this is about three dollars per registered user, a figure that is significantly higher for the 50% of the social network's population that logs in at least once a day.
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google's First Personalized Doodle — Google found a nice way to wish you Happy Birthday. If you visit Google's homepage when you are signed in and it's your birthday, you'll see a special doodle that links to your Google profile. When you go to your profile, you'll find colorful confetti …
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Search Engine Land and The Official Google Blog
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent:
News Corp. Tries Fox.com, Hulu As Pawn In Retrans Battle With Cablevision — Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) internet customers lost access to Fox.com and Fox programming on Hulu for a time Saturday afternoon—the result of a misguided effort on News Corp.'s part to cut off online viewing as an alternative …
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Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
What Was Fox' Hulu Blackout Really All About?
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