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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Heinz, Nokia Not Fans Of Facebook Storefront
People are doing just about everything nowadays through Facebook - except buying ketchup. Heinz has not been seeing the results it has hoped for through Facebook's storefront, and a marketing director spoke recently at a conference in London about how it's tough to sell through Facebook. Heinz originally wanted to sell 1 million personalized bottles of its limited-edition balsamic vinegar ketchup through Facebook, but it agreed to get that figure down to... read more>>
Facebook Bug Sends Fake Offers From Pages
Sister blog Inside Facebook has the details on a Facebook bug that has been affecting its offers feature for pages. According to Inside Facebook, the bug has caused two issues pages sending offers that resulted in blank coupons for users trying to claim them, or page administrators not being able to post offers to their pages at all. Facebook told Inside Facebook it deleted the fake offers and sent emails to users who... read more>>
Discovery App Raved Taps Facebook, Foursquare Friends For Recommendations
Recommendations from Facebook friends and Foursquare users are the backbone behind Raved, a discovery application for Apple iOS devices from Apptera. Raved allows users to discover, save, and share recommendations on restaurants, retail stores, spas, night clubs, hotels, service companies, and other businesses by tapping into data from social networks such as likes and check-ins from Facebook, check-ins from Foursquare, and menus from OpenTable, adding other information on the establishments such as... read more>>
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg No Longer One Of World's 40 Richest People
Poor Mark Zuckerberg. First, the Facebook co-founder and CEO watched his company's stock flounder after it went public. Now his own stock has fallen. Business Insider reported Thursday that Zuckerberg is no longer among the 40 richest people in the world. Forbes hasn't updated its list since March, but Zuckerberg then was No. 35 on the list of richest people in the world. At 27 (now 28), he's by far the youngest... read more>>
Use Facebook Verbally On Android Devices With VoiZapp's Friends Aloud
Facebook users with Android devices can use their voices and ears to access, listen to, and post status updates and comments with Friends Aloud, a new application from VoiZapp. The Austin, Texas-based developer said Friends Aloud taps the Android operating system's built-in automated speech recognition capabilities to allow users to: Hear their latest news feed posts and associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand voice. Dictate status updates, comments, and like posts, complete with punctuation. Access... read more>>
Facebook's Sara Brooks, Matt Wyndowe To Speak At Casual Connect Seattle
Next week's Casual Connect Seattle, July 24 through 26 at Benaroya Hall and Triple Door, will feature talks by two members of the Facebook team. On Tuesday, July 24, at 11 a.m. (PT), in the Taper Auditorium, Games Strategic Partner Manager Sara Brooks will discuss new frontiers of growth across geographies, genres, and platforms for Facebook game developers, while delving into success stories from developers. And Wednesday, July 25, at 10 a.m., in... read more>>
ShareThis' ShareNow Allows Publishers, Bloggers To Easily Share Content To Facebook
Publishers and bloggers looking to take advantage of Facebook's timeline and other social networks now have a new weapon in their arsenal from ShareThis, ShareNow, which launched in beta Thursday. ShareNow offers publishers and bloggers an easy-to-use solution for automatic sharing to social channels without having to use a custom social reader, and its features include: The ability to share content or delete shared content without ever leaving the publisher's site. Users on Facebook... read more>>
Canadian Man Drives Cross-Country To Meet Facebook Friends
Greg Mountenay can log on and see his 1,200 Facebook friends anytime he wants. He wants to do more, though. Mountenay is driving across Canada to see more than 300 of his friends in person. He got the idea by talking with some friends who work for Canadian Tire. After graduating college, he got the idea for a cool summer trip. Several of his friends from college are scattered all over Canada,... read more>>
Sen. Al Franken Grills Facebook About Facial Recognition
Not everyone was excited when Facebook acquired facial recognition software company Face.com. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), the radio host-turned-politician, called a hearing Wednesday to discuss issues regarding facial recognition. In particular, he didn't care for Facebook's opt-in by default setting and what it means for privacy. As with most features within Facebook, users are automatically enrolled in facial recognition and can opt out manually. Franken didn't care for that, and he letFacebook... read more>>
ComScore Examines How Europe Interacts With Facebook
Social statistics tracker ComScore recently released the latest Power of Like report, this one examining how Europeans use Facebook and other social media sites. The paper notes that in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, 32 percent of users' Facebook time is spent on the news feed page. If the report sounds familiar, it should. Just last month, ComScore released The Power of Like 2, studying how Americans interact with social media. Mike... read more>>
NBC's 'Today' Tops 1M Facebook Likes
NBC's "Today" topped 1 million likes on Facebook earlier this week, tallying 1,006,765 at the time of this post. In a press release, NBC touted the fact that "Today" is "the first morning program to cross the million like mark," but in fairness, there are only three network morning news shows. Still, the total number of likes amassed by "Today" topped second-place "Good Morning America," as ABC's entry had 785,936 likes at the... read more>>
Woobox Launches Instant Win For Facebook Pages
Facebook contests are a fun way to engage fans. Now Woobox, which develops fan-attracting applications, gives page administrators the ability to offer instant gratification with Instant Win. With this new app, users can enter to win a prize and find out immediately if they've won. The company launched the app recently, and some early adapters are already loving the new technology. So far Rubbermaid, 30A.com, and Unidays have integrated Woobox's Instant Win... read more>>
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