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The New Facebook Movie Trailer: As Melodramatic As An Emo Kid's MySpace Page

The New Facebook Movie Trailer: As Melodramatic As An Emo Kid's MySpace Page

The second trailer for The Social Network, an upcoming film about the founding of Facebook, is now live, and it’s even more melodramatic than the actual website.

 

Ominous, Dark Knight-esque music scored by Nine Inch Nails’s Trent Reznor? Check.


A cacophony of overwrought, dramatic acting sped up to sound much more intense? Check.


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Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

In the age of Twitter, nothing remains a secret for very long. Nothing.

 

Citing a very credible source, Kevin Rose, the founder of the ever-popular news aggregator Digg, tweeted over the weekend that Google was preparing a Facebook competitor called "Google Me." The post itself disappeared shortly after, leaving many questioning its validity, b...

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App Store Finds: Import Facebook Photos onto your iPhone

App Store Finds: Import Facebook Photos onto your iPhone

If your contacts list is looking a little drab these days and you happen to be a Facebook fiend, you should really check out the iPhone app, Photo Phonebook. There's something really satisfying about having a photo display when someone calls you. Of course, this is something phones have been doing for years but there's something about the way th...

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What Your Facebook Profile Picture Says About You

What Your Facebook Profile Picture Says About You

When it comes to Facebook activity, any seasoned veteran will tell you that the most difficult choice you have to make after logging in isn't what pictures to de-tag, what girls from home to poke, or what applications to add (ironically, adding "Are YOU Interested?" will actually make girls less interested in you). First impressions, both in re...

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5 Types of Users You Will Meet on Facebook

5 Types of Users You Will Meet on Facebook

 
If you're like me you remember the good ol' days of Facebook when it was a social network for college students and only college students. Those days are long gone as Zuckerberg and Co. opened the gates to anyone and built up one of the largest social networks on the internet. With the influx of Facebook users over the years, you've no doubt ru...

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The Apocalypse Is Nigh: Facebook To Sell User Data To Big Businesses

The Apocalypse Is Nigh: Facebook To Sell User Data To Big Businesses

First, Facebook encroached on our privacy with the implementation of the all-seeing, all-knowing friend feed. Then, they introduced Facebook chat, which was little more than a direct means for would-be stalkers to contact us and know when we’re perusing the website. And soon, they will use our private data to help companies gear marketing survey...

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Man Kills Wife For Changing Facebook Status to 'Single', Receives Life In Prison

Man Kills Wife For Changing Facebook Status to 'Single', Receives Life In Prison

In the age of online social networking, our personal lives have become increasingly more transparent to the outside world—whether we like it or not.

 

On Facebook, the friend feed, the ever-expanding thread outlining your friends’ online activities, allows us to keep tabs on everyone we know with minimal effort. If someone enters into a relation...

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Let Facebook Status Generator Do The Work For You

Let Facebook Status Generator Do The Work For You

Facebook statuses say a lot about a person. Your level of coolness is directly related to that handful of words behind your name on your profile.

 

 

Are you nursing a hangover indicating your amazing ability to party hard? Are you off playing a macho sport and showing off your buffness and athletic ability? Are you supporting your politician p...

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Man Challenges Facebook's War on Nipples

Man Challenges Facebook's War on Nipples

Back in December, Facebook came under fire for removing pictures of young mothers breastfeeding their children, claiming that such photographs violated the site’s Terms of Service.

 

While Facebook made it clear that breastfeeding was officially banned, they remained a bit vague and tight-lipped on the subject of nipples in general.

 

Naturally,...

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Facebook Highlight of the Week: Lily Allen and Katy Perry Feud

Facebook Highlight of the Week: Lily Allen and Katy Perry Feud

Here in the U.S. we know Katy Perry as that “I Kissed a Girl” girl and Lily Allen as that British Britney-Spears-esque mess. But across the pond, they are bona fide pop stars who really don’t like each other.
 

The latest battle began when Perry referred to herself as “a skinnier version of Lily Allen.” You don’t call Lils fat and get away with ...

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