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Exposing the $369,000 online dating scam

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 10/04/2011 - 05:09

Just how desperately are you looking for love? Unfortunately, for some the answer is all too often all too desperately; to the point where common sense leaps out of the window and is quickly followed by the bank balance.

According to new research by the University of Leicester in the UK, hundreds of thousands of people have already fallen to what is being referred to as the online romance scam.


 

Kanye West and Lady Gaga Invest in Turntable.fm

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 08/04/2011 - 14:41

Here's a move that just might add some sort of legitimacy to music social networking site Turntable.fm. Kanye West and Lady Gaga were apparently part of the


 

Facebook to file for public offering: report

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 06/13/2011 - 08:55

Facebook is set to file for an initial public offering of its shares that could value the popular social networking site at more than $100 billion, financial news channel CNBC reported on Monday.


 

Asian shares up after IPO splash on Wall Street

Newsvine - business  Thu, 05/19/2011 - 21:33

A frothy IPO on Wall Street by social networking site LinkedIn helped lift Asian shares Friday despite mixed signals about the U.S. economy's health.


 

Survey Reveals 62% of SMBs Uses Social Networking in Everyday Bu...

Small Business Trends  Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:00

London (PRESS RELEASE – April 27, 2011) – A survey conducted by Really Simple Systems, Europe’s largest free CRM, cloud CRM and web based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) vendor, has revealed that great swathes of small and medium-sized enterprises are embracing social media as a means of conducting business.


 

Facebook signs deal with Baidu for China joint venture

Topix - Business News  Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:00

According to reports coming out of the press in China, Facebook has struck a deal with Baidu, the largest search engine in the Chinese market, to open a jointly-owned social networking site.

The reports cite anonymous inside sources.


 

Facebook Rents Warner Bros.' 'Dark Knight'

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Tue, 03/08/2011 - 11:55

Social networking site testing 48-hour rental for...


 

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: 'Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg owes u...

Digg - Business & Finance  Fri, 03/04/2011 - 07:25

The Winklevoss twins created a social networking site, but Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook got the glory. They tell Celia Walden about their fight for justice


 

SNAP Launches, Linking in-Store Loyalty Programs to Social Netwo...

Small Business Trends  Sun, 02/13/2011 - 17:00

Pearl River, New York (PRESS RELEASE – February 13, 2011) -SNAP (Social Network Appreciation Platform) launched, creating the first web-based platform to integrate traditional in-store loyalty programs into today’s most popular social media networks.

SNAP is the first platform to bring passive “check- ins” (automatically generated when loyalty transactions occur) to the masses on location-based social networks, like foursquare and Facebook Places.


 

Goldman Sachs limits Facebook private offering

Topix - Business News  Tue, 01/18/2011 - 05:39

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has prohibited U.S. investors from participating in a private offering expected to raise up to $1.5 billion for social networking site Facebook, citing widespread media coverage that could run afoul of securities guidelines.