SOCIAL NETWORKS

Why Google+ Looks, Sounds and Tastes Like 'Facebook Killer'

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Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is clearly disturbed. In an apparent effort to retain Facebook users from exporting their friends lists to Google+ and setting up their online social hub there, Zuckerberg has said the company is set to launch something awesome next week, without divulging what exactly is that awesome something.
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China Blocks Google+ as Fear of Social Networks Persists

China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.
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Cold-blooded Internet censorship: Why is China afraid of Google+?

China apparently lost no time denying its people access to yet another western social networking service. Hours after search giant Google unveiled ambitious social networking service Google+, the Chinese government got the service blocked in the country, according to media reports.
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Google+, love it or skeptical?

Critics share their views on Google's latest social network. Some see a promising future, some are skeptical.
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Apple snubs Facebook for its own social network

Just because Apple couldn't cozy up to Facebook last year doesn't mean that they have no back-up plan for their social network venture. Apple applied for a new patent for what some are calling iDating or iDate.
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HOAX: How bloggers outed Amina creator Tom MacMaster

Liz Henry a blogging veteran who says she has uncovered several sockpuppets like Tom MacMaster's in her career, was instrumental in uncovering the Amina hoax and quite possibly pushing MacMaster to post an apology to the people Amina's words effected.
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Google faces another China-like hurdle in Kazakhstan

A draconian order that requires all .kz domain names, such as google.kz, to operate on physical servers within the borders of Kazakhstan was issued last month by the country's Ministry of Communications and Information.

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