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While adding free Internet games to your blog, website or social networking profile is a great way to increase traffic, webmasters must be careful in choosing their content.
Fog.com's Black House game featuring President Barack Obama is no exception.
With title play on the president's race and repeated effigies to the Klu Klux Klan, this is one video game you don't want to embed on your site! Read more about Black House.
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Resolving litigation regarding privacy concerns, Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million in a class action lawsuit after the company connected Gmail users to its Google Buzz social network without notice.
Litigants said Gmail users were set to auto-follow any other Gmail user they email or sent Gtalk IMs to on the Google Buzz network. Google Buzz allowed users to set status messages and keep in contact with multiple friends at once in a social network setting.
The $8.5 million "Common Fund" will benefit "organizations focused on Internet privacy policy or privacy education," according to Forbes, less up to 30 percent in legal fees charged by the class lawyers.
--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM
While much of the U.S. is abuzz about today's 2010 midterm elections, Facebook and Foursquare are two social networks advocating voter participation today ahead of tonight's results.
On Facebook, users are invited today to search for their polling place using Facebook's Polling Place Locator. Upon voting, users can add their very own voter badge from the News Feed, as illustrated below:
On Foursquare today, users can unlock a special 'I Voted' badge when you check-in at a polling location.
Badges and social networks aside, I hope you will get out, do your civic duty and vote.
--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM
In its bid to surge back into relevance, MySpace has introduced a new re-design preview turning its social network by and large into headquarters for entertainment trends.
With greater focus on MySpace Music, film trailers, and becoming a clearinghouse for popular culture, the new MySpace offers a brand new look, logo, and feel.
But, will it hit Facebook's popularity? Hit me up in comments and make sure to check out the new MySpace redesign preview.
--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM
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