Recently,Internet giant Google had to remove its search engine from China, and Pakistan blocked the Internet social networking company Facebook over what authorities called blasphemy.

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Describing public transport providers as "the oil of Cornwall's social engine", Mr Biscoe said he was very pleased the matter had been resolved satisfactorily.

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Envisioning a social base, a social engine and a social glue to create a true culture is an arduous task, much more than merely echoing fashion or momentary trends.

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Facebook announced today Graph Search, a new social search engine that crawls private information (photos, places, interests) that people share on the social network site.

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