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Article | 20/03/2009 Google adds Gmail previews, links to Analytics for admins

Google rolled out enhancements to Gmail Wednesday, including the ability to preview some Web links within messages and a new feature that lets Google ...

Article | 19/03/2009 MySpace enhances data portability system

MySpace will enhance its data portability system on Wednesday with new features for both members and application developers, the latest move by a soci...

Article | 17/03/2009 Facebook lets members make profile elements wide open

Facebook on Monday made it possible for members to lift privacy access controls from certain elements of their profiles, so that anyone on the social-...

Article | 16/03/2009 Yahoo app lets people share location on Facebook

Yahoo released on Friday an application that lets Facebook members share their physical location with those on their list of friends.

Article | 12/03/2009 eBay CEO pledges more hands-on market

In a reprise of his pledge to change a little over a year ago, eBay CEO John Donahoe reiterated on Wednesday that the company must adapt to new e-comm...

Article | 11/03/2009 Gmail down; outage could last 36 hours for some people

Google's Gmail e-mail service is down for an undetermined number of users, and while the outage has been partially fixed, some people could be locked ...

Article | 7/03/2009 Facebook adds chat to apps, foresees adoption jump

Applications created for the Facebook platform can now feature live chat, a capability the company foresees will not only make programs more appealing...

Article | 4/03/2009 Facebook to revamp its Pages service for advertisers

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will announce on Wednesday a major upgrade to the company's Pages service, which lets advertisers create profiles on the ...

Article | 26/02/2009 IDC forecasts first U.S. ad spending contraction since 2001

More bad news for advertising-supported Internet and media companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and MySpace: IDC is predicting that online ad spendi...

Article | 26/02/2009 Facebook to improve how members discover applications

Less than two years after Facebook opened its Web site to external developers, more than 52,000 applications have been created, a volume that is promp...

Article | 24/02/2009 AOL's Bebo social network to gain lifestreaming features

AOL's Bebo social-networking site will gain features for lifestreaming, an increasingly popular type of online service that lets people broadcast freq...

Article | 23/02/2009 Facebook preps comments widget for data portability service

Facebook has extended the functionality of its Connect data portability service with a widget application that lets Web publishers add comment boxes t...

Article | 19/02/2009 Judge dismisses Google Street View case

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania family against Google after the company took and posted images of the outside of their house i...

Article | 12/02/2009 Yahoo adds BOSS API, fees for service level

Yahoo is enhancing its service for building custom search engines with access to structured data, and is also introducing fees for using BOSS (Build y...

Article | 10/02/2009 Facebook opens new APIs for app platform

External developers' applications can now access a wider range of information posted by Facebook members on the social-networking site.