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Tech Shorts – August

Gaga for Gaga
Lady Gaga became the first living person to crack the 10 million friends mark on Facebook, overtaking US President Barack Obama. Only five others have ever have overtaken the famed musician, however not one of them are alive. Michael Jackson; Texas Hold’em Poker; The Family Guy TV show ; online game ‘Mafia Wars’ and Facebook itself have exceeded the 10 million quota.

FB Nipple Controversy
Doll’s nipples have landed Facebook in a scandal, having had to apologise to Sydney jeweller after censoring images with a nude porcelain doll her wares. The social networking site admitted they had made a mistake in removing Victoria Buckley’s images after sending her several warning notices for publishing ‘inappropriate content’. The high-end jewellery store said she had never received a complaint about the dolls before posting the images on her Facebook fan page.

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Fabulis Darling
Geocities founder David Bohnett has invested US $250,000 into the new gay networking platform Fabulis. The openly-gay entrepreneur said he became interested in the site after using it, Fabulis CEO Jason Goldberg told Venture Beat. Fabulis initially charged members for its LGBT-focused directory service but quickly found that other sites offered the same free-of-charge and has since reviewed it.

Benn Dorrington

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