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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Barry Diller: Facebook IPO Speculators 'Deserve Whatever They Get, Good Or Bad'
Facebook's oft-criticized initial public offering has at least one high-profile backer: InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller, who spoke out in favor of the social network's $38-per-share launch price on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Tuesday morning. Diller said on the morning show, as reported by CNBC, that it made sense for Facebook to price its IPO as high as it possibly could, and investors who bought in at the IPO price were likely speculators, and... read more>>
Facebook's Partnership With Datalogix Brings Privacy Concerns
Facebook has compiled myriad data about what users are doing on the site. What about when they go to another corner of the Web? The company has partnered with Datalogix in an effort to see if people who see ads on the social network end up actually buying the products. There's already a movement for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the deal. According to Financial Times, Datalogix has purchasing data from... read more>>
Small Businesses Win Big Through Facebook
Thanks to a partnership between Facebook and American Express, five small businesses earned $25,000 and social media help as part of the Big Break For Small Businesses contest. Casale Jewelers of Staten Island, N.Y.; Hendrick Boards of Orange County, Calif.; Dick Pond Athletics of Chicago; The Produce Box of Raleigh, N.C.; and Dutch Monkey Doughnuts of Cumming, Ga., were the lucky winners. Hendrick Boardsis an eco-friendly skateboard shop owned by David, Donny,... read more>>
PetSmart Charities Uses Facebook To Push Adoption
During this election season, PetSmart Charities is urging Facebook users to take a break from politics and focus on "pawlitics." PetSmart Charities is pushing pet adoption, offering a United for Adopted Pets badge via its Facebook page as well as conducting an online poll in which users choose between dogs and cats, the results of which will be unveiled Oct. 25. The company said its latest "water dish" poll found that: 41 percent of... read more>>
Would You Take Out An Insurance Policy On Your Facebook Account?
Most Facebook users have insurance of some sort, whether it be life, auto, or homeowners' insurance. But what about Facebook insurance? Sophos' Naked Security blog reports that U.K. information privacy company Allow is offering coverage against reputation damage and ID theft, via a policy with Legal Insurance Management. Policy holders pay £3.99 ($6.47) per month, and the policy pays up to £10,000 ($16,213.11) in professional fees and ancillary costs, including reverse search-engine optimization... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Men Are Cheap (When It Comes To Facebook Ads, Anyway)
Digital marketing firms Resolution Media and Kenshoo analyzed nearly 65 billion Facebook ad impressions and 20 million Facebook ad clicks during a 12-month period to come to this conclusion: Men are cheap. Resolution Media and Kenshoo sought to explore gender differences in ad campaigns on the social network in order to offer guidance to advertisers. Here are some of the highlights of their findings: Women outnumber men on the social network, 58 percent... read more>>
Facebook Reacts To Blown Football Call
The moment feared by anyone associated with the National Football League, from Commissioner Roger Goodell down to the fans, happened Monday night, as a highly controversial call by a replacement referee gave the Seattle Seahawks a gift victory over the Green Bay Packers. And Facebook users were quick to react, with one meme, in particular, spreading like wildfire. On the final play of the "Monday Night Football" visit by the Packers to... read more>>
Facebook Adds 'Registered To Vote' Life Event
With Election Day just weeks away, Facebook continued its efforts to push voter registration, following up on its creation of the I'm Voting application with CNN with the addition of a new life event in which users can indicate on their timelines that they have registered to vote. The social network said in a note on its U.S. Politics on Facebook page that users can share the details of how and why... read more>>
PBS Mixes Facebook, Other Social Networks Into Documentary 'Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women'
PBS will air documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Oct. 1 and 2, but Facebook users can get involved and stay involved for more than those two nights. The film was based on the bestseller of the same name by New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and it follows Kristof and celebrity advocates America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and... read more>>
The New MySpace: Now With More Facebook
Justin Timberlake is bringing MySpace back, as the singer/actor was featured in a promotional video for the former top social network, but it's a cameo by the Facebook logo that may raise eyebrows, as well. Details haven't been released yet, but it appears that the new MySpace will continue to have some kind of Facebook integration. The video, shown at new.myspace.com, shows that users can connect to MySpace through Facebook when they... read more>>
Report: Facebook Pages More Effective Than Websites
Who needs a website when you can have a Facebook page? A recent survey by market-research firm Lab42 found that 50 percent of the 1,000 social media users who were polled believe Facebook pages are more useful than brands' websites, and 82 percent feel that pages are good places to interact with brands. However, brands must be judicious about their posts, as 48 percent of respondents have unliked pages that post too... read more>>
Users Seeing Old Facebook Wall Posts, Not A Private Message Leak
The 2000's were a simpler era. There was no timeline, MySpace was still the social network of choice, and everything on Facebook wasn't broadcast to the world. So when people started crying foul that Facebook was publishing private messages, they were misguided. Facebook's timeline shows wall posts from 2009 and before, when many people used the wall feature to post messages they believed only the recipient would read. TechCrunch first reported the... read more>>
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