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Facebook Showcasing Its Open Source Database

Facebook has one of the largest deployments of the open source database MySQL, and the techies responsible for the care and feeding of this installment will divulge some of their secrets tomorrow night at company headquarters. read more>>

Pauly D. Close to Becoming People's Sexiest Man Alive

People Magazine has launched a new application to discover the most attractive guy on Facebook. read more>>

Facebook Wants You to Find Your Polling Location

Facebook has posted a new tool to help Facebook users find their local polling center. read more>>

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Virtual Goods in iPhone Games: What Sells, How to Sell, and How to Sell More
Discover how virtual goods have become an increasingly important revenue stream for iOS game developers and how you can take advantage of future trends and opportunities. read more



Sysomos Launches Software For Facebook Page Admins

Software company Sysomos has launched a tool to help people manage Facebook pages. read more>>

Giants Fans: Let Your Facebook Friends Fear The Beard

A new application lets San Francisco Giants fans beardify their Facebook profile photo. read more>>

This Week's Most Explosive Facebook Pages

Wrestling, delicious snacks, and television networks are all featured on this week's Most Explosive Pages. read more>>

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November 11-12, 2010 | Chelsea Football Club, London

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Facebook Extends A Golden Hand To Sam Lessin

Facebook has acquired the online file sharing company, Drop.io, and Sam Lessin, the company's founder, will be joining the team. read more>>

5 Reasons Facebook Won't Announce A Phone Or OS On Wednesday

While I'd love for Facebook to announce a phone or mobile operating system on Wednesday, I have a sneaking suspicion they won't. Here is our rationale behind Facebook's decision to wait. Largest Announcements Saved For f8 Facebook wants to rally developers around the Facebook phone and the best way to do that would be to read more>>

Original Page Admins Can No Longer Be Removed, For Some

Back in June Facebook began letting companies remove the original page administrators, as we reported at the time, however that feature appears to have been removed with the release of the new Page administrator interface. However some people have told us that some pages are able to remove the original administrators. Our guess is that read more>>

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Facebook Ads & Content: Shaping 21st Century Politics
Examine how Facebook advertising and content are changing the business of political advocacy. Extensive research, as well as interviews with industry experts and campaign employees, reveal key trends and best practices for using Facebook for public advocacy. read more



Arkansas School Board Member Resigns Over Anti-Gay Facebook Comments

An Arkansas school board member has resigned on air in an interview with CNN because of anti-gay comments he made on Facebook. In his original posting, Arkansas school board member Clint McCancereferred to "fags" and "queers", said he was happy when gay peopled died of AIDS, and that he would only wear purple if all read more>>

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