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Last month, we reported that Facebook was transitioning from application notifications to e-mail notices . Today, the Facebook Developer blog has added further information about this new method and announced that as of March 1, 2010, app notifications... 

If you’re one of the many searching for footage of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau (who was killed by Tilikum the whale during a show), be warned: You could be vulnerable to viral attack, or, at the very least, a Rickroll . Ever since the tragic... 

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman has just released a passionate statement denying all wrongdoing on Yelp’s part, addressing a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday that purports that Yelp is running an “extortion scheme.” In the statement,... 

Somewhat quietly, myYearbook remains one of the most popular social networking sites, with 20 million members and a place in the top 30 most trafficked websites in the U.S. Now, the site is publicly disclosing some of its financials. According to CEO... 

Do you frequently make bad-decision texts — the kind of texts that likely show up on Texts From Last Night ? Well, then, you should probably download TigerText, a new iPhone app that will let you delete those digital mistakes from another person’s... 

The European Union’s Data Protection Working Party has given an express order to Google: Ditch Street View images taken in the UK after six months. Computerworld reports that the working party found Google’s current 12-month retention time... 

While NBCOlympics.com has a really cool Twitter Tracker , much of its online strategy for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver has left much to be desired. In addition to not airing events live to people on the West Coast, the network has made... 

The guessing game surrounding Twitter’s imminent launch of an ad platform just got a little bit more focused. The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital blog reports that Twitter’s ad plan is tied to Twitter search (and third-parties that use... 

Besides being the most awkwardly named mobile operating system ever, Symbian^4 (that’s the official name) is also a very important step for Nokia, who (although Symbian still dominates the worldwide smartphone market) has been struggling to make...