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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Thou Shalt Not Overspend On Facebook Ads

XA.net and Efficient Frontier don't want you to overspend on Facebook ads, and they've recently launched tools to solve that exact problem. read more>>

Study Finds Teen Facebook Users More Likely To Abuse Drugs And Alcohol

Could Facebook be the new gateway drug? According to a new study of by Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter lead to more risky behavior like drinking, smoking, doing drugs, and having sex. read more>>

AMEX Hooks Up Small Business with Free Facebook Ads

First there was Black Friday for big retailers, and then Cyber Monday for online merchants. Now, small businesses are getting their own boost with Small Business Saturday, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. And to help push the new date, American Express is giving away money to left and right. 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

Friends (er, Plugins) Don't let Friends Facebook Drunk

Instead of Facebooking your ex or insulting a tangential friend of a friend after a night out, there's a new safeguard you can put in place to prevent something you might regret in the morning. read more>>

Teens Find Innovative Ways to Control Their Facebook Presence

Ever heard of "Super-logoff" or "whitewalling"? They are ways to designate what some teens have been doing in order to have total control over who posts what (and when) on their Facebook page. read more>>

Announcing The AllFacebook Services Directory

Over the past few years we have received countless inquiries from individuals and organizations looking for companies who can help them out with marketing, advertising, and general strategy on Facebook. Unfortunately we didn't have a single resource to keep track of all the companies, however today that all changes. read more>>

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SOCIAL GAMING SUMMIT and VIRTUAL GOODS SUMMIT
November 11-12, 2010 | Chelsea Football Club, London
Social Gaming Summit and Virtual Goods Summit are teaming up in London November 11-12, 2010, to explore the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods and social games. Keynote speakers include Christian Hernandez Gallardo (Facebook), and Kristian Segerstrale (Playfish). Register today!

This Week's Fastest Growing Applications

Here's our weekly round up of the fastest growing applications, regardless of size. read more>>

Heroku Extends Itself Into Facebook With Apigee Beta

San Francisco web hosting boutique Heroku has begun beta testing a Facebook version of Apigee, which extends hosted web software to a social network. read more>>

Blackberry Users Finally Get Facebook Places

This morning Blackberry announced that they have developed a new version of their Facebook application which also includes support for Facebook Places. While we recently wrote about the upgraded version of the Facebook application, version 1.9, being available in beta, it wasn't clear at the time that the application would include support for Facebook Places. 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

Facebook Will Test Boku as Mobile Credit Alternative to Zong

Facebook is about to test the Boku payments system to give users an alternative to Zong, which until now has been the only way to buy virtual goods for social games on the social network via mobile devices over the past year and a half. read more>>

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