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The Social Network Jumps To Top of iTunes On Release

Today The Social Network, the unofficial portrayal of the founding of Facebook, was released to iTunes and instantly became the top selling movie. read more>>

Facebook Paid $8.5 Million For FB.com

Facebook paid $8.5 million to the American Farm Bureau for the domain name FB.com that the social network's employees now use internally. read more>>

Check Trending Photos On Facebook With Pixable

This clever sharing application lets you browse through friends' photos based on how many people liked, commented, or were tagged in them. read more>>

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The Facebook Platform
Dig into the current state of the Facebook platform, track the most recent changes, and learn some best practices from popular developers and brands that are leveraging the platform for monetization and engagement. read more



This Week's Most Explosive Facebook Applications

Gifting tools continue to do well, and games also appear on the latest list of the most explosive applications on Facebook. read more>>

VOTE: Have The Winklevosses Gone Too Far?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circut begins hearing oral arguments in Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' appeal of their $65 million settlement with Facebook. Here's your chance to vote on whether they're taking their legal pursuit of the company too far, and see how your opinion compares with what other readers think. read more>>

Facebook's Valuation: $224 Billion In 2013?

That's exactly what Albert Babayev over at Seeking Alpha has concluded after developing a model based on the future projections of Facebook revenue, with him expecting Facebook Credits to eventually become an $8 billion a year business. read more>>

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January 20, 2011 | New York City

Marc Rotenberg (EPIC), Aleksander Yampolskiy (Gilt Groupe), Noah Lang (ReputationDefender), and Lana McGilvray (Datran Media) will discuss how hot-button online privacy issues affect media organizations. Register today.



Car Town Game Will Mirror Toyota Prius Premiere

Cie Games, maker of one of the most popular games on Facebook, Car Town,. partnered with Toyota to promote the newest Prius line in the game during its official debut at the Detroit auto show. read more>>

Bono's Fund Investment In Facebook Quadruples

The private equity fund owned by U2 front man Bono, Elevation Partners, has seen its 1.5 percent stake in Facebook grow to $750 million following Goldman Sach's $450 million investment in the social network. read more>>

Facebook Pushes Profile Out To All, Users Revolt

People who haven't yet chosen to upgrade to the new profile layout will lose their choice in a couple of days. Notes on top of their home pages announce that migration will happen in a few days. read more>>

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Virtual Goods Meet Real World Work: Trends and Opportunities
Learn from companies that leverage virtual goods for real world work, such as gold coins as a reward for replying to company email, and virtual currency payments for crowdsourced work. read more



Dead Soldier's Pics Fail To Woo Women On Facebook

A New York man is accused of using pictures of a dead army soldier to seduce women on Facebook. read more>>

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