Seven months after Facebook partnered with Y Combinator in order to provide some startups with more support, it's Seedcamp's turn in the spotlight. A new deal means that Facebook now intends to help Seedcamp-backed companies, as well. Seedcamp, like Y Combinator, is an organization that funds and guides startups. The main difference is that it operates in Europe, meaning Facebook's both being careful about crossfire and expanding its reach.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's official "Population Clock," around 311 million people live in the U.S. at this moment. Now here's the interesting thing: new data from Edison Research and Arbitron indicates that more than half of Americans over the age of 11 have a Facebook account. Edison and Arbitron conducted a national study of 2,020 individuals in order to arrive that conclusion,

Google's lawyers have done it again. Yesterday, the company won a lawsuit against a number of disreputable firms, getting a judge to more or less agree that they're scammers and award Google a $1.6 million settlement. The conflict started more than a year ago when different SEO professionals pointed out the existence of "Google Cash" scams . Organizations pretending to be affiliated with Google would promote expensive get-rich-quick schemes using Google's own ads.

A man with an interesting history of making money for high-tech organizations may now try his hand at doing the same for Twitter. Today, Twitter announced that Satya Patel, who worked on AdSense for about six years, is joining it as a director of product management. We should note that Twitter didn't steal Patel directly from Google. Or from his current employer, for that matter. Patel's actually worked at venture capital firm Battery Ventures since 2007,

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz might want to )yet again( take cover. A new report is sure to rile her critics and at least a few shareholders, as eMarketer suggested late yesterday that Yahoo's share of the U.S. search ad market will fall to a measly 8.1 percent this year. Compared to Yahoo's 2010 market share of 10.4 percent, that would represent a drop of about one-fifth )or 22.1 percent, to be more exact(.

By most accounts, Firefox 4 represents a big success. It's received positive reviews and been downloaded a massive number of times. So to celebrate the Mozilla team's achievement and provide a bit more perspective, a new infographic takes a look at how the browser got to this point. Credit for constructing the infographic goes to Pingdom , and if you're curious, the stats come from a combination of Mozilla, Wikipedia, and Net Applications. Now let's dive into the data.

Jack Dorsey, a cofounder of Twitter and the company's first CEO, may soon return to it on a fulltime basis. Multiple reports suggest Dorsey is in talks to become Twitter's chief product officer, or even - though nothing's been confirmed and no one's gone on the record - reclaim the title of CEO. Nicholas Carlson first wrote about these possibilities yesterday after getting in touch with an anonymous source,

Google, Yahoo, and Skype users in Iran should be extra cautious online from now on. Evidence suggests that the Iranian government organized an attack focused on obtaining nine secure digital certificates related to major sites. Note that this episode hasn't quite escalated to the levels we saw when a Chinese attack was the subject of discussion; Google hasn't made any public accusations , and no politicians have become involved. Still, Comodo,

It must be an exciting - and confusing - time at Groupon. Even as the company's launching sites in foreign countries, preparing for an IPO, and watching its president and COO step down, a fresh report's indicated it's also looking to hire a lot of new workers, including at least 100 in Palo Alto. Interestingly, Groupon didn't choose some high-tech and/or quirky method of advertising its hiring spree. Instead, it took out a billboard,

A company that many people expected to fade away as dial-up connections became more and more obsolete will do just fine, according to a respected financial services firm. This morning, analysts at UBS labeled AOL's stock a "Buy." That rating coincides with a price target of $25, which isn't bad considering the stock closed at $18.97 yesterday. Indeed, the target works out to a predicted increase of 31.78 percent,

Almost exactly one year ago, Groupon announced that former Yahoo exec Rob Solomon had joined the organization and assumed the dual positions of president and chief operating officer. Now, as Groupon appears to be ramping up for an IPO, word's come that Solomon is leaving. This sudden change may startle some folks. The latest news items about Groupon have all been success stories,

Barring more legal maneuvering, the proposed Google Books Settlement - which would have cleared the way for Google to scan, digitize, and distribute millions of works - will not stand as is. This afternoon, Judge Denny Chin rejected the settlement, agreeing with opponents that it would give Google an unfair advantage. U.S. Circuit Judge Chin expressed his opinions in a court document refreshingly light on legalese. He wrote,

In 1999, The Blair Witch Project caused some moviegoers to run out of theaters. Ten years later, Avatar had pretty much the opposite effect. And now YouTube seems to have learned from both developments, introducing an image stabilizer and a 3D tool this afternoon. Let's start with the image stabilizer. It aims to smooth the sort of jittery, jerky movements that )in addition to argumentative and whiny characters( made The Blair Witch Project less than mediocre.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that it's not unusual for children to have Facebook accounts. You even hear of parents setting up the occasional account for an infant. But it seems Facebook does try to enforce its terms of service and keep kids off the site, with one exec indicating it boots 20,000 youngsters a day. For the record, Facebook's Privacy Policy states, "If you are under age 13,

Although it's rather early for champagne, the people behind professional networking site LinkedIn have reason to celebrate this morning. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner announced today that the site's reached a major milestone, having converted 100 million professionals into members. That's an accomplishment in more than one way.

German citizens may soon have the opportunity to wave at )or dodge( many more cars sporting 15 camera lenses. In a big win for Google, a Berlin court has ruled that the Street View program doesn't break any of Germany's laws. A little refresher for anyone who hasn't been following along: Germany's the country in which so many politicians and private citizens expressed concerns about Street View that Google gave them a chance to opt out )a first for the company(.

People who are supposed to receive big tax refunds might do well to consider investing the money in Google, judging by a new note from Citi. An analyst representing the firm believes the company's future is bright in more than a few ways. That's been in question in recent weeks and months. A financial chart showing the performance of the Dow, the Nasdaq, and Google over the last year isn't too favorable, for example. At the same time,

When Google admitted that its Street View cars had recorded sensitive data sent over WiFi networks, there were many different reactions. UK authorities more or less brushed off the incident, for example, while Korean police raided Google's offices. And now French regulators have landed somewhere in between, fining the company €100,000 )or $142,000(. Whether or not that's a significant amount may be a matter of some debate.

Chinese Gmail users - and Gmail itself - appear to be facing a sort of threat from the Chinese government once again. Google's gone on the record stating that fresh connection and usability problems have cropped up in the past month or so, and that Chinese authorities are the cause. A Google spokesman didn't equivocate when giving a comment to the Guardian . He stated, "Relating to Google there is no issue on our side. We have checked extensively.

Last week, rumors indicated that Google CEO Eric Schmidt might be in the running for the position of U.S. Commerce Secretary. Now, the organization called Consumer Watchdog - which is perhaps Google's most outspoken critic - has come out strongly against the idea. Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court and Privacy Project Director John M. Simpson wrote in a public letter to President Obama , "Mr. Schmidt's views on privacy, antitrust issues,