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CNET NEWS - Feb 25 - Facebook is getting rid of its @facebook.com e-mail service because nobody really uses it. by Dara Kerr See full article at CNet News See all posts on Facebook...

MASHABLE - Feb 25 - LinkedIn rolled out a Chinese language version of its professional network. LinkedIn already had an English version of the site available in China with ~4M users. The company hopes to ultimately connect ~140M Chinese professionals;......

INDEPENDENT.CO.UK - Feb 24 - WhatsApp plans to add a free voice-calling service to its messaging app this year. WhatsApp has experienced a remarkable rise in usage following Facebook's takeover last week, with another 15M active users taking its total......

TECH CRUNCH - Feb 21 - Swiss startup Threema had doubled its user base in 24 hours. German users probably don’t want to use a Facebook-owned app anymore. But FB promised that WhatsApp wouldn’t change. WhatsApp currently has ~30M users......

CNET NEWS - Feb 21 - To block a member, users select the "Block or report" option from the drop-down menu next to the "Connect" and "Send InMail" buttons. It will disallow both parties to see each other's profile, and......

THE MOTLEY FOOL - Feb 22 - 1. Airbnb - valued at $2.5B in 2013 and expected to keep growing. Venture funding has given Airbnb $120M so far, and the company seems perfectly positioned for a successful IPO. 2. Delivery......

FORBES - Feb 20 - Crushee social network is not about keeping in touch with people you know; it is about meeting and gathering new people into your life. Crushee was founded by Annaliese Nielsen, whose previous successful project was......

BBC.CO.UK - Feb 19 - Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn in cash and shares. It is Facebook's biggest acquisition to date. WhatsApp has ~450M monthly users and is popular with people......

MARKETWATCH - Feb 19 - Facebook stock hit a new high ($69.05). The stock has risen ~25% year-to-date, and has gained ~50% in the last three months. LinkedIn was up 3% at $197.52 after ITG Investment Research said that, based......

REUTERS - Feb 19 - LinkedIn is encouraging all members to generate a steady stream of shareable articles on its "Influencer program," a blogging platform previously available only to businesspeople who were invited to contribute. LinkedIn has viewed the transition......

GLOBAL NEWS - Feb 19 - There are 19M Canadians who access FB at least once a month and 14M who log in every single day, says Jordan Banks, the head of FB Canada. The number of mobile users accessing......

TECH CRUNCH - Feb 18 - In 2012 Helen Spaul created Walnuts which allowed users to create a personalised book of their favourite Facebook memories in under two minutes and buy it. Now, new startup Memeoirs has secured a $300K......

AP - Feb 14 - Two people who are about to enter a relationship share an average of 1.67 posts per day. Then, their FB interactions start to decline, presumably because they are spending more time together offline. Facebook data......

CNET NEWS - Feb 14 - Japanese e-commerce company has paid $900M for Viber, the maker of popular voice and messaging services. Viber allows people to use their mobile numbers in place of usernames, make free calls and send multimedia......

FINANCIAL TIMES - Jan 27 - Google has completed its largest European acquisition to date with the purchase of London based DeepMind for around £300m ($500m.) The company develops powerful learning algorithms by combining machine learning and neuroscience. DeepMind was......

WASHINGTON POST - Jan 27 - CoFoundersLab calls itself “Match.com for entrepreneurs.” Entrepreneurs create profiles, listing their location, business skills and the attributes they are looking for in a co-founder. Members sign up for free, but pay $5/ month to......

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READWRITEWEB - Jan 28 - Any information that wasn't shared on a person’s FB profile simply wasn’t listed. In the past, Facebook has prompted users to fill out work or school information but the request came from Facebook itself, an......

COMPUTERWORLD - Jan 24 - Facebook and Google are using completely different strategies in order to attract and retain social networking users. Facebook is launching and acquiring standalone products to offer users more alternatives to the complex social network, yet......

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