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Friendfeed Now Has Six New Themes

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Are you using Friendfeed? I hope you do. It’s the next best thing to using Twitter and Facebook for sharing and communicating with your online contacts. In fact, Friendfeed loyalists might even say that Friendfeed is better than both Facebook and Twitter. But that depends on individual preferences though. Anyway Friendfeed has just added several themes to make your profile livelier. [Read more…] about Friendfeed Now Has Six New Themes

AOL’s Truveo Video Search Portal Relaunches

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When we talk about online video, YouTube always comes into our mind first. But the truth is, there are other video sites out there which may not be offering video uploads but could be a great source of finding video contents scattered all around the Internet. One such service is the seemingly underrated video search portal – Truveo. [Read more…] about AOL’s Truveo Video Search Portal Relaunches

EU Tightens Rule on Social Network Privacy

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The European Union is set to implement some operating guidelines for companies and their social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace and others. The new regulation is aimed at ensuring that companies who operate these social networks comply with privacy laws. More particularly, the EU would like to ensure that these sites do not use and distribute personal information divulged by individuals without consent. [Read more…] about EU Tightens Rule on Social Network Privacy

Bloggers Beware: The FTC Would Soon Be Watching Us

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Has blogging became such a profitable business that the FTC is now paying attention as to whether bloggers are getting paid for reviewing products? According to an Associate Press report, the FTC will soon be issuing guidelines stating that the FTC could go after bloggers for failing to disclose that they are being paid for product/service reviews. Now, I’m scared. [Read more…] about Bloggers Beware: The FTC Would Soon Be Watching Us