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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bing Redesign Includes Social Sidebar Column With More Facebook Integration
Microsoft introduced an update to its Bing search engine today that includes a sidebar column containing related information from users' Facebook friends. The new Bing will gradually be rolled out to users, and those interested in getting it earlier can sign up here. Bing users who log in with their Facebook credentials will be able to post questions to their friends on the social network while they search, and tag Bing-suggested friends who... read more>>
Stop The Presses: Abraham Lincoln Didn't Invent Facebook
Some brands and companies struggle to get likes. Yet in one day, a Facebook page announcing what turned out to be a hoax accumulated roughly 4,000 likes and some 30,000 views. The Atlantic Wire reported that Milwaukee resident Nate St. Pierre fabricated a tale of finding evidence that showed Abraham Lincoln to have filed a patent for Facebook in 1845, but The Next Web fell for it hook, line, and sinker, posting... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook IPO Vs. Other Tech IPOs
Social media agency Banyan Branch compared the upcoming Facebook initial public offering with recent similar tech IPOs by Google, Zynga, Yelp, Groupon, and LinkedIn. Banyan Branch compared the respective companies' IPO opening values, total 2011 revenues, performances after their IPOs opened (obviously excluding Facebook), monthly active users, online IPO buzz, and the salaries of their chief executive officers. Monthly active users were expressed in a creative way, comparing the totals with the populations... read more>>
Report: Facebook Still Dominates Ad Agencies' Social Media Plans
Ad agencies continued to heavily favor Facebook when asked which social networks they would use in campaigns for their clients, with 85.1 percent tapping Facebook, nearly double the percentage achieved by second-place finisher YouTube, according to Strata. Respondents were allowed to choose more than one social media option, and the results were: Facebook 85.1 percent YouTube 44.8 percent Twitter 39.1 percent Google Plus 24.1 percent LinkedIn 21.8 percent None 10.3 percent Foursquare 9.2 percent Other 3.4 percent MySpace 1.1 percent Digg 0.0... read more>>
Adaptly Announces Evergreen Facebook Marketing Solution, Funding Round
Social advertising and optimization technology outfit Adaptly rolled out a new solution aimed at tapping paid media opportunities on Facebook and other social networks to ensure that brand-generated content reaches its full audience. The company said its new Evergreen solution automatically generates media by converting brands' posts on Facebook and other social networks into native advertising, extending the reach of those posts and boosting user engagement. Adaptly added that on average, brands' Facebook... read more>>
Does Facebook Make Me Look Fat?
Features such as Facebook timeline, which is rife with photos, have the potential to make people hyper-aware of their physical appearance. This could lead to troublesome effects for individuals suffering from eating disorders and body-image problems such as body dysmorphic disorder, say some psychology experts who specialize in weight-loss and eating issues. When 600 Facebook users were recently surveyed by The Center For Eating Disorders at Shepard Pratt, based in Baltimore, 51 percent... read more>>
News.com.au Looks At Pre-IPO, Post-IPO Estimated Worth Of 'Facebook Insiders'
The Wall Street Journal isn't the only news organization to turn to interactive online technology to cover Facebook's May 18 initial public offering, as Australia's News.com.au put together an interactive graphic featuring the estimated worth of key players inside and outside of the social network before and after the IPO. News.com.au is owned by News Corp. subsidiary News Ltd., and it introduced its list of "Facebook insiders" as follows: There are veteran investors,... read more>>
Latest Facebook S-1 Amendment Addresses Mobile Advertising Issues, Employee RSUs
Facebook late last night filed the sixth amendment to its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its May 18 initial public offering, acknowledging the challenges of monetizing advertising on its mobile products, and announcing the grant of restricted-stock units to employees. On the mobile front, the social network addressed the concerns that have been raised over the fact that more users are accessing Facebook via mobile devices, and it... read more>>
New Buffer Browser Plugins Enhance Scheduled Facebook Sharing
Social sharing application Buffer released a set of browser plugins that allow for greater integration with Facebook. The Buffer plugins are available for Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, and they also enhance sharing via Buffer with Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Reader, HackerNews, and Reddit. Installing the plugins adds a green Buffer button to users' Facebook queues. Buffer allows users to schedule their posts on social networks, and the new plugins bring this capability to... read more>>
Has 'The Wall Street Journal' Gone Overboard With its Facebook IPO Coverage?
We're just waiting for a Facebook tab to appear on The Wall Street Journal's homepage: The newspaper has been covering with great speed and interest this week's initial public offering roadshow. Indeed, Facebook has become something of a mainstay as of late. The newspaper has been covering the IPO roadshow trail since it began Monday, and now it is actually using the social network's own timeline tool, which launched in March, to... read more>>
Report: Facebook Likes Must Lead Fans To Purchase, Consider, Recommend Brands
The latest attempt to quantify what a Facebook like is worth comes from Forrester Research, which ran case studies on four prominent brands -- Best Buy, BlackBerry, Walmart, and Coca-Cola -- to determine how likes result in purchases, consideration, or recommendations. Here are some of the findings from Forrester's report: Facebook fans are much more likely to purchase, consider, and recommend brands: Forrester found, for example, that Facebook users who like BlackBerry were... read more>>
Facebook Introduces App Center, Paid Apps Beta
Facebook's apps and games discovery page? That's so yesterday. The social network today announced the upcoming rollout of its new app center, aimed at giving developers the chance to grow their social applications and at providing users with a one-stop shop for apps. Buried in the app center announcement, Facebook also said developers will have the option of offering paid apps, allowing them to charge users flat fees to access their apps... read more>>
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