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- Obama sends FY2013 budget proposals to Congress
- Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India
- Queen and duchess to team up for 2 events
- Judge: Sandusky can see grandkids, have local jury
- US to support UN rights resolution on Sri Lanka
- New York-bound plane diverted to Labrador
- Schiphol airport reopens after bomb threat
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February 07, 2012
And just like that, a star is born.
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
February 05, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
February 02, 2012
HANOI, Vietnam - When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw "Killer with a Festering Head" on someone's smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too. Though Vietnam's censors had yanked it from stores, finding a digital copy wasn't exactly hard.
February 01, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook, the social network that changed "friend" from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004.
Commit to organ donation with Facebook app
January 31, 2012
A Sudbury-based company launched a new Facebook application Monday to help raise awareness about organ donation after high-profile figures, such as Justin Bieber, highlighted the issue through social media.
Twitter CEO says blocking policy over-distilled
January 30, 2012
DANA POINT, Calif. - Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm the global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy on Monday, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the same kind of shorthand that has made Twitter popular.
Video: Twitter's awful recruitment video wants you and your droll wit
January 30, 2012
An obsolete arcade game! Your very own computer! A strangely minimalist approach to playing Settlers of Catan!
Video: Bieber gives Hélène 16.5 million reasons to smile
January 23, 2012
Now that Justin Bieber tweeted to Ottawa’s Hélène Campbell over the weekend, the 20-year-old is wondering what to do next with her organ donation awareness campaign as she waits for new lungs in Toronto.
Video: Sick Barrhaven girl wants you to tweet a message to Bieber
January 19, 2012
A 20-year-old Barrhaven woman in need of a lung transplant is hoping a Twitter appeal to Justin Bieber on Thursday will spread word about the need for organ donation.
Clement apologizes for calling teen a ‘Jack ass’
January 10, 2012
Treasury Board President Tony Clement has apologized for insulting a 15-year-old boy during a Twitter spat over spelling mistakes.
Video: Canadians star in YouTube's 2011 zeitgeist
December 20, 2011
They like us, they really like us. "They" being YouTube users and "us" being the more creative Canadians who raked in millions of views this year.
Twitter's digital swear jar raises cash for charity
December 20, 2011
Do you like to tweet with a grain of salty language? Then a new website would like to send you a bill.
Your past rears its ugly head on Facebook
December 20, 2011
Everybody hates change, especially us over-entitled Facebook users.
UFC president called a bully after Twitter ‘trash talk’
December 09, 2011
Bullying is bad and you shouldn’t do it, UFC fighters told Toronto students at a recent Rogers Centre event. Maybe Dana White, the Las Vegas-based president of the mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship, didn’t get the message.
Facebook page supporting Alberta man accused in baby daughter's death taken down
December 08, 2011
RED DEER, Alta. - A Facebook page supporting a central Alberta man charged in the death of his four-month-old daughter is no longer online.
Canada's top Facebook status updates for 2011
December 07, 2011
TORONTO - An obscure online acronym, an indie horror film, and a producer some music fans love to hate are among the more surprising topics popular with Canadian Facebook users in 2011.
Did daddy disapprove of @PaulinaGretzky?
November 29, 2011
Paulina Gretzky, the daughter of Wayne Gretzky, loves a night out with her BFFs in Los Angeles.
Turns out T.O.’s a nice city in love with Bieber
November 25, 2011
The tbk Creative group, a web design and social media agency, analyzed tweets that had the word Toronto or the hashtag Toronto to see what people were saying over a 30-day period from Oct. 7 to Nov. 5.
All atwitter over Twittens
November 24, 2011
Two years ago, Lincoln McCardle was a part-time Western student tired of freezing his fingers on cold winter days.
Federal government issues guidelines for staff use of social media
November 22, 2011
OTTAWA - The federal government has hit the like button on social media.
NDP MP Pat Martin's Twitter tirade takes off
November 17, 2011
Winnipeg Centre NDP MP Pat Martin unleashed a string of cuss-laden tweets Wednesday night, dropping a few f-bombs, one of them a not-so-subtle suggestion to a fellow Twitter user.
Social media invades the workplace
November 07, 2011
Checking your Facebook or Twitter feed from the office? Maybe you’re not allowed to, but experts say it’s increasingly difficult for employers to enforce policies that disconnect workers from social networks.
Putting your best Facebook forward
November 07, 2011
Should work be all about face time with the boss, or is the occasional Facebook chat with a friend OK? We polled 413 Metropolitan Panellists from across Canada on their views on social media in the workplace. This is what they told us.
Quickest way to be unfriended? Post an ad, says expert
November 07, 2011
Want to be un-friended on Facebook? Want to go from followed to unfollowed on Twitter? No? Then stop regularly self-promoting your job or business from your social media account.
Would you show it to your Gran?
November 07, 2011
Wow. That was some party. Great pics, too. So what did grandma think of them? Before you post anything too personal to Facebook or Twitter, heed an expert’s advice.
Facebook: Not so bad for grades?
October 25, 2011
Updating your status, “liking” your friends’ photos and sharing videos don’t really seem like activities that are all that academic.
The online world reacts to Steve Jobs' death
October 06, 2011
The death of Apple's visionary leader Steve Jobs has sparked the biggest online reaction of any event in history, as Twitter figures are set to top 10,000 tweets per second.
Mexican 'Twitter terrorism' case on the verge of collapse
September 14, 2011
The case brought against two Mexicans accused of "Twitter terrorism" is at the risk of collapsing after their lawyer questioned the expertise of those investigating the charges.
Ford losing fans on social media sites
September 07, 2011
As far as Twitter is concerned, Rob Ford is the worst.
Social media: Canadians mourn the death of Jack Layton
August 22, 2011
Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton died this morning after a second battle with cancer, and Canadians swiftly took to social media to remember the Opposition Leader.
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