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Facebook Touts Launch Of A Platform For Good
A Platform for Good, a new online resource from the Family Online Safety Institute aimed at parents, teachers, and teens, launched Wednesday after being initially announced in February, and FOSI member Facebook plugged the launch in a note on the Facebook Safety page. Some of the features offered by A Platform for Good include: For parents: A "Teach Parents Tech" section that will allow teens to educate their parents about technology, as well... read more>>
Facebook Is Now Friends With Siri, ITunes On IPhone 5
Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg laughed off the thought of a Facebook phone on Tuesday, but many of the features that users would want from that mythical product can be found in Apple's iPhone 5, announced Wednesday. The newest smartphone and iTunes will feature Facebook integration, as part of the company's plan to deepen its ties with the social network with the iOS 6 software update. Apple executives fostered discussion of... read more>>
Study: Single Facebook Post On Election Day 2010 Led To 340,000 Voters
How does Facebook affect elections? According to a new study led by the University of California, San Diego, a single post on Election Day 2010, Nov. 2 of that year, drove some 340,000 users of the social network to their polling stations. According to UC San Diego, here's how it went down: In the study, more than 60 million people on Facebook saw a social, nonpartisan, "get out the vote" message at the... read more>>
Facebook App Refer.me Connects Users To Friends' Referrals
So you're looking for a trustworthy mechanic, a fun place to watch the game, or just want to get advice from friends? Refer.me, built on the Facebook platform, hopes to solve those problems. The application, launched at TechCrunch's Disrupt SF conference, connects Facebook users with referrals from their friends in a visually striking yet informative way. Refer.me was started by David Beatty and Andrew Primrose, who wanted to reimagine the referral process.... read more>>
Facebook Urges Developers To Associate Open Graph Actions With Built-In Like Action
Facebook is urging developers that are using open graph actions such as favorite, heart, and love, to associate them with its built-in like action. The social network said in a post on its developer blog that its request is not a breaking change, and existing custom actions are grandfathered in, but new ones should adhere to its request. More from the blog post: Since we launched open graph nearly one year ago, actions... read more>>
Report: Facebook May Have Reached Saturation Point Among Small, Midsized Businesses
Facebook is by far the top social network in terms of adoption by small and midsized businesses (SMBs), but its prospects for growth in that sector are dim, as it may have reached a point of saturation, according to the results of a survey of decision-makers at 400 SMBs by cloud marketing software provider Vocus and Duct Tape Marketing. Other findings of the study included: Facebook was the most-used site among SMBs, but... read more>>
'Top Games On Facebook' Box Appears Atop Users' News Feeds
Facebook is putting some highly visible promotional muscle behind games and its app center with a promotional box appearing atop users' news feeds featuring the "Top Games on Facebook." The promo box we saw highlighted Backyard Monsters, Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Battle Pirates, and Jackpot Party Casino, and instructed users, "See all games in the app center." Readers: Have you seen this "Top Games on Facebook" box on top of your news feeds?... read more>>
Facebook Recruiting Solution Work4 Labs Debuts Expanded Suite, Free Version; Secures Funding
Facebook recruiting solution Work4 Labs Wednesday announced an expanded suite of social recruiting products, a free version of its product targeted toward small and midsized businesses, and the closing of $11 million in series-A funding from Matrix Partners and other investors. Work4 Labs was founded in June 2010, and it currently boasts a team of 70 located in San Francisco and Paris. It counts several Fortune 500 companies among its list of... read more>>
Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Mobile, IPO, Search, And Facebook's Future
Facebook is the world's most social platform, but the man who started it all hasn't spoken much recently. At TechCrunch's Disrupt SF event in San Francisco Tuesday, Facebook CEO and Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg - dressed in a grey shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes - kept a happy tone as he discussed his company's focus on mobile, the brain drain, its initial public offering, search, and his vision for the future. This... read more>>
How Facebook Propelled U.S. Senate Candidate Ted Cruz To Primary Win
Facebook and social media played a pivotal role in the outcomes of several U.S. Senate primaries this summer. A new case study broke down just how the social network propelled one tea party candidate in Texas from a virtual unknown to a political insider. The politico's handbook, Campaigns & Elections, features a profile of Senate candidate Ted Cruz's recipe for primary success by his digital strategist, Vincent Harris. Cruz was a featured... read more>>
Chat For Pages Brings Traditional Chat Rooms To Facebook Pages
The creator of Facebook discussion application Forum for Pages, developer Pixode, released a related app that allows page administrators to create chat rooms accessible via tabs on their pages. Chat for Pages can be used for customer support, dialog with customers, or discussion about a company's products or services, and it offers features including: Private chat between two users. The ability for users to send notifications to friends alerting them that they are available... read more>>
Digital Photo Frame Instacube Adds Facebook Support After Reaching $500K On Kickstarter
There are a half-million reasons why photos from Facebook are now supported by digital photo frame device Instacube. Instacube developer D2M | Design to Matter used Kickstarter to fund its work on the device, and the company announced Tuesday that since it reached its stretch goal of $500,000, it would add support for Facebook photos. The initial asking target for Instacube on Kickstarter was $250,000, and its first stretch goal was $400,000. The... read more>>
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