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Friday, November 02, 2012
Stay Connected To The Election Through The Facebook App Center
It's the last weekend of the 2012 presidential election, and Facebook wants you to stay connected to the latest news and connect with friends around your favorite candidates with the Facebook App Center. Facebook compiled the top applications of this election cycle in one section of the Facebook App Center. The Election 2012 area currently includes: Obama 2012 - This first campaign app to take advantage of Facebook's open graph, Obama 2012... read more>>
What Else Is Like Facebook?
Facebook's latest ad campaign established that chairs are like Facebook. They're not stopping there. Apparently, Halloween, surf rescue dogs, cake and swimming pools are like Facebook too. What else is like Facebook? Facebook's native page has been posting (objects) are like Facebook throughout the past couple of weeks. The most recent one? Cakes. Birthday cakes are made for people to be together. They give friends a place to gather and celebrate. But too much... read more>>
Social Media Jobs: Urban Decay, Clique Media, Tetris Online
This week, Urban Decay Cosmetics is hiring a lead web designer, and Clique Media needs a home graphic designer. Meanwhile, Tetris Online is hiring a Flash/mobile developer, as well as a web developer. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. Lead Web Designer Urban Decay Cosmetics (Newport Beach, CA) Home Graphic Designer Clique Media (Los Angeles, CA) Flash/Mobile Developer Tetris Online (Honolulu, HI) Web Developer Tetris Online... read more>>
Facebook Educates New Users On Privacy
Though many current users may be a bit fuzzy on privacy controls, Facebook wants to make sure that new users know how they can control their profile once they sign up. Starting today, those who create an account on the social network will now receive a primer on security and how to manage their Facebook life the way they want. Once a new user signs up, he or she will see specific... read more>>
Latest Facebook Phone Rumor: HTC Opera UL
In his first public interview following Facebook's initial public offering, at TechCrunch's Disrupt SF event in San Francisco Sept. 11, Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said of the possibility of a Facebook phone: "It doesn't move the needle for us. We want to build a system that's deeply integrated into every platform people use." Yet the rumors continue. The latest Facebook phone rumor was reported by Slashgear, which said the Opera UL... read more>>
Facebook Pages Get A Global Passport
Just last year, Facebook launched the parent/child relationship manager, giving companies and brands the opportunity to manage all of their individual locations or franchises. The addition of the parent/child relationship manager had marketers, agencies, and brand managers the world over scratching their heads -- if we could connect all of our pages so intricately within a franchise, why couldn't we do the same internationally? As of Oct. 17, brands that have... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: The Psychology Of Facebook
Whether you've noticed it or not, Facebook has likely changed your brain. You get a rush of dopamine - that same chemical that kicks in when you're rewarded - when you see a notification. People with more than 229 friends tend to have larger orbital prefrontal cortexes, the area for social behavior and emotion. An interesting infographic from Best Masters in Psychology details the social network's effect on the brain. However, addiction... read more>>
North Social Catches Holiday Spirit With Advent Calendar Facebook App
Facebook application provider North Social is helping page administrators ring in the holiday season with its new Advent Calendar app, which allows brands to offer Facebook users who like their pages different promotions each day. Page admins can set the number of days for their brands' promotional periods, and a new "virtual door" will open at midnight each day, presenting new coupons, deals, sweepstakes, images, and downloads. North Social offered more details in... read more>>
UPDATED: Different Kinds Of Facebook Ads May Come To Your News Feed
Facebook has tried to monetize individual users by asking if they'd pay a few bucks to promote their posts so they can reach more friends. Now, according to a story in The Daily, Facebook is reportedly testing a model where users can pay a small fee to have classified ads in users' news feeds. While the company confirmed to AllFacebook that the site is testing different ways to put ads in... read more>>
The Knot Creates Facebook Page To Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Salvage Their Weddings
The damage in the wake of Hurricane Sandy included some 2,300 weddings that had to be postponed or rescheduled, according to wedding portal The Knot, which established a Facebook event page, Helping Brides in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy, to help brides-to-be connect with venues and vendors and salvage their special days. As reported by Mashable, the page is aimed at helping East Coast couples do everything possible to keep the 4,000... read more>>
Discover Where Your Facebook Friends Stand Politically With Wisdom App
This is the season when Facebook users' news feeds are filled with election-charged content. While the loudest voices are the ones most remembered, most of your other friends probably have political views that they aren't expressing. Through MicroStrategy's Wisdom application, users can see where their friends stand on the political spectrum. Wisdom takes into account when a user marks Republican or Democrat in the political views box, as well as any party-affiliated... read more>>
Walmart Kicks Off 12 Days Of Giving On Facebook
With the holiday season approaching, it's also giving season at Walmart, as the retail giant kicked off its 12 Days of Giving initiative Thursday. For the next 12 days, Facebook users can go to Walmart's page and click on the "Live Better" tab to nominate nonprofit organizations making a difference in their local communities, with different themes each day, including hunger, military assistance, and disaster relief. Facebook users can nominate their charitable organizations... read more>>
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