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• Gartner: Web content management a billion-dollar business

  In its August issue, Wired magazine proclaimed that the Web is on the wane, but for the business world, the Web seems to be only growing more important.

• North Korea-linked Facebook page deleted again

  For the second time in less than a week a Facebook account created by a North Korea-linked Web site has been deleted by the social networking site.

• The next Facebook: Scoop?

  Imagine a social networking site geared specifically toward connecting college students with their on-campus academic and social communities. Sound familiar? Those are Facebook's roots -- before the site ballooned into a worldwide phenomenon with half a billion registered users. They're also the roots of Scoop<, a forthcoming mobile social app.

• Melbourne IT looks to social media for growth

  Listed services company Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) will turn to social networking, cloud-based hosting and desktop virtualisation to help it grow its business over the next twelve months.
  

• Facebook deletes North Korean account, but it resurfaces

  A Facebook account established by a North Korea-linked Web site was deleted by the social networking service on Friday, but a new group sprang up over the weekend to take its place.

• Experts give preliminary OK to Facebook Places

  Pressed to respond to the rising popularity of online services that let people broadcast their location, Facebook mostly hit the right notes with the initial design of Places, although it's too early to declare the service will be a sure success, according to several experts.

• iPhone gets a social news app

  Flipboard broke new ground when it launched its flashy iPad app last month that "socialized" the news by turning feeds from Facebook, Twitter, and such into a slick electronic magazine. Now Blancspot Media is promising to bring the pizzazz of social news to the iPhone with its new Blancspot software.

• Facebook Places service adds location-based services

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the company's latest creation, a foray into the world of location-based services called Facebook Places.

• Web 2.0 lacking in political debate: Gruen

  The opposition and minor parties haven't fully utilised the power of Web 2.0 technologies to shift the political debate, according to the head of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.

• Facebook dislike button is real -- and I like It!

  Perhaps you heard the news yesterday about a fake Facebook "dislike" button that quickly spread virally across the service.

• US pushes North Korea on Twitter freedom

  The U.S. government has welcomed North Korea's jump onto Twitter and challenged the country to let its citizens see the recently created account.

• AP drops deal with LOLcats

  The Associated Press has pulled out of negotiations with Pet Holdings because LOLcats-style captions are against their journalistic integrity.

• Facebook 'dislike' button scam spreads virally

  The latest viral scam making its way around Facebook is a lure that asks users if they want to install a "dislike" button, according to security firm Sophos.

• Google Buys Jambool: Social Networking Battle Begins

  Google has purchased virtual currency platform Jambool, a move that will fuel Google's reported foray into the social networking world.

• North Korea jumps onto Twitter

  North Korea has established its first official presence on Twitter, the micro-blogging site that's being embraced by governments and an increasing number of world leaders.