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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Facebook Named One Of The Most Prolific Online Trackers
If you've ever been surfing Facebook and got the feeling that somebody's watching you, you might be right. The Evidon Global Tracker Report, a semiannual analysis of the ad tracking agency, listed Facebook among the top companies tracking users. According to PC World, Google Analytics was named the overwhelming (and obvious) leader in online tracking. Ranked third are Facebook's Social Plugins, and fifth is Facebook Connect. The magazine also discusses some other interesting... read more>>
Facebook Marketing Sector Contracts Further: Syncapse Acquires Clickable
Companies in the Facebook marketing and advertising sector continue to swallow each other up, and the latest deal in the sector surfaced with Thursday's announcement that social performance management platform Syncapse will acquire social and search advertising management and intelligence platform Clickable. Terms were not disclosed. The merger will combine social and search advertising functionality from Clickable with the Syncapse suite of social media publishing, moderation, compliance, data management, and measurement intelligence... read more>>
London Olympics Aim To Be Well 'Liked'
Advertisers won't be the only ones asking you to log on and "like" something at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in London. The Associated Press reports that the "like" symbols that are omnipresent throughout the Internet will be all over the Olympics, as well. Organizers feel that the London Games will be the most "liked," tweeted, and tagged in history. The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were the first Olympic event to... read more>>
Texas U.S. District Court Dismisses IPO-Related Lawsuit Vs. Facebook
One of the many court cases involving Facebook's troubled initial public offering was dismissed Wednesday, as a U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that sufficient grounds were not presented to file a lawsuit. TechCrunch reported that U.S. District Judge for Western Texas Lee Yeakel ruled that a petition filed by Bogdan Rentea & Associates did not meet the requirements of rule 27, which covers requests for depositions from defendants and document discovery. The... read more>>
Facebook Joins The Fight Against 'Bad Ads'
Facebook has entered into an alliance with fellow Web giants Google, Twitter, and AOL in an effort to fight ads that deliver malware, scam users, or sell counterfeit items. According to a report from PC World, the companies formed the Ads Integrity Alliance today, and they've also linked up with the Interactive Advertising Bureau in New York as a charter member. The group is powered by StopBadware, a nonprofit that aims to... read more>>
Samsung: We Are Not Developing A Facebook Killer
To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, reports that Samsung Electronics is planning Facebook's death are greatly exaggerated and, according to the consumer-electronics maker, "groundless." Samsung was responding to a report in The Korea Times that said the company was working on a project, internally named "Samsung Facebook," to expand its Family Story social network into a Facebook competitor. Family Story enables owners of Samsung smart TVs, smartphones, and tablets to share photos,... read more>>
Facebook App Developers Can Now Tell Which Devices Are Being Used To Access Their Apps
Facebook added the ability for application developers to determine which devices users are accessing their apps from. The more information developers have to work with, the better, and the data on devices will enable them to tailor users' experiences with the apps to their devices. Facebook said in a post on its developer blog: To optimize the experience across mobile devices, developers can now find out which devices their users have. Querying the /user... read more>>
Facebook App Center Starts Hitting IPads
As part of Facebook's gradual rollout of its app center, some users with Apple iPad tablets are now gaining access to the application hub. Facebook announced in a post on its developer blog: We're continuing to gradually roll out the app center, including to some people using Facebook for iPad. The App Center lists quality iPad apps that have integrated Facebook login. No changes are needed to be listed in the app center,... read more>>
Facebook Listing Users Who Can Access Limited-Visibility Posts
Some Facebook users who are included in posts restricted to certain people are now seeing a list of the users who can see those posts. Generally, when users who can see limited-visibility posts click on the gear icon underneath share, they saw a general message saying that the user who shared the post limited it to other users they selected. Some users are now starting to see a list of users who have... read more>>
Facebook Exchange To Allow Real-Time Bidding For Sidebar Ads
Whether you're pro- or anti-Facebook, you certainly can't accuse the social network of ignoring its issues. Continuing to hammer away at its potential shortfall in advertising revenue, Facebook will introduce a new service called Facebook Exchange, which will allow advertisers to bid in real-time for ads on the social network, according to reports. Bloomberg reported that Facebook Exchange will launch within weeks, and the service will allow advertisers to target specific types... read more>>
Rock The Vote, PromoJam Enlist Facebook Like Button In Voter-Registration Campaign
Rock the Vote teamed up with social media promotions startup PromoJam on a digital campaign leading up to the 2012 presidential election Nov. 6, in which various tactics will be used to reach Rock the Vote's target of registering 1.5 million voters between the ages of 18 and 29, including the ever-present Facebook like button. QR code technology provider RedLaser, Junk Food Clothing, and Threads for Thought helped Rock the Vote and... read more>>
Report: Facebook Testing Feature That Allows Offsite Ads To Be Shared
Facebook continued its focus on presenting marketers with more options by testing a new offering that allows advertisers to use open graph to enable sharing of non-Facebook ads on the social network. Mashable uncovered the new ad test when writer Christina Warren came across a featured partner post for Hidden Valley Ranch on BuzzFeed, which contained a Facebook share button. The share button creates a post featuring the campaign by the user, and... read more>>
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