Facebook face-lift features expanded Wall
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SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. is making sweeping changes to the world's largest social networking site, aiming to give users more control and to curb new forms of spam, company officials said late on Sunday. (article 2)
These profiles, which can be organized into tabbed pages, let users share tidbits of their lives with select groups of friends or colleagues. (article 2)
Not one exception? No. The young women in head scarves who patiently explain what can or cannot be done on Friday according to Islam? Absolutely. (article 3)
Ahmad Belal, a 23-year-old medical student who came to the conference from Cairo, about 140 miles away, is one of those particularly enthusiastic users with hundreds of friends. (article 3)
The German company that is the subject of an intellectual property lawsuit from social networking firm Facebook has said the case is without merit. (article 5)
Facebook's complaint, filed in a California federal court, accuses Studivz of copying the look, feel, features and services of Facebook. (article 5)
Central to the redesign, to be unveiled today, is an expanded Wall, the section of a member's personal profile page where friends can leave comments and photos. (article 1)
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Facebook, users, Internet, DVD, MySpace |
Source articles
- Facebook face-lift features expanded Wall (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/21/2008, 404 words)
- Facebook redesign to weed out toxic spam (msnbc.msn.com, 07/21/2008, 632 words)
- In Egypt, a Thirst for Technology and Progress (nytimes.com, 07/21/2008, 412 words)
- The Media Equation (nytimes.com, 07/21/2008, 1053 words)
- Facebook challenges German rival (BBC News, 07/21/2008, 309 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 07/21/2008, 1744 words)
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