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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
MIT Wonders What Facebook Can Do With Personal Data
We all know that Facebook has massive amounts of users' personal data. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review recently delved into the issue of what Facebook can do with all of that information. Will Facebook use it for good or evil? Cameron Marlow, who has a PhD from MIT, is Facebook's "in-house sociologist." More importantly, he heads up Facebook's Data Science Team - a group of 12 researchers who study everything liked... read more>>
If You're On A Budget, Will Sponsored Stories Work For You?
Not long after Facebook announced that sponsored stories are for sale, several companies leaped at the chance to buy real estate on news feeds. But what if you've only got a $5 budget for social marketing? How far will that get? The blog Social Media Today tested out the effectiveness of sponsored stories by seeing how far a $5 promoted status would go. The results were a bit surprising. Granted, they weren't... read more>>
Could This Be The Social Network, Part Two?
Liked The Social Network? You'll love this. We found a discarded page from the screenplay of The Zuckerberg Nuptuals, and we're happy to share it with AllFacebook readers. Okay, so it isn't a real screenplay (yet), but could you imagine if Aaron Sorkin and the others got to work on portraying Mark Zuckerberg's wedding with Priscilla Chan? Some writers let their imaginations run wild in the New York Times, with a scene... read more>>
Facebook: The End Of The Beginning
Facebook's initial public offering is a milestone in the evolution of not only social media, but media itself. Fairly or unfairly, Facebook is the lightning rod, the proxy, for the broader discussion about how fast consumer behavior is changing through our increasingly frictionless ability to share and socialize. However, social media is not a technology or a platform; it is innate behavior. And human behavior, Facebook's base currency, is unpredictable. Since any... read more>>
Facebook-Apple Integration: Now What?
Now that the details are out about Facebook's integration into Apple's iOS 6 and OSX Mountain Lion operating systems for mobile devices and Macintosh desktops, respectively, the reactions are pouring in, from concerns about oversharing, to Apple finally having a social solution besides its ill-fated Ping, and even a tweak to the name of a new application. Starting with the last item on the list, Engadget reported that Facebook released an update... read more>>
ComScore: There's More To Social Marketing Besides Facebook Likes
There's more to Facebook marketing besides racking up a bunch of "likes." ComScore Tuesday released "The Power of Like 2," which illustrates how companies should focus on engaging fans and sharing content for social marketing success. The 21-page report shows how in many cases, a company's Facebook page is starting to replace its official website as the go-to destination for consumers and fans. One example it gives is Skittles. The official website of... read more>>
WARNING: Fake Facebook Emails Use Pending Notifications As Bait
A wave of fake emails from Facebook has surfaced recently, under the pretense of alerting users that they have pending notifications, but instead directing users to a Canadian pharmacy website where they can purchase Viagra and Cialis. Sophos' Naked Security blog reported on the spam emails, saying that they are very similar to actual Facebook emails, and that the spammers are likely earning cash for every user they drive to the Toronto... read more>>
Zynga Shares Tumble, Traders Say Fewer People Gaming On Facebook
Social gaming company Zynga, which opened in December at $10 per share, has seen its stock fall below $5 for the first time, as traders believe fewer people are playing games on Facebook. Reuters reported Tuesday that the stock value of Zynga -- the producer of popular games such as FarmVille and Draw Something -- hit an all-time low of $4.78. Analysts feel that as more people play games on their cell... read more>>
Facebook Recruiting Engineers In New York
Serkan Piantino is keeping busy these days. The Facebook engineer who astonishingly took timeline from concept to rollout in half a year and gave news feed, the idea, legs to walk on is now charged with staffing the social network's New York engineering wing, which opened in January with scads of new talent, Wired reports. He's attacking the challenge with fervor. On his wish list? Infrastructure, or systems software engineers, who transcend... read more>>
Facebook Still Dominates World Map Of Social Networks
The World Map of Social Networks has been updated to reflect June 2012 statistics, and it was posted on Vincos Blog. You likely won't be surprised that Facebook still reigns supreme globally. Out of the 137 countries studied, the largest social network leads in 126. All in all, Facebook chest-beats a King Kong 845 million active users in the countries analyzed, and more than 900 million total. New players, however are appearing on... read more>>
Facebook Deepens WordPress Integration With New Plugin
Users of blogging platform WordPress can now take advantage of greater integration with Facebook following the social network's release of a plugin that enables features such as social publishing and mentions. The plugin allows users of both platforms to cross-post their WordPress content to their timeline profiles and pages they manage, as well as to add the names of pages or friends to the posts. The Facebook for WordPress plugin also makes the... read more>>
Involved Media's Facade Brings Sponsored Stories To Mobile News Feeds
Sponsored stories have become prominent when you're checking Facebook on your computer, but now they'll show up on your phone, too. Involved Media, one of the major paid social media advertising companies, announced Monday that it has incorporated the ability to purchase sponsored stories that will show up on Facebook's mobile news feed via Facade, the company's paid social ad platform. Involved Media feels that this will be a boon to marketers that... read more>>
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