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 MySpace allows users to sync posts to Facebook

MySpace users will also be able to share music, videos, game applications, links and photos across both social networking sites.

 See something worth tweeting? Twitter makes it easier

Pressing the button automatically creates a shortened link that appears in a pop-up box tied to the Twitter user's account. A comment can be added next to the link, staying within the 140-character limit of Twitter's messaging service.

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 Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet

Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service.

 Komen for the Cure uses new media to make experience personal

Non-profits and technology: Facebook, Twitter and e-mail newsletters help the breast-cancer charity generate supporters, donations and followers. "We're really looking at technology as a way to reach a global audience," says Marty Holtman, program manager for interactive media for Dallas-based Komen. "You have to make it personal for them."

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 Good U.S. soccer news means whale of a bad day for Twitter

Analysis: All the tweets about the U.S. victory over Algeria in the World Cup crash the Twitter site. You can’t always predict spikes in traffic. And in business, it’s imperative that you be able to handle the unexpected. That’s why cloud-based infrastructures increasingly make sense.

 Twitter settles with FTC in data security dispute

 Twitter plans to shorten Web links in tweets to help users with message length

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 Tweet this: Twitter adds location option to its message arsenal

Twitter is responding to the growing popularity of other Internet services, such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Loopt, that broadcast people's locations. Facebook is expected to join the trend soon, too.

 ‘Be found on Twitter’ – Site offers more ways to connect

To address privacy concerns, Twitter says it won't publicly display e-mail addresses and mobile numbers even if the service gets permission to use the information as search tools.

 Tweet this via Blippy - ‘What are you buying?’

Backed by a co-founder of Twitter, new Web site Blippy asks people to share their spending habits. If you register a credit card with the site, every transaction bought on the card would be displayed to your friends through the service.

What are you buying? Blippy reports it.