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Aug 10

Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Like Buttons

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook in a Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that the company commercially misappropriated the names and likenesses of minors without parental consent. The plaintiffs are seeking financial restitution for revenues and profits the company and third-parties earned from the alleged charges.In the suit, David Cohen v.

…)And I thought this article was going to be about celebrities with pages who are minors. Amie Rae Shugartthe case is so ludacrise,guess kids will no longer be able to wear logo’d branded shirts, shoes, or anything else. we will have to force all businesses to sell under a no-name brand under the law, especially if the object is to be used by …minors…whats next? forcing Reebok, nike, abercrome, and other major brands to remove their names from clothing and apple, and other tech manufacturers to remove their names from all products used by minors because if they use it their friends will want to use it therefore its advertising to other minors and therefore breaking the law! quippdNot the same thing, since it is not the “name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness” — it is the actual person doing this. Michael BirnholzWhy can’t we all just get along? All kidding aside how come Al Gore isn’t suing everyone since he Invented the …. quippdWhile most of the comments here seem to be against this lawsuit,…

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Aug 10

Social Media in the Eyes of the Beholder [infographic]

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Aug 10

AOL Aims High With Hyperlocal Journalism Project

The initiative, called Patch, launched its 100th local news site on Tuesday. AOL is expanding the program quickly and plans to cover 500 communities by the end of the year. But the company faces competition from well-established hyperlocal sites, and profitability remains to be seen.

…AOL is best known as an Internet service provider, the one that sent out all those promotional CDs back in the ’90s. Now, the company is working to reinvent itself, and as part of that, it is making a big push into hyperlocal journalism with a project called Patch. On Tuesday, it launched its 100th local news site. Patch says it will expand to 500 small communities by the end of this year, but it faces big competition and an uncertain future. Lauren Evans holds a BlackBerry up to her ear as she quizzes a College Park, Md., police sergeant about a recent wave of robberies. She is surrounded not by the buzz of a traditional newsroom but by other customers in Starbucks. Evans says she works “pretty much anywhere” from bagel shops to the curb outside a fire station. She was headed there to ask some questions about a new firetruck but ended up getting a call on another story. Evans describes herself as a one-woman news-producing machine. That’s the typical setup for Patch. It goes into a community with a…

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Aug 10

Disney accused in a lawsuit of spying w/flash cookies

A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges that a group of well-known Web sites broke the law by secretly tracking the Web movements of their users, including children.

…bSiKgesit4Q Like this Reply to this comment 2 people like this comment by sparrowhyperion August 15, 2010 7:33 AM PDT Sounds semi-useful but it doesn’t address the tracking issue. Like this
by drfillgood August 15, 2010 2:15 PM PDT It’s not clear how this software works exactly. How is it encrypted/decrypted, how strong is the encryption? If it’s just using a keyword encryption - I’d guess that’s one of the weak spots. How do you widely distribute the keyword to your friends/family/co-workers/clients without having it fall in the hands of others? It might be possible to safely pass keywords to select friends, but for widely distributed messages such as on Twitter or Facebook, how would you pull that off? Keywords are also prone to dictionary attacks, phishing, and brute force attacks, so it’s useless against an even moderately determined hacker. What I’d really like to see is more public key encryption of emails and messaging services, and it’s integration in free webmail services. Of course you’re…

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Aug 10

Bail out the post office on the big banks’ dime

The U.S. has 307 million people. If each person received an average of just one credit card offer a month and mailed it back to the bank without a signed application, at a cost to the bank of 44 cents postage, U.S.

…Instead, a grassroots bailout — this time, of the post office. This time, paid for by the bailed-out banks. We can do it. Here’s how: From now on, don’t just throw out those credit card offers. Instead, put the paperwork in the “postage will be paid by addressee” envelope (first removing anything with your name on it) and drop it back in the mailbox. You’ve just transferred the cost of mailing that letter from the not-so-needy Chase/Citi/Bank of America to the oh-so-needy USPS. Who needs Robin Hood when we have postage-paid envelopes?

The U.S. has 307 million people. If each person received an average of just one credit card offer a month (most adults get more than that, while children get none) and mailed it back to the bank without a signed application, at a cost to the bank of 44 cents postage, U.S. consumers could transfer $135 million a month from the banks to the Postal Service.

There’s no red tape, no lobbyists to pay off, and no congressional hearings to schedule. Tweet this post…

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Aug 10

EPIX, Netflix Announce Multi-Year Deal For Streaming Movies

EPIX and Netflix, mum yesterday, are now happy to talk. The two companies have confirmed a big, expensive deal which gives Netflix the ability to show the pay TV service’s movies on its streaming video offering.

…not surprisingly, the announcement from the two companies doesn’t mention price, and only describes the pact as a multi-year one. There also seems to be a bit of a hedge in the release, which doesn’t say that Netflix gets all of Epix’s movies just an array of them.
Still, it’s a major move for Netflix (NFLX), and undoubtedly a nice cash infusion for Epix, which has struggled to get carriage deals from traditional cable operators.
As I noted yesterday, this deal may make Netflix more competitive with cable, but it’s not designed to threaten Hollywood’s DVD business. Netflix still won’t be able to get consumers the movies over the Web until they reach Epix’s window, which means they’ll have been available on DVD for some time before that. Epix is owned by three big studios Viacom’s (VIA) Paramount, Lionsgate (LGF) and MGM and none of them want to cut off their disc dollars.
Also important to note that the deal is designed to mollify Epix’s current and would-be cable partners, via another window Netflix…

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Aug 10

When to Buy What: A Helpful Chart

Generally, the time to buy something is when sales of that…

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Aug 10

50 Obvious & Not So Obvious Lessons by 1st time Entrepreneur

Yes, starting a company is difficult. But until you’ve tried it, you really have no idea. Derek Andersen, a former developer for Electronic Arts, quit last year to begin his own endeavor, Vaporware Labs.

…4.
It always takes longer and costs more than you plan.
Do at least one deal per day, no matter how big or small.
No one will understand your great ideas until they see it work.
Don t be afraid to admit mistakes. It can help you move forward.

Check out the full list on Derek’s blog….

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Aug 10

Awesome Infographic Shows Stats For America’s Fortune 500

This is a super cool infographic made by CNN & Fortune 500. It shows in-depth data about where America’s Fortune 500 companies are.

…Fortune 500. It shows in-depth data about where America’s Fortune 500 companies are. I love infographics! Check it out!

America’s Fortune 500 Companies
I found this graphic here: http://www.focus.com/images/view/3855/…

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Aug 10

From Sweden to the US to China. Volvo is Officially Chinese.

It’s official. Ford has announced today that it has completed the sale of Volvo and its related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited.

…its related assets to the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited (Geely).
The total purchase price for Volvo and the assets set forth in an agreement signed back in March was $1.8 billion, including a $200 million note and the balance in cash, with the cash portion subject to customary purchase price adjustments at closing. So far, Geely has issued the note and paid around $1.3 billion in cash to complete the sale.
Under the terms of the sale, Ford will continue to cooperate with Volvo in several areas in order to ensure a smooth transition, but will not retain any ownership in the Volvo business. Ford will also continue to supply Volvo with powertrains, stampings and other vehicle components for an undisclosed period of time, as well as provide engineering support and access to information technology.
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