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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Facebook May Let Employees Sell $1 Billion In Shares
Facebook is reportedly considering whether to accept up to $1 billion from institutional investors seeking to purchase shares from employees of the social network, which would value the company at $60 billion. read more>>
Facebook Enriches Page Filters With Keyword Blocking
Facebook has just made it a whole lot easier for page administrators to keep their walls rated PG, with the addition of a keyword filter. read more>>
Does Cuba Fear A Facebook-Powered Revolution?
Now circulating virally: "The Cyber Police in Cuba," a video of a lecture that appears to be directed at Cuban officials, asking them to be extremely wary of social media. read more>>
South Carolina May Ban Prisoners From Facebook
South Carolina has proposed legislation that would make inmates caught accessing the social network via cell phone or computer pay a $500 fine and spend an extra month in jail. read more>>
Kontangent Tracks One In Six Facebookers
The Facebook analytics platform Kontangent now tracks one out of every six people who have accounts on the site, who together generate about 15 billion messages a month. read more>>
Bill Gates Bets On Facebook App For Education
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just announced a $2 million investment on Schools App, an education-focused Facebook application that builds intimate, college-specific Facebook sites for colleges in order to build a sense of community among its students. read more>>
WARNING: Three Scams Hit Facebook
Several Valentine's Day scams are spreading on Facebook, along with a falsely promised video of an Italian schoolteacher striptease. A third one that was extinguished involving a brand hijacking provides an important lesson for page administrators. read more>>
Taco Bell Fights Legal Battle On Facebook
Taco Bell hopes a Facebook campaign can influence the outcome of a class action lawsuit. read more>>
Facebook Rolls Out Ads With New Photo Album Layout
Over the past week, many people have began seeing Facebook's new photo album design. This afternoon some of them are also seeing ads. read more>>
INQ Gives First Demonstration Of Facebook Phone
INQ just proved that its so-called Facebook phone really exists, at least in pre-production form. Demonstrating the device seems like a great strategy given that the social network recently denied that it had a tie-in with HTC smartphones. read more>>
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