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Facebook Friend Risk: The Kweku Adoboli Dilemma

When a name like Kweku Adoboli instantly becomes public, like the UBS trader who allegedly lost the bank $2 billion in unauthorized transactions and who is suddenly a globally hot Internet search item, many turn to the most public source available -- Facebook, the world's largest social network.
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Top 10 Features iOS 5 Copied from Android

Apple’s upcoming operating system, iOS 5, which is going to power iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch next generation boats certain features which are already available with the Android based devices.
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Groupon IPO Back on Track: Report

Groupon seeks to go public in October or November, people familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday, a week after the daily deals website put its IPO on hold for a few weeks as it waited to ride out global market turmoil.
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Facebook Launches the Subscribe Button

Facebook already allows users to “like” public fan pages in order to receive updates in their News Feed, but starting today, Facebook will allow users to subscribe to one another's profiles.
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Twitter Debuts Web Analytics

The popular microblogging service has finally decided to take Tweet and traffic analysis into its own hands. The company will roll out its free analytics platform in the coming weeks.
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Facebook to Delay IPO Until Late 2012: Report

Facebook will delay its initial public offering until the end of next year so employees can focus on developing products for the No. 1 social networking website, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Facebook to Friend Wall Street with IPO in 2012: Report

Facebook won't friend Wall Street late next year by launching its anticipated blockbuster IPO, according to a report. Expected to be one of the largest IPO's in U.S. history, if not the largest, considering recent share share sales of Facebook's private stock have valued the company at more than $60 billion. The world's largest social network, which made friend a household word in terms of Web connectivity, has a reported 750 million global users or more.
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Facebook Unveils 'Smart List', a Road to Facebook+?

In an attempt to beat Google+ Circles and stay on top of everything in the social network market, Facebook on Tuesday debuted Smart Lists - an improved friend lists with which users can customize their lists of friends, define privacy settings and filter the news feed.
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SEC Examines Rules on Raising Private Capital

The top U.S. securities regulator has formed an advisory panel of fast-growing companies and venture capital funds as it reviews whether it needs to update rules on how private companies can access public investors.

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