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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Gives Harman His Name Back, Apologizes   —  An update to our post last night - Facebook Snatches User's Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International.  Facebook says they'll be giving Harman Bajwa his /harman vanity URL back shortly: … Here are the Facebook guidelines on trademark squatting.
Jan 23, 2010, 3:30 PM - In context

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Snatches User's Vanity URL And Sells It To Harman International   —  Update: Facebook Gives Harman His Name Back, Apologizes  —  This looks really, really bad.  An avid Facebook user named Harman Bajwa says that his Facebook vanity Url - Facebook.com/Harman - was unceremoniously revoked yesterday …
Jan 23, 2010, 6:00 AM - In context

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Fa.il: Bing's URL Shortener Is Longer Than Bing's Own Domain   —  Everyone is getting into the URL shortening game these days.  Google, YouTube, and Facebook are just a few joining the likes of the established players such as Bit.ly.  And now Microsoft is jumping in.  But there's something weird about their URL.
Jan 15, 2010, 10:30 PM - In context

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
In the wild world of URL shorteners, Libya is king   —  Google is betting on Greenland, Facebook on Montenegro and Bit.ly on Libya.  —  The rise of URL shorteners — those brief links that are thriving on space-constrained networks such as Twitter — has in turn created a sort of gold rush …
Dec 15, 2009, 6:10 PM - In context

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Bit.ly Just Got Fu.kd: Facebook And Google Get Into The Short URL Game   —  Moments after we heard reports of Facebook's new URL shortener, Google launched its own service, aptly called goo.gl.  —  At the moment, its only being used for Google Toolbar and Feedburner.
Dec 14, 2009, 4:25 PM - In context

Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Testing New URL Shortener, fb.me   —  URL shorteners, like bit.ly, have become a popular way for people to share links on Twitter while taking up as few of the allotted 140 characters as possible.  But saving space is just one of the benefits that shorteners provide.
Dec 14, 2009, 3:00 PM - In context

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Mint Widget And Other YAP Apps Make It To Yahoo's Home Page   —  With the new Yahoo homepage that was previewed last July and is now rolling out more broadly as part of Yahoo's new “It's Y!ou” branding exercise, the main Yahoo homepage is taking on more of the personalization features on MyYahoo.
Sep 29, 2009, 12:30 PM - In context

Zee / The Next Web Blog:
Facebook Labs or “Prototypes” to Launch Soon...Very Soon.  (Update: Now LIVE) … *Update: Facebook Prototypes has now officially been announced at TC50.  Facebook's Twitter account has just posted a link to an image showing a new upcoming “prototypes” feature similar to Google Labs.
Sep 15, 2009, 3:00 PM - In context

Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Make Your Own URL Shortening Service   —  URL shortening services are ubiquitous on Twitter and other cramped online spaces.  They won't all last, as tr.im has demonstrated, and their shutdowns could annihilate your linking history.  If you own a domain, though, you can host your own service.
Aug 17, 2009, 9:40 AM - In context

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username   —  Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in vanity URLs that read www.facebook.com/username.  At the time, users were advised to “choose wisely” because the username they selected would be stuck with them for life.
Jul 23, 2009, 12:15 PM - In context
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