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Friday, September 28, 2012
Facebook's Sean Ryan Discusses The Diversity Of Games And Latest Trends
Not long after King.com's Alex Dale weighed in on the state of Facebook games, the social network's owndirector of game partnerships, Sean Ryan, sat down with Venture Beat. Ryan talked about how Facebook games are now a worldwide phenomenon and also addressed subscriptions, SongPop, trends and 3D games. Ryan marveled at how widespread games have become. Whereas in the early days of Facebook, only a couple geners and a few games were... read more>>
The Dynamics Of Being Unfriended On Facebook
It takes only a couple of clicks to break off a Facebook friendship, often causing an irreparable rift in a real-life relationship. Dr. Jennifer Bevan, an associate professor of communication studies at Chapman University in Southern California, wanted to explore this in more detail. She teamed up with two Chapman undergraduate students for a study, discovering what happens emotionally when someone is unfriended. Bevan worked together with undergradsJeanette Pfyl and Brett Barclay... read more>>
Klout Finally Adds Support For Facebook Pages
Nearly two years to the date after adding support for Facebook users' influence, online influence-measurement service Klout announced that it will now factor in Facebook pages. Klout announced the addition in a post on its blog, saying that Klout users with scores of between 70 and 80 have pages with an average of 13,000 people talking about this, and adding that users' most influential content from their pages will soon begin appearing... read more>>
Social Media Jobs: Amazon Game Studios
This week, Amazon Game Studios is hiring a game designer, an art manager, a senior game producer, and a senior UX researcher. Meanwhile, Games Cafe needs a senior Flash game programmer. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. Game Designer Amazon Game Studios (Seattle, WA) Art Manager Amazon Game Studios (Seattle, WA) Senior Game Producer Amazon Game Studios (Seattle, WA) Senior UX Researcher Amazon Game Studios (Seattle,... read more>>
Texas Reinstates Prison Guard Who Was Facebook Friends With Inmate
With more than 1 million people in Texas currently in prison, on parole, or on probation, and some 40,000 employees working in prisons in the state, the law of averages dictates that some prison employees, guards, and parole officers were bound to be Facebook friends with convicts, so it is no longer a cause for termination in the state. The Austin American-Statesman reported the news following the reinstatement of Prison Sgt. Heath... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney Square Off On Facebook
Social media analytics company Socialbakers examined the social media activity by President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney from May 1 through Sept. 19, finding that the incumbent added fewer likes during the period and posted less often, but his posts were shared more than those of the former Massachusetts governor. According to Socialbakers, Romney added 5,416,149 during the period, growing his fan base by 76 percent, while Obama added 2,542,243... read more>>
Study: Opt-In Ad Videos Still Drive Viewers To Facebook Pages, But Fewer Than Last Year
How well do opt-in advertising videos work on Facebook? Video ad platform Jun Group analyzed some 7.7 million user-initiated video ad views from campaigns from Fortune 500 brands that ran between May and August, finding that while those videos still mostly drive viewers to brands' Facebook pages, the rate of that activity is slipping. Among the findings from Jun Group: Visiting brands' Facebook pages remains the most popular activity for viewers after watching... read more>>
Facebook, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Team Up On 'HackEd' Hackathon
Facebook teamed up with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the "HackEd" hackathon Thursday, representing the kickoff of the charitable organization's College Knowledge Challenge. According to Mashable, the College Knowledge Challenge is a 2.5 million investment fund aimed at encouraging developers to create applications that are useful for college students and their parents. College Knowledge Challenge Deputy Director Stacey Childress told Mashable developers are being steered toward three categories: The college application process. Admissions. Financial... read more>>
Facebook Opens Office For Central, Eastern Europe In Warsaw, Poland
Facebook chose Warsaw, Poland, as the site of its new offices for central and Eastern Europe, opening its doors Thursday and covering 30 countries and some 46 million users, according to reports. ZDNet reported that the Warsaw office will lighten the load of the social network's European headquarters in Dublin, adding that Facebook has about 9 million users in Poland. Diego Oliva, Facebook's regional director for southern, central, and Eastern Europe, as well... read more>>
Social Gifting Is Booming On Facebook
We all know the five-second reaction to seeing a friend's birthday on Facebook - a basic greeting posted to their timeline. What if you want to do more? Several companies are filling the gap and making a statement with social gifting, allowing people to give real-life presents to their friends. While entities such as Wrapp and Gifties are getting a foothold in the market, Facebook announced Thursday the launch of Gifts,... read more>>
California Employers, College Administrators Can't Ask For Facebook Passwords
As the link between Facebook usage and work comes under closer scrutiny, several states have made it a law that employers cannot request social media passwords to check up on their employees. California companies and public universities will not be able to ask for social media or email passwords, according to a law signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown signed into law that employees' login information for Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail... read more>>
BlackBerry 10 Comes With Native Facebook App, Timeline
With all of the hype about the iPhone 5 and Facebook's renewed focus on Android, it's easy for BlackBerry's newest release to get lost in the noise. The BlackBerry 10 was announced during a recent conference in San Jose, Calif. The new phone will have a native Facebook application, as well as (finally) timeline. The now-native Facebook app in the BlackBerry 10 has a much faster news feed, and timeline comes across... read more>>
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