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Text messages raise a record $5 million for Haiti earthquake victims

Disaster fundraising has hit a new high using mobile texting and social media. In just 24 hours, the Red Cross has raised more than $5 million for Haiti quake relief efforts, solely through text messages going viral on Twitter and Facebook.  The Red Cross calls it a new record for mobile giving.  People are donating [...]

Facebook fix means less hassle

Next time you get an e-mail from Facebook after someone leaves a comment on your Wall, just reply and hit send.  Facebook went live Wednesday with “reply by e-mail.”  Instead of spending more time logging in and searching for the new comment, photo or update, you can now respond directly by e-mail and the post will automatically [...]

Facebook fellowships

College students have a friend at Facebook.  The big social networking company has a new fellowship program.  Five doctoral students will get tuition and fees, along with a $30,000 stipend.  In exchange, they will help Facebook developers solve technology problems.  To qualify, you must be a Ph.D. candidate, studying fields like internet economics, cloud computing [...]

Mapping social networks

Want to know who’s talking and where? Check out the maps of online communities, web trends and social networks gathered at  Huffingtonpost.com.  They vividly show where Facebook dominates.  The U.S. has 220 million internet users, while China has 253 million.  Tuesday and Wednesday are the busiest on Twitter.   Here’s a sample.