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Yahoo Syncs Up With Facebook

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As it continues to layer new social features onto its Web properties, Yahoo is expanding its partnership with Facebook to sync up the two services. Under the new arrangement, users will be able to couple their Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Facebook accounts so they can access their news feed, mail and other information from the…

Google Takes More Heat in Wi-Fi Privacy Flap

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Two House lawmakers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google’s accidental collection of sensitive Wi-Fi data, echoing the calls of several European regulators in a mounting controversy for the search giant. Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-chairs of the House Privacy Caucus, asked FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz in a…