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Thursday, September 06, 2012
Obama Bests Romney In Facebook Mentions During Both Conventions
Mentions of President Barack Obama on Facebook bested those of Republican challenger Mitt Romney by almost a two-to-one margin during the two weeks of the presidential nominating conventions that come to a close Thursday night. The data on the most-mentioned moments during the conventions -- in the Facebook era of presidential politics -- come just as Obama is set to accept his party's nomination for a second time at the Democratic National... read more>>
Facebook Welcomes Instagram To The Company
Now that Facebook's acquisition of photo-sharing application Instagram has officially been cleared, the social network took some time to welcome its newest company. Vice President of Engineering Mike Schropfer took some time to announce that the deal has gone through and that his company can now work together with Instagram. Schropfer announced the finalization in a note on the Facebook newsroom: So many of us at Facebook love using Instagram to share moments... read more>>
Test Users Allow Developers To Vet Facebook Subscription Payments Process
Facebook is now allowing developers that are implementing subscription payments to use test users in order to ensure that the entire process goes smoothly. The social network announced the option in a post on its developer blog: Subscriptions now supports test users. This will allow you to more easily test your subscriptions implementation end-to-end. For more information, see the subscriptions and test users documentation. Facebook made its subscription payment model available to all developers... read more>>
Select Facebook Advertisers Can Target Ads By Email, Phone Number, User ID
The ability to target ads to Facebook users by email, phone number, or user ID was rolled out to users of the social network's power editor with managed accounts Wednesday, and ads application-programming-interface partners can request access to the functionality for their managed accounts, as well, according to a report in sister blog Inside Facebook. Facebook users must have previously opted into providing that data to advertisers, according to Inside Facebook, offering... read more>>
Dungeon Rampage Brings Facebook Friends Together To Slay Minions And Monsters
If you're slicing, hacking, and zapping your way through a series of deadly dungeons, you're probably going to want some help from friends. That's what Rebel Entertainment - makers of newly launched Facebook game Dungeon Rampage - figured, too. The game launched in beta in December, attracting more than 3 million gamers. Now that the full game of Dungeon Rampage is out there, Rebel is excited to see how players all... read more>>
Report: Twitter U.S. Mobile Ad Revenue Nearly Double That Of Facebook In 2012
Despite Facebook's increased emphasis on building up its mobile revenue, a new forecast from eMarketer predicts that Twitter will bring in nearly double the mobile revenue of Facebook in the U.S. for the full year of 2012. According to eMarketer, Twitter will tally $129.7 million in U.S. mobile advertising revenue in 2012, compared with $72.7 million for Facebook. The research firm added that it sees the overall U.S. mobile advertising market totaling... read more>>
Syncapse Strengthens Facebook Analytics Offerings With Launch Of Syncapse Analytics Suite
Social performance management platform Syncapse bolstered its analytics offerings with Thursday's launch of Syncapse Analytics Suite. Syncapse Analytics Suite is anchored by a performance dashboard that allows brand managers to measure, understand, and optimize campaigns and social presences on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Users can see complete profiles of each social property, including comparisons of actions, as well as the impact of marketing teams and support agencies across brand portfolios and markets. The... read more>>
Third-Party Facebook-Management Tools Join Forces As HootSuite Acquires Seesmic
Two third-party social-media-management tools are now one, as HootSuite Thursday announced its acquisition of Seesmic, saying that it will continue to support Seesmic but convert business users to HootSuite and urge Seesmic users to sample HootSuite's offerings. HootSuite boasts nearly 5 million users, including 79 of the Fortune 100 companies, adding that they send more than 1.5 million daily messages via its dashboard. And Seesmic allows users to simultaneously post content to... read more>>
Adobe Social Debuts, Offers Robust, Easy-To-Use Take On Facebook Marketing Analytics
When Adobe announced social marketing software suite Adobe Social in March, it pegged the availability date as "late 2012." Late 2012 has arrived, as Adobe Social was released for general availability Thursday. Adobe Social incorporates technology from Context Optional and Efficient Frontier. Adobe acquired Facebook advertising-management platform Efficient Frontier last November. Six months before that, Efficient Frontier acquired Facebook page-management platform Context Optional. John Mellor, vice president of strategy and business development for... read more>>
Facebook's Mobile Interface For Pages Looks More Like Timeline
Facebook recently announced that the mobile experiences for iOS and Android will change for the better. Sister site Inside Facebook noticed that some of the tweaks with regard to pages have already gone live, making the mobile interface look a lot more like the desktop version of timeline. Tabs,which were once static when accessed via mobile, are now scrollable. If a page has more than three tabs, users can swipe left or... read more>>
Myriad Group Pact Helps Facebook Address Mobile, Asian Growth Issues
When Facebook announced plans to go public, two of the most prominent concerns raised about the social network were its ability to monetize mobile and its prospects for growth in Asia. The deal it reached with Myriad Group, announced Wednesday, took aim at both of those concerns. Facebook and Myriad Group teamed up on Myriad Updates, a text-based social mobile messaging service aimed at feature phones, or mobile devices that are not... read more>>
NBA 2K13 Takes Its Talents To Facebook
Next month, you won't need an insane vertical leap to rise to power in the National Basketball Association. Game developer 2K Sports, which makes basketball video game NBA 2K13, announced Wednesday the launch of 2K Everywhere. This includes a Facebook game where gamers can import a created player from the video game and compete in challenges with friends, as well as mobile apps. This is 2K Sports' first foray into social gaming.... read more>>
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