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Surprised by Today's Facebook Fad? Here's What Two Pink Lines on a Red Background Mean

Gaylord Focker — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:45:51 +0000

I saw a few people -- including George Takei -- add a red and pink logo to Facebook, which I found out to be a new version of the logo that represents the Human Rights Campaign.

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Newstalk Talks to Facebook 'Pot Farm' Game Creators – Part II

John McKay — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:00:55 +0000

Here's part II of our interview with the creators of the fast-growing, and some say controversial, game 'Pot Farm' on Facebook.

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Newstalk 870 Talks to Creator of 'Pot Farm' on Facebook! – Part 1 [INTERVIEW]

John McKay — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:09:04 +0000

After a recent Newstalk 870 story on our website about the Facebook game Pot Farm, we heard from the creators themselves!

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Facebook Is Expecting a $429 Million Tax Refund

John McKay — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:17 +0000

As if Zuckerberg needs more money!

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Do YOU Play Pot Farm on Facebook? 100,000 Others Do!

John McKay — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:55:53 +0000

Move over Farmville, say hello to (cough!) Pot Farm!

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Survey Reveals Americans Feel the Need to Take a Break from Facebook

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:00:39 +0000

Valentine's Day may be in the air, but it seems like there isn't a ton of love for Facebook

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That Facebook Legal Settlement Email You Got Is For Real

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:56 +0000

Over the last week, about 125 million Facebook users in America received an email concerning a legal settlement of a class action suit against the social networking site.

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Facebook Message CEO Mark Zuckerberg for Just $100

The Brad — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:03:40 +0000

Time and time again the rumors about Facebook charging its users for service come up on my news feed. These have been outed as false each time, but that doesn't mean Facebook isn't looking at other revenue streams to cash in on it' social media platform.

Last year, Facebook began 'Facebook Gifts' where you can buy real world gifts for your online friends and also began allowing businesses and users to pay to promote a post for it to be more visibile to others. Now, they are testing out a new pay to message feature. The first test subjects are the Corporate Facebook team, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Flu Near You Map and New Facebook App Can Discover Who Made You Sick

Paul Drake — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:41:53 +0000

The flu is in full force across the country and now you can "follow the flu" and report your own symptoms on the website Flu Near You.

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Technology 2012 Winners and Losers Include Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and More

John McKay — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:19:15 +0000

As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at who won, and lost big-time in 2012. Where did Facebook land? Groupon? Ever heard of LinkedIn? You will.

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What Was YOUR Reaction? Here's What Our Facebook Friends Had to Say

John McKay — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:34:30 +0000

Direct from the Newstalk 870 Facebook page, here are some of your thoughts.

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Selling Something Online? Use Pinterest, Not Facebook — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:45:14 +0000

Marketers all over the world are using social media more and more to sell their products, but new research shows that it may be more advantageous for them to utilize Pinterest rather than Facebook to lure in clientele.

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Can You Be Fired for What You Post on Facebook?

Mike Adams — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:00:51 +0000

Most of us intuitively know that insulting your boss on Facebook is probably not the best idea, but what about other job-related opinions we have? More to the point, can you be fired for posting them?

A recent National Labor Relations Board hearing found that “overly broad” company policies regarding employees' social media activity is unlawful, but not protected by federal labor laws.

Sound a little confusing? Let us help out:

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County Scraps Tsunami Warning Sirens

Pasha Skirko — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:57 +0000

According to Associate Press, Tillamook county officials tell The Oregonian that it plans to do away with its tsunami warning sirens, claiming that the residence will either be alerted by the media or the earthquake

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Facebook Reaches One Billion Users-WOW!

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:00:07 +0000

You know what's cool? One billion users.

OK, now that that's out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world's population.

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Oregon Burglars Used Facebook to Find Victims [VIDEO]

John McKay — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:18:20 +0000

Here's a good reason NOT to splash vacation or travel plans all over social media.

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Yakima Women Victims of Facebook Cyberbullying

John McKay — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:29:37 +0000

Newstalk KIT -- our sister station in Yakima -- along with their news partner KIMA CBS TV recently reported a Yakima Valley-based Facebook page called "509hoesexposed" was bullying local women.

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What's the Biggest Way to Waste Time at Work?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:00:23 +0000

Telecommuters may have some creative ways to while away the day, but at least they’re not shooting the breeze with colleagues — something a new survey finds is the biggest time-waster at work.

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Facebook Stock Drops Below $20 Per Share – Major Investors Bailing?

John McKay — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Facebook has turned out to be not the investment business leaders once thought.

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83 Million Facebook Users Ruled Fake As Stock Falls Below $20 [POLL]

John McKay — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:46:33 +0000

Facebook's shaky stock prices dipped below $20 a share Thursday after the world's largest social network released a report admitting 8.7 percent of its users are fake.

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