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Thursday, August 09, 2012
Facebook Tests 'Send To Mobile' Button In Hover Card For Game Stories In News Feed
Facebook continues to experiment with ways to help developers drive downloads of their applications, extending the "send to mobile" button it added to its app center in May to the hover card that appears when users move the cursors over app-related stories in their news feeds. Sister blog Inside Facebook reported that clicking on the "send to mobile" button will result in notifications being sent to users' mobile devices that will direct... read more>>
FutureLeap, ChargePlay To Debut 'Mockumentary' Film 'Wannabe' On Facebook
"Mockumentary" film Wannabe will premiere Friday not in theaters, but on the movie's Facebook page, as part of a beta test by online movie outfit FutureLeap and online payment technology company ChargePlay. The companies said Wannabe "follows the underappreciated yet incessant attempts at stardom by ex-boy-bander Steve and his best friend turned rival, Paul," and it will be available starting Friday for 48-hour rentals via the film's Facebook page for a suggested... read more>>
AMC Backs 'The Walking Dead' With Facebook Game
Cable network AMC is promoting the third-season premiere of hit drama series "The Walking Dead" Sunday, Oct. 14, at 9 p.m. ET/PT by teaming up with RockYou and Eyes Wide Games on Facebook game The Walking Dead Social Game. Players in The Walking Dead Social Game will battle man-eating zombies and earn points based on stamina, shooting accuracy, range of movement, and vision, and they can play against their Facebook friends, who... read more>>
Facebook Streamlines Ad Creation Process
Trying to figure out how to create a winning Facebook ad? The social network wants to make that process easier. Facebook announced Thursday that it has redesigned the ad creation tool to make it simpler for people and companies to create ads and sponsored stories that work closer to their stated goals, whether it's just to get more likes or to promote page posts. Here's just a snippet of the new layout... read more>>
Mark Zuckerberg's Freshman Roommate (Facebook Member No. 14) Goes For Olympic Gold
If it wasn't bad enough that Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship, fellow co-founder and current CEO Mark Zuckerberg will openly root for an athlete from Haiti during the men's triple jump final at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games Thursday, set to start at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT. However, Zuckerberg has a good reason: Samyr Laine was his freshman roommate at Harvard University. Mashable reported that Laine, 28,... read more>>
Facebook Launches Phish@fb.com Email Address To Report Phishing
Facebook made it easier for its users to report phishing attempts by launching email address phish@fb.com. The social network also suggested that users forward suspicious emails to the Anti-Phishing Working Group at reportphishing@antiphishing.org, the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov, and the Internet Crime Complaint Center. In a note on the Facebook Security page announcing the launch of phish@fb.com, the social network offered some tips from the APWG on how to recognize potential phishing... read more>>
Vidyoo Adds Matchmaking To Facebook Video Chat
Facebook may still be tinkering around with offering video chat, but that hasn't stopped developers such as OoVoo and Rounds from providing related products. The field just got a little more crowded with the official public launch of Vidyoo Thursday. Vidyoo described itself as "an innovative new people discovery application," and it matches users for video chats based on their interests and preferences. The Facebook application features a Privacy Curtain, which will not... read more>>
Facebook To Developers: No Using Platform To Export User Data To Other Social Networks
Facebook issued a stern reminder to developers that its platform cannot be used to export user data to other social networks without permission. The social network ensured that it cannot be accused of withholding user data with its release of the Download Your Information tool, but that doesn't mean it wants to make it easy for developers or users to import data to, say, Google Plus. The reminder was part of a post... read more>>
Facebook Closer To Headquarters Expansion
Facebook took the first steps toward expanding its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters to the former Tyco Electronics site across the Bayfront Expressway from its main campus, submitting a plan to the state for cleaning up soil that is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other toxic chemicals. The Palo Alto Daily News reported that prior to Tyco Electronics, the site was used as a chemical handling and storage operation by Raychem, and... read more>>
Football Player Asks Facebook Fans For Touchdown Celebration Ideas
Even professional athletes are getting into the act of crowdsourcing via Facebook. DeAngelo Williams, a running back for the National Football League's Carolina Panthers, recently asked his Facebook fans to suggest a dance to do when he scores a touchdown during the preseason. Williams, who is entering his sixth year in the NFL, posted a video to his Facebook page, asking fans to suggest a touchdown celebration. He said: I want to get... read more>>
App Developer To Mark Zuckerberg: I Like You
Not everyone hates Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Not long after an app developer wrote an open letter to Zuckerberg on his blog claiming that Facebook tried to bully him into an acqui-hire, the CEO of Earbits countered with a rosier opinion of the man in charge of the social network. Earbits is an app that serves as a radio station for independent artists. According to our sister site, AppData, Earbits... read more>>
Wildfire Shows How (And Why) To Make Your Facebook Campaign Influencer-Friendly
On Facebook, not all fans are created equal. Certain people have a little more influence than others - when they recommend a brand's page or product, their friends tend to join in. A study by social media solutions firm Wildfire Interactive (recently acquired by Google) examines just how brands can optimize their Facebook pages to promote more sharing and gain the eye of influential users. Wildfire tracked 10,000 social media campaigns on... read more>>
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