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Facebook to Launch Location Features Next Month

Facebook’s move into location has seemed inevitable for some time, and it now appears that the company will officially reveal its plans at next month’s Facebook developer conference –- f8. According to The New York Times , the social network will incorporate location in two ways: (1) its own features for sharing location and (2) APIs to let other apps — like Foursquare and Gowalla –- offer location services to Facebook users. Presumably, Facebook will make sure to address privacy issues with its location features — for example, perhaps with settings that allow you to share your location only with a select group of friends. The Times’ report doesn’t detail the specifics of such features, though it notes that the social network updated its privacy policy late last year in preparation for a location launch
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“The Cove” Movie Uses Oscars to Promote Social Media Activism

One of the men responsible for The Cove — 2010 Oscar winner for best documentary — used the Academy Awards stage to promote a web and mobile-based activism campaign tied to the film’s save-the-dolphins subject matter. During the acceptance speech, dolphin activist Ric O’Barry held up a sign saying, “Text DOLPHIN to 44144.” The cameras cut away to the crowd for several seconds — possibly to avoid taking sides on the contentious issue of dolphin hunting. Viewers who caught it and followed the sign’s instructions were subscribed to text updates and plugged into the larger social media campaign for the film and its cause.
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3 Things to Do Before MashBash SXSWi This Sunday Night

MashBash SXSWi 2010, Mashable’s annual event at the SXSW festival in Austin, is less than 1 week away! Here’s a checklist for those wishing to attend: 1. RSVP on Eventbrite and the Facebook event page so your friends know you’re coming. 2. Add yourself to Austin Realtime , our growing directory of attendees and their social networking updates. 3
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How to Make Your Personal QR Code [Cameraphones]

Ever since I installed a barcode-scanning app on my phone, I see QR codes everywhere—so naturally I wanted one of my own. If you're a barcode-scanning fool, the QR code to the left links to my personal web site. Fun! A QR ("quick response") code is a square barcode that makes getting URLs, location coordinates, any text or contact information onto a phone quickly. With a barcode scanner app installed, you just point your phone's camera at the code to read its contents
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Betting On The Oscars? Google Has A Super Simple Docs Template To Use.

Tonight is the 82nd annual Academy Awards . Some people watch the show for the movies. Some watch it for the glamor. And some, watch it to gamble.
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Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked [WARNING]

It seems hundreds of Twitter accounts have started to Tweet out “weight loss” product spam today. Specifically, users who have had their accounts hijacked are Tweeting the message “I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!” and links to diet sites. Our source counts over 200 rogue tweets so far tonight. It’s not just new users getting caught out: famous tech pundit John C. Dvorak (@therealdvorak) got caught up in the attack, and was none too pleased
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Etacts Launches First Implementation of oAuth For Gmail IMAP Accounts

Earlier this week, we reported on a number of new security enhancements that we expect Gmail to launch in the next few days, including oAuth support. It looks like we were right: a small startup called Etacts , which  launched last month, has just implemented oAuth for Gmail IMAP accounts, allowing Etacts to securely tap into your email without the security risks associated with handing over your Gmail password. This appears to be the first public implementation of Gmail IMAP oAuth support. For email services, this is a big deal.  We expect Google to announce support for the new feature more broadly this week.
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Sony Bloggie PM5K Camcorder Review: A Swiss Army Knife That’s Gone Dull [Camcorders]

Sure, it has a ridiculous name, but on paper the Bloggie's got it all—1080p video capture, the ability to switch resolutions and frame rate, plus a lens attachment that lets you record 360-degree videos. Bells and whistles galore. Sony thought adding all these bells and whistles would make a difference. They were— as ever —running late to the pocket-camcorder race, but thought strapping on featured-laden running shoes would help it take on its rivals. Unfortunately, Sony was racing against the Flip Ultra HD (our favorite pocket camcorder ) - a much smaller kid sure, but he'd been around the block many times before and was very streamlined
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3 Crisis Survival Lessons for the Social Media Age

Dallas Lawrence is Chair of the Social and Digital Media Practice at Levick Strategic Communications , the nation’s top crisis communications firm. He blogs on emerging digital media trends and best practices for social media engagement on Bulletproof Blog . Connect with him on Twitter @dallaslawrence . If there was any doubt before last year as to social media’s ability to exacerbate reputation crises, 2009 settled the debate. In just that one year, Domino’s , United Airlines , and Tiger Woods were but a few of the headlining examples that were variously infected by the viral bug.
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Facebook 1.1.0 Update For webOS Looks Gorgeous, Brings Enhanced Inbox and Photo Albums [Palm]

Ooh la la! You can now update to version 1.1.0 of the Facebook app for webOS. It looks great and it brings an enhanced inbox, photo album access, more profile viewing options, events, and search. Finally! According to Palm, this is the breakdown of the new features: Enhanced Inbox – Now, your inbox lets you compose, send, and reply, so you can always access your Facebook messages. Photo albums – Now you can view photo albums from all your friends, not just the photos in their news feeds.
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