Social Networking
![Facebook to offer offline gift cards Facebook to offer offline gift cards](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook-cards.png)
Facebook has introduced gift cards to their lineup of offerings.
Beginning today, the social network will let users give friends gifts to ......
![Classic game 'Monopoly' to change one token via Facebook vote Classic game 'Monopoly' to change one token via Facebook vote](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/monopoly-man.png)
Hasbro has announced that one of its iconic 'Monopoly' game tokens will be replaced, via Facebook vote.
Through the new "Save Your Token" ......
![LinkedIn reaches 200 million users LinkedIn reaches 200 million users](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/LinkedIn_200M_users.png)
LinkedIn has reached 200 million users.
The professional social network reached the milestone this week, with members in 205 nations in 19 ......
![Report: MySpace looking to reinvent itself as Spotify, Pandora rival Report: MySpace looking to reinvent itself as Spotify, Pandora rival](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/myspace_music.png)
According to Business Insider, MySpace is trying to raise $50 million in funding so it can re-invent itself as a rival to Pandora and Spotify.
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![FEMA: Try social networks and texting if networks are congested FEMA: Try social networks and texting if networks are congested](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/fema-logo.png)
With Hurricane Sandy picking up strength as it reaches the East Coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has tweeted some advice ......
![Apple shutting down failed Ping music social network Apple shutting down failed Ping music social network](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/ping-dead.png)
Apple has confirmed it will be shutting down its failed Ping service on September 30th.
The company is no longer accepting new members, either.
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![Facebook to finally let you edit comments Facebook to finally let you edit comments](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook 0-logo.png)
After years of user complaints, Facebook has finally given in.
Users can now edit comments they have posted to the site, instead of having ......
![Microsoft buys Yammer for $1 billion Microsoft buys Yammer for $1 billion](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/yammer.png)
Microsoft will be purchasing the business social networking site at an unheralded price.
Yammer, which is little known outside of corporate ......
![Rumor: Apple preparing to kill off failed Ping social network Rumor: Apple preparing to kill off failed Ping social network](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/apple-ping.png)
According to multiple reports, Apple is preparing to kill of its failed Ping music social network.
Ping was launched in September 2010 to ......
![Google tweaks Gmail with better Google+ integration Google tweaks Gmail with better Google+ integration](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/gmail-logo.png)
Google has announced new additions to Gmail this week that will help it better integrate with the Google+ social network.
Full list of the ......
![Facebook IPO fails to impress Facebook IPO fails to impress](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook 0-logo.png)
Despite hype not seen since Google's IPO in 2004, Facebook's debut in the market has failed to impress investors with shares up just 2 percent as of writing.
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![Brazil has second most people on Facebook Brazil has second most people on Facebook](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook 0-logo.png)
According to social media analytics firm SocialBakers, Brazil now has the second largest population on Facebook.
The social networking giant ......
![France will fine you $99,000 for tweeting election data France will fine you $99,000 for tweeting election data](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/french_flag.png)
Until 8PM today, French politicians and citizens are forced to remain quiet, by law, about the presidential race.
The candidates can not ......
![Xbox Live to add Zynga games? Xbox Live to add Zynga games?](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/Zynga-Logo-official-best.png)
According to a recent interview, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus says the company is working on its back-end tech in an effort to get their popular games ......
![Interest in Google+ plummets after promising start Interest in Google+ plummets after promising start](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google-plus_logo_250px_2011.png)
After soaring to a gain of more than 1000 percent when it opened to the public, Google+ traffic has fallen back to earth.
![Privacy groups ask FTC to investigate Facebook for tracking, misleading consumers Privacy groups ask FTC to investigate Facebook for tracking, misleading consumers](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook-spy-giuseppe-centamore.png)
A coalition of US privacy and civil rights groups wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook over alleged deceptive trade practices.
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![Google+ traffic surges as it opens to the public but can they sustain it? Google+ traffic surges as it opens to the public but can they sustain it?](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google-plus_logo_250px_2011.png)
Google+ may not be ready to take on Facebook yet, but traffic to the would be contender for the social networking crown spiked immediately after ......
![Google shuts down Slide just 12 months after purchase Google shuts down Slide just 12 months after purchase](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/google-0-logo.png)
In August 2010, Google confirmed that they acquired Slide, the social networking gaming site created in 2005 by Max Levchin, the co-founder of PayPal.
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![German privacy official bans Facebook like button German privacy official bans Facebook like button](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/facebook-0-logo.png)
Website operators in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein have until the end of September to get remove all Facebook "like" buttons or face ......
![Zynga IPO ready to set records Zynga IPO ready to set records](https://cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/zynga-logo.png)
Zynga, the social gaming behemoth, is filing for an IPO that will value the company at upwards of $20 billion, a new record for "social" media ......
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