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Friday, June 01, 2012
Facebook's Proposed Revisions To Statement Of Rights And Responsibilities, Data Use Policy Up For Vote Through June 8
Facebook users have until Friday, June 8, at 9 a.m. PT, to vote on the social network's proposed (and extensive) revisions to its statement of rights and responsibilities and data use policy, as announced on the Facebook Site Governance page. Users who click on the Site Governance Vote tab on the Facebook Site Governance page are greeted by a brief introductory message (which is about the only brief message they will see... read more>>
Social Media Jobs: High Five Games, PopCap Games
This week, High 5 Games is hiring a flash developer, a Java/SQL developer, a PHP Web developer, and a UI/UX designer. Meanwhile, PopCap Games is on the hunt for a UI lead. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. Flash Developer High 5 Games (New York, NY) Java/SQL Developer High 5 Games (New York, NY) PHP Web Developer High 5 Games (New... read more>>
IPO Sinks Facebook In Customer Loyalty Study
The list of casualties of Facebook's staggering initial public offering now includes Facebook's position on the Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index, as it fell to fifth place in the social networking category, after holding the top spot in February. The Brand Keys standings, as of May 30: YouTube Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Facebook Yelp MySpace Foursquare/Google Plus Flickr Quora Brand Keys Founder and President Robert Passikoff shared his theories behind the drop-off: It's completely consumer-driven. First you need be resonant enough with consumers to... read more>>
NBC's 'The Voice' Doubles Facebook Referrals For 2012 Season
NBC reality competition hit The Voice has been heard loud and clear since integrating with Facebook's open graph prior to its 2012 season, with referral traffic from the social network than doubling and online votes per unique user climbing 40 percent compared with the show's 2011 season. The Facebook developer blog voted with a thumbs up for The Voice's use of open graph actions vote, read, and watch, and aggregations most recent... read more>>
'Piranha 3DD' Set To Take Bite Out Of Facebook
If 3-D flesh-eating fish were the one thing missing from your Facebook experience, Milyoni has got you covered, as the social entertainment provider teamed up with Starz Digital Media to present Piranha 3DD, the first-ever 3-D film on the social network. Piranha 3DD is available for streaming via Facebook starting today, at $6.99 for HD or $7.99 for 3-D, payable via PayPal, Facebook Credits, or credit card. The film was also released in... read more>>
Facebook Users Must View Videos, Other Content For 10 Seconds Before Social Sharing Is Enabled
Facebook has implemented a 10-second rule, and we're not talking about food that was dropped on the floor: In an effort to control social sharing of videos and other content from applications using its open graph, the content must be viewed by users for at least 10 seconds before those apps can share the activity to their timelines. The social network said in a post on its developer blog: Built-in watch and read... read more>>
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman To Worried Facebook Buyers: 'We Are On Day Eight Here'
Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Gorman appeared on CNBC's "Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo" Thursday afternoon, reiterating that his company did nothing improper in the run-up to Facebook's initial public offering and urging patience with the social network's slumping stock, saying, "The story isn't over. Again, we are at day eight here. Give this a little bit of time." The IPO launched May 18 at $38 per share, and... read more>>
Search Engine Referrals To Facebook Pages Halved
In January, Google released its Search Plus Your World, which was built to customize results to social networks, as well as to highlight Google Plus. Fears swirled among competing social networks, Facebook among them, that the search-engine giant had aims of boosting its own social network while limiting traffic to others. Appearing less often in search results on the site most Americans consult to find things would mean less traffic arriving to... read more>>
Facebook To Receive GLAAD Special Recognition Award
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will present a Special Recognition Award to Facebook at its 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards, to be held June 2 at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. GLAAD is recognizing the social network for its efforts toward the prevention of bullying, as well as the options it offers to its LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) users. High school student Brittany McMillan will present the... read more>>
Access Facebook Award: Entries Due Aug. 15, Winner To Be Revealed In October
An award named after Facebook? Digital-freedom advocates Access announced that one of the five awards it will present as part of Access Innovation Prize 2012 will be the Access Facebook Award, in partnership with the social network. Access Innovation Prize 2012 will award a total of $100,000 in five categories to individuals, organizations, or networks with the best actionable ideas on how to use information technology to promote and enable human rights. The... read more>>
Kids' Photos On Facebook: Yes Or No? (Guess Which Way Website STFU, Parents Votes)
Recently, writer Steven Leckart coined the term "oversharenting" to refer to the omnificent practice of Gen-C (as in connected adults ages 18 to 34, per Nielsen) parents who overpost photos of their young children in curious circumstances. He wrote in The Wall Street Journal: Although privacy settings allow us to control which circle of friends has access to parts of our profiles, many people either don't understand how to use them or prefer... read more>>
Youface: Copy-Cat Facebook In Uzbekistan
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, than Facebook got a big compliment in the form of a look-alike imitator in Uzbekistan, joining Russia's VKontakte. Dubbed Youface, the imitator of the largest social network is an upstart unleashed by 22-year-old Ayub Abdulloh in May, Time's Techland reported. Competitors of the land include a social network known as Muloqot, which requires users to give up a cell-phone number in order to establish an... read more>>
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