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• Facebook and Twitter banned by Pa. college

  Harrisburg University provost Eric Darr wants to know if his students can live without Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and other social networks for an entire week.

• JPMorgan Chase's online banking site crashes

  JPMorgan Chase is blaming "technical issues" for an outage to its online banking site that may well be one of the longest outages by a major provider in recent memory.

• Smartphones, other mobile devices boost social networks

  There's mounting evidence that smartphones and mobile devices are increasing the use of social networks and microblogging sites.

• GetUp! uses social media, SMS to boost election campaign

  Political lobby group GetUp! has shared insights into how email, social media and SMS were crucial to the success of its recent election campaign.

• SBS developing ‘personalised experience’ through social media

  SBS is moving towards a more personalised social media experience through developing a Chinese language project that utilises online communities.

• New Yahoo site targets issues in November US elections

  Yahoo's news division has launched a new social-networking site that focuses on policy debates driving November's midterm elections in the U.S., with the site giving users a chance to debate and vote on issues.

• Facebook, Twitter imposters may be outlaws in Calif.

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on a bill passed by state legislators last month would make it illegal to impersonate someone on Facebook or Twitter there.

• Freed journalist tricked captors into Twitter access

  A Japanese journalist freed over the weekend by captors in Afghanistan managed to send two Twitter messages before his release while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.

• Google social media strategy 'absent': Ovum

  Google's recent social media asset buy-up lacks a well-defined strategy, according to Ovum analysts Eden Zoller and Neha Dharia.

• Twitter mobile users up over 60 per cent since April

  Twitter's mobile user base has spiked 62 percent since mid-April, thanks in great part to the release of official Twitter applications for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry phones.

• Twitter-Skeptical CIOs, Come Back!

  Do you tweet? Or are you a Twitter skeptic?

• Twitter API has new third party sign-on method

  Users of obscure third-party Twitter applications may be surprised to find that their apps no longer work, if the app creators of those apps haven't been keeping up with changes in the Twitter API (application programming interface).

• MySpace now talking to Facebook with Sync

  Social network interoperability went up a notch this week with MySpace releasing Sync, an application to post status updates and other content on users' Facebook pages.

• Scam preys on required TweetDeck update

  Scammers are trying to take advantage of the fact that many users will soon have to update their version of the TweetDeck Twitter software.

• Scammers hit Twitter, Facebook, send free iPad spam

  Facebook and Twitter users are complaining about their accounts being compromised and then being used to spam friends with suspicious "free iPad offers."