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Yahoo IP lawsuit: We patented "Facebook's entire social network model"

ARS Technica: "Facebook's entire social network model, which allows users to create profiles for and connect with, among other things, persons and businesses, is based on Yahoo!'s patented social networking technology," Yahoo claims in the lawsuit, filed yesterday in US District Court in Northern California. "Prior to adopting Yahoo!'s patented social networking technology in 2008, Facebook was considered one of the worst performing Internet sites for advertising. Facebook's use of that social networking model has reportedly dramatically driven up Facebook's advertising click through rates."

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fatstarr4419d ago

some of these patents are a joke.

heres my patent for 7 wires touching each other and making a star.
-_-

there needs to be a change in the way technology patents are handed out

vague patent # 39i5924930493094292-
water in a 70% plastic cup sold at any restaurant.

shame on yahoo tho.

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Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta

Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta.

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Twitter Blue problems? How to sign up for verification despite error messages

Signing up for the new Twitter Blue has caused problems for some folks. The Shortcut details the roadblocks you may hit trying to sign up and how to get around them.

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EvilCackle493d ago (Edited 493d ago )

Good thing I signed up at launch so people know I'm the real evilcackle

CurrentDigital493d ago

Huge loss for those who don't know where else to spend their surplus $8 a month

SwiderMan491d ago

Still haven't been approved for Twitter Blue :/

gatewayinternational489d ago

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Thousands of top websites collect your data in real-time as you type

Websites are harvesting our data even before we

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