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It's a Facebook backlash. Wow, that was quick!
commentary GM cancels an ad campaign, a national opinion poll is vaguely negative, and a co-founder swears off America to avoid taxes right before the long-awaited IPO. Welcome to Facebook's crazy week.
Bing gets social, but it's too quiet in here
Bing gets Facebook social smarts and a great design to find people related to users' searches, but the new engine yields surprisingly sparse social results.
Facebook's latest filing: Insiders are cashing in
The company's latest S-1 Registration Statement reveals that the increase in available shares will come from investors and early shareholders, and not Facebook.
Google's walk-through of Knowledge Graph
Google has created a 500-million-item database of people, places, and things. The results of the effort will start appearing today in search, offering encyclopedic capsules of information on topics.
Google bringing new smarts to search with Knowledge Graph
Search giant builds a 500-million-item database of people, places, and things. Its content will be appearing in your search results starting today.
Lenovo dumps classic keyboard on new ThinkPad laptops
The new T-series ThinkPads offer a host of enhancements over the prior models. But the classic-style keyboard has been jettisoned in favor of the chiclet, or island-style, flavor.
Google Music upsetting users with device-deauthorization rule
A forum posting on XDA-Developers claims Google is now only allowing users to deauthorize four devices per year for its Google Music platform.
Windows 8 Metro apps freshen up for Release Preview
Several of Microsoft's Metro apps will sport changes when the Windows 8 Release Preview debuts next month, says The Verge.
Despite GM's doubts, social ad spending set to soar
According to local-media consulting firm BIA/Kelsey, brands are expected to dramatically increase their social-media spending in the coming years.
GM and its Facebook ads: The knives are out
General Motors spent $10M in Facebook ad money badly and got a lousy response, I'm told by a knowledgeable-but-opinionated person. It's part of a pre-IPO backlash over Facebook's heavy reliance on ads for revenue.
Facebook's IPO: Massive valuation brings business model scrutiny
Questions about Facebook's business model and growth prospects explain why GM ending an ad experiment on the social network has gotten blown out of proportion.
Samsung top cell phone maker, though Apple's no slouch
Samsung is outshining Nokia and Apple in mobile phone sales, but the iPhone maker saw its global market share more than double, says Gartner.
Facebook ups IPO again -- this time with more shares
It will now offer as many as 484.4 million shares of common stock. More shares means the possibility of raising even more cash in this week's IPO -- potentially now up to $18.4 billion.
EU regulators: We'll scrutinize Windows RT browser behavior
The European Commission's competition overseers "will remain vigilant" that Microsoft abides by an antitrust settlement involving Windows and browsers, but leave themselves plenty of wiggle room.
Google Docs facilitates finding facts and doing research
A new feature in Google's word processing program let's users access the Web giant's search function and "with just a couple clicks you can look up maps, quotes, images, and much more."
'Steve Jobs' biography to become Aaron Sorkin movie
It's official: Walter Isaacson's bio on the Apple co-founder is to be adapted into a movie with the screenplay written by Academy Award-winning writer for "The Social Network," Aaron Sorkin.
Thieves allegedly rob Internet cafe, forget to log out of Facebook
In what seems like a particularly enjoyable faux pas, armed thieves in Cali, Colombia, allegedly spend some time on the Web in an Internet cafe and then rob it. They leave a rather obvious digital footprint, however.
Facebook to boost size of IPO by 25 percent
An addition of 85 million shares, which would value the offering at $18 billion, is expected to be revealed in SEC filing Wednesday.
Google said to bring Android to multiple mobile-device makers
In a move to assume more control over apps and sales of cell phones and tablets, the Web giant is rumored to start releasing Android software to several mobile-device makers at once.
Stunning Apple news: Men love Zooey Deschanel
The YouGov Brand Index shows that the minute Apple launched Siri ads featuring Zooey Deschanel (and Samuel L. Jackson), its buzz rating shot past Android's.