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                    [Title] => Facebook buying messaging app WhatsApp for $19B
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Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-20 08:15:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163062 [AuthorName] => Barbara Ortutay [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905143 [Title] => Live action: Twitter grabs Super Bowl spotlight [Summary] =>

Beyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on Twitter during Sunday night's Super Bowl.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-05 10:19:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7108/superbowly.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 807246 [Title] => Lack of trust in Facebook may hold back ad sales [Summary] =>

Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it.

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Facebook is at it again. The social network is tweaking the home pages of its 750 million users, much to the chagrin of some very vocal folks.

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MySpace, the online social hub that's been fighting to stay relevant in the age of Facebook and Twitter, is overhauling its image and its website into an entertainment destination for its mostly younger audience.

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MySpace, the online social hub that's been fighting to stay relevant in the age of Facebook and Twitter, is overhauling its image and its website into an entertainment destination for its mostly younger audience.

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The once-dominant social network MySpace is revamping its home page. It's looking a little more like its more popular and populous rival, Facebook, even as it attempts to set itself apart.

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 NEW YORK (AP) — In Facebook's vision of the Web, you would no longer be alone and anonymous. Sites would reflect your tastes and interests — as you expressed them on the social network — and you wouldn't have to fish around for news and songs that interest you.

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NEW YORK (AP) - The popular online hangout Facebook is revamping its home page and plans other changes so its millions of users can more easily choose the types of information they see. [DatePublished] => 2009-03-05 09:23:54 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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