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Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Australia Ruling May Make Facebook Page Administrators' Jobs Tougher
In a ruling that may have a ripple effect on Facebook page administrators globally, Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau declared that brands are responsible for the content of all comments on their pages. The Herald Sun reported that the ASB became involved after a complaint about posts on the Smirnoff Australia Facebook page, which is managed by Profera and Diageo. According to the Herald Sun, the complaint cited posts containing vulgarity and obscenity, promoting... read more>>
Facebook Adds Drop-Down Menu After Users Like Pages
Facebook has added a drop-down menu to the like button on pages that gives users who have liked those pages the options of adding those pages to interest lists, showing the likes in their news feeds, and unliking the pages. Prior to the introduction of this drop-down menu, users who opted not to display the fact that they had liked pages on their news feeds had to hide those posts via their... read more>>
Are You Suspicious For Not Being On Facebook?
When Facebook first launched and opened up to college students throughout the country, you were considered cool if you had access to the social network. Now that it is free for anyone around the world to use, you might be considered suspicious or a sociopath if you don't have a Facebook account. A story by German magazine Der Tagesspiegel points out that accused Aurora, Colo., theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass-murderer... read more>>
Facebook Replaces Payments Emails With API
Facebook announced that it is scrapping the emails that it sends to developers containing information about payments, replacing it with a payments reporting application-programming interface that has already gone live. The social network called the payments reporting API "more reliable, secure, and flexible," and it said it plans to add support for local currency later this year. Here are more details from a post on the Facebook developer blog: Reliability: The payments reporting API... read more>>
Amazon Enters World Of Facebook Gaming
Online retailer Amazon announced Monday that it is expanding its offerings and moving into the world of social gaming. The company has launched a Facebook game, Living Classics. The company has been working on Living Classics for a while, but it finally opened the game up to play on Monday. The new development team - Amazon Game Studios - plans to roll out more games on the Facebook platform in the future. Amazon... read more>>
'The Washington Post' Cranks Up Facebook-Connected Political News App The Issue Engine
The Washington Post enhanced its coverage of the 2012 presidential election with its release of news application The Issue Engine, which allows users who are logged into Facebook to share how and why they endorsed candidates on specific issues with their friends. The app collects the candidates' views on specific issues by compiling their official campaign statements, speeches, and social media data, allowing users to view both candidates' positions side-by-side, and to... read more>>
Facebook Users Notified When Friends Like Their Recommendations
Facebook users can like just about everything, and recommendations are apparently now covered, as well, as users are beginning to receive notifications that their friends liked their recommendations. Facebook has been rolling out new features by the bushel this week, with thumbnail photo previews appearing in several new places, and it's only Tuesday: Stay tuned. Readers: Have you received any notifications about friends liking your recommendations? Thank you to Blink Vice President of Media... read more>>
U.K.-Only Bingo Friendzy Marks Facebook's Entry Into Real-Money Gambling Games
Facebook is throwing its chips into the real-money gambling pot, but only for its U.K. users, as London-based online gambling operator Gamesys rolled out Bingo Friendzy, which allows users 18 and over to compete for cash prizes. BBC News reported that Gamesys is licensed and regulated by the government of Gibraltar, which is why it can offer Bingo Friendzy in the U.K., and the developer said players will be able to access... read more>>
UPDATED: Thumbnail Photo Previews Appearing All Over Facebook
Thumbnail images are popping up in new places throughout Facebook, as they have begun showing up on page administrators' admin panels, users' notifications, and when users roll their cursors over the names of people tagged in photos. Matteo Gamba of Wimdu España shared the screen shot below Monday, which features previews of photos on the page that were commented on within the page's admin panel. The thumbnail previews appear under the... read more>>
A Look Inside Facebook's Campus
It has been described as a frat house, a green haven, and one of the coolest places to work. Time recently took a tour of the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif., to get a sense of what it's like to work for the social network. Time's Harry McCracken noted that in terms of architecture, times have definitely changed. In the past, businesses wanted neck-craning skyscrapers to announce to the world that... read more>>
UPDATED: Mistaken Identity On Facebook Strikes New Mexico Teen
Selena Gomez, an 18-year-old woman from New Mexico, knows she's not the pop star with the same name. Facebook, on the other hand, thinks she's an impersonator and has disabled her account (it has since been reactivated). It's yet another case of mistaken identity on Facebook - a growing problem with regard to social media. TMZ first reported Monday that Selena Miranda Gomez recently tried to access her Facebook account, but was... read more>>
Oreo Marks Mars Rover Landing With Facebook Photo
Oreo is one smart cookie when it comes to engagement on Facebook, following up its late-June status update expressing support for gay pride, which had totaled nearly 300,000 likes and more than 90,000 shares at the time of this post, with a photo saluting the successful landing of the Mars Rover. The photo depicts an Oreo with red cream, representing the sand of Mars, and tire tracks cutting across the red cream... read more>>
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