Facebook Mulling Check-Ins Launch In Coming Weeks [Report]
Facebook is set to launch its own version of Foursquare-like check-ins in the coming weeks, CNET reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Weekly Wrap-up: Not on Facebook, Google Drive and Path’s Privacy Issues
February 11, 2012 - 8:55 am
Tags: Drive, Facebook, Google, Issues, Paths, Privacy, Weekly, Wrapup
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Alicia Eler explores the “Not On Facebook” movement. Jon Mitchell explains why Google Drive won’t be a Dropbox clone. Path uploads your entire address book to their servers without permission. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up. After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of [...]
[STUDY] Your Facebook Friends Influence How You Feel
February 10, 2012 - 3:55 pm
Tags: Facebook, Feel, Friends, Influence, Study
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“A cute baby dolphin for your weekend-viewing pleasure” a Facebook friend of mine writes. Under the text, I see a link to an imgur-hosted image of that amazingly adorable marine mammal. Suddenly, my day is feeling a lot better. Did I just catch a mood… on Facebook? A new study by Facebook data scientists shows [...]
This App Tells You All About Your Facebook Friends, But Will It Make You Smarter?
February 10, 2012 - 2:55 pm
Tags: about, Facebook, Friends, Smarter, Tells, this
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In the two weeks I have been using Wisdom, an iPad and iPhone app that gives you detailed demographic data about your Facebook friends, the number of users has gone from just over 4 million to just under 6 million. Part of that rapid growth is most likely attributable to an extensive advertising campaign on [...]
Zuck Voting for Mitt? How Facebook “Like” Makes Things Ambiguous
February 10, 2012 - 12:55 pm
Tags: ambiguous, Facebook, Like, Makes, Mitt, Things, Voting, Zuck
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Sometimes the “Like” button is not as clear cut as it seems. Even Zuck would agree. ZDNet reports that a Facebook design flaw has accidentally convinced some readers that Zuckerberg is endorsing Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The awkward “Liking” took place earlier this week. Zuck “liked” a story by Salon.com’s Farhad Manjoo, who [...]
When Facebook Defriending Ends in Murder
February 10, 2012 - 10:55 am
Tags: Defriending, Ends, Facebook, Murder
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Reuters reports that a Tennessee couple who “defended” Jenelle Potter on Facebook were murdered by her father and another man. “This is just senseless,” said Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece told Reuters. “We’ve had murders, but nothing like this.” Jenelle Potter, 30, is one of those types who you just don’t mess with. She is [...]
10 Companies Using Facebook To Grow Their Likes
February 10, 2012 - 10:05 am
Tags: Companies, Facebook, grow, Their Likes, using
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Growing the number of “Likes” on your company’s Facebook page isn’t just a matter of pride. In fact, the social proof generated by an active fan page can be incredibly powerful in building your brand’s authority and engagement. However, earning these votes of confidence isn’t as simple as just asking people to click “Like” on [...]
Why You’re Seeing Games in the Facebook News Feed
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Tags: Facebook, Feed, Games, News, Seeing, You're
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Last week Facebook IPO rumors swirled about the Internet. Few in the tech world were able to focus on anything else. Facebook’s estimated $75-$100 billion IPO had tech-meisters and analysts drooling. Finally, the world’s largest social network decided to put a price on everyones’ personal data. But there was an official announcement that dropped just [...]
Microsoft Will Launch Kinect For Workplace Next Month
February 9, 2012 - 2:55 pm
Tags: Kinect, Launch, Microsoft, MONTH, Next, Workplace
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Big Question (Answered): “Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends?”
February 9, 2012 - 7:55 am
Tags: Answered, Facebook, Friends, many, Question
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Every day I jump onto Facebook for my work, but honestly, I never use it as it was intended. If you send me a message or like my status, I might engage, but I never reach out to folks. My stream is full of interesting content about people I don’t know enough to care about. [...]
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February 8, 2012 - 6:28 am
Tags: Deprecating, Facebook, Insights, Metrics, page, Ready
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Some metrics will be completely eliminated; others are being replaced by metrics added to the Graph API. If you haven’t already stopped using the deprecated metrics, you probably have your work cut out for you to quickly get the updates in place. View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
