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Social Networking triggers generosity-trust chemical in our brains

Interesting read from Fast Company: social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains.

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Over half of social network users post risky information online

Consumer Report released a report stating that over half of social network users post risky information online. The suggestion is to stop using weak passwords, listing full birth dates, ignoring privacy settings and mention of when away from home.
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Religion Finds Home On IPhones, Social Networks (NPR)

Technology is producing a new form of religious interaction that pastors, rabbis and other religious leaders are embracing. There are over two dozen Bible apps for smart phones. And beyond Scripture, people are using gadgets for devotional purposes to enrich their lives.
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Nebraska law to keep sex offenders off MySpace

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill to prevent registered sex offenders from using social-networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook.
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Nokia Opens App Store with Social Networking for Users

Nokia is attempting to make a splash this summer with a new phone and a new app store to go with it. Executives from the Finnish phone maker have been teasing about an application store dubbed Ovi for some time, but this week Niklas Savander, Nokia’s executive vice president of services, told Forbes it will [...]

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Inbox Insider: E-mailers should embrace social media

Social media has been a scary word in the e-mail space since MySpace got big back in 2006. There has been talk that social media would kill e-mail and new channels like Twitter and Facebook will mean the demise of e-mail.
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Last Bytes: A MySpace Music Diagnostic and Prognosis

MySpace Music launched with fanfare six months ago, but it’s been little noticed since. Here are five steps MySpace can take to improve it. [Wired.com ] Facebook by the numbers: profitability next year? [Business Insider ] Just because the Conficker Worm was …
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