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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Is Facebook Helping Presidential Campaigns Get Out The Vote?
Unless you have your head in the sand, you know that Election Day is right around the corner -- Nov. 6 to be exact. And as we close in on the end of what's been dubbed the first social election, Facebook continues to prove that it's more than just a place to tag friends in photos or share updates about family. The social network is a tool used in the presidential... read more>>
Report: Facebook Users 18-25 In Work Force Still Don't Get It
Despite the fact that it's difficult to go online these days without tripping over post after post after post after post about how Facebook and the employment part of people's lives do not mix well, it's also difficult to go online and not find studies showing that these warnings are being ignored, and the latest comes by way of AVG Technologies. Some of the familiar statistics shared by AVG, from its survey... read more>>
Tabfusion Adds Google Maps Options For Facebook Pages
Facebook tab application provider Tabfusion is mapping the way for its clients to add Google Maps to their Facebook pages, introducing a Google Maps application and a contact form app that offers the option of adding Google Maps. Tabfusion said both apps offer customization features including layouts, colors, background images, and map colors. The apps are available for $20 per year, or $10 per year with a three-year commitment, with no limit on... read more>>
Report: Facebook Ads In News Feed, Mobile Represent A 'Win-Win-Win'
The placement of ads in Facebook's news feed has caused click-through rates to soar by more than 20 times, from 0.058 percent to more than 1 percent, according to an analysis of some 86 billion impressions between the third quarters of 2011 and 2012, from 459 clients in 113 countries by Spruce Media. Spruce Media added that the placement of Facebook ads on the mobile news feed has also been successful for... read more>>
Uncle Sam, California Benefit From Facebook Employees' Stock Windfall
On Monday, rank-and-file Facebook employees will be able to sell their stock, which officially came to fruition Thursday. Collectively, the roughly 225 million shares are worth about $5.2 billion, based on Wednesday's closing price of $23.23 apiece. But it's not just Facebook employees who are excited for a potential sell-off -- the federal and California governments stand to profit from this, as well. As CNNMoney notes, Facebook employees will be heavily taxed: Unlike... read more>>
What Is The Best Advice Facebook VP Of HR Lori Goler Ever Got?
The best advice Facebook Vice President of Human Resources Lori Goler ever received came from Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, according to a new feature in Fortune, aptly titled, "The Best Advice I Ever Got." Goler said of her advice from Sandberg: I told her that I didn't have a lot of experience leading recruiting organizations, and she responded by saying that most men would not let that get in the way of... read more>>
OK.com Helps Facebook Users Tap Friends, Family For Age-Appropriate Movie Recommendations
Facebook users are more likely to trust their friends when it comes to movie recommendations, and Deseret Digital Media saw an opportunity in this area, particularly when it came to families with children, resulting in the launch of online family media guide OK.com. OK.com allows users to log in with their Facebook accounts and, rather than writing or reading long-winded reviews, to see or provide the answers to two simple questions: What... read more>>
WARNING: Avoid Emails That Claim Facebook Friends Called You 'Piece Of Shit'
Your Facebook friend didn't really call you a "piece of shit." It's actually malware. Sophos' Naked Security blog reported on the latest attempt to bail Facebook users into clicking on links that take them not to the social network, but, in this case, to a website disguised as a Facebook page, which hosts malicious iFrame script Mal/Iframe-W, which subjects users to the risk of infection via the Blackhole exploit kit. Naked Security points... read more>>
Facebook's Instagram Deal Worth $715M; $87M Spent On Other 2012 Acquisitions
Facebook's $1 billion deal to acquire Instagram was actually a $715 million deal to acquire Instagram, as the social network's slumping stock price lowered the value of the major component of the deal for the photo-sharing application, Facebook revealed in its 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The original terms of the deal called for Facebook to pay $300 million in cash, and the remainder in vested class-B common stock,... read more>>
Salesforce.com Sheds Radian6, Other Employees Following Buddy Media Net Losses
The acquisitions of Radian6 in 2010 and Buddy Media in June are starting to catch up with Salesforce.com, as TechCrunch reported that the company amended its 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to show $20 million in net losses for Buddy Media during the first six months of 2012, which reportedly led to the layoffs of fewer than 100 people from Radian6 and other areas of its Salesforce Marketing... read more>>
Is Facebook An Ecommerce Facilitator Or Competitor?
While many companies may have felt that Facebook became a competitor with its launch of ecommerce ventures such as Collections and Gifts, others see this as a great start for a flourishing future for Facebook commerce. Rob Wight, CEO of myList, feels that Facebook developing this technology can help companies by providing an established platform. MyList, like Collections, has a Pinterest-like feel. It allows users to search for tangible things they like,... read more>>
Facebook Testing Five-Star Ratings For Places
Facebook wants its users to find five-star accommodations and other places, as the social network is apparently testing the use of the five-star ratings system, which allows users to rate applications, for places. Ryan Plant alerted sister blog Inside Facebook about the test, in which some users are seeing a module in their sidebars titled "rate these places," with the option of assigning one star through five stars to places where they... read more>>
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