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Credit card rewards are the new social currency. Citibank customers can now use Facebook to pool their rewards points online. The bank on Tuesday launched a Facebook application that lets users team up to use their points, whether it's for charity, a group gift or a personal goal. Citi says it's the first bank to offer such a feature.

Here's yet another reason to watch what you say and do online: Insurance companies are already surfing social media sites to get the scoop about their customers, and what their data-miners find may soon be compiled into a new way to rate you as a risk: a social networking score.

FarmVille is the most popular application on social-networking site Facebook, having attracted more than 56 million users worldwide since its introduction in June. And to what does FarmVille owe its popularity? Simply, it's addictive, according to comments by fans and users on forums across the...

If you don't have a Facebook page yet, better get one. In February, people used social network sites more than they used Web-based e-mail for the first time ever. That's on page six of the just-released report "The Global Online Media Landscape" from the TV-ratings company Nielsen. Now Boomers,...

From what I hear, a few generations ago personal phone calls at work were an action which could bring down the boss' wrath. Nowadays most offices will tolerate the occasional personal phone call, especially with the prevalence of cell phones. However, it seems that Facebook and personal email have...