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News25 new results for Facebook
 
Hatred of Timeline causes satisfaction with Facebook to plummet
Fox News
Satisfaction with social-networking powerhouse Facebook has slumped, according to the latest survey from the American Customer Satisfaction Index -- hitting a new record-low score in the social media category that placed it among the five lowest-scoring ...
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New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's Audacious Goal: Beat Facebook And Google ...
San Francisco Chronicle
According to a source briefed on the Yahoo board's thinking, Yahoo hired Marissa Mayer to be its CEO because the board believes that she can make the company competitive with Google and Facebook. On the one hand, of course Mayer and the board ...
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Knight Capital Weighing Legal Options In Facebook Losses
Wall Street Journal
Problems trading Facebook's shares on May 18, driven by Nasdaq OMX's difficulties opening the stock, shaved 23 cents a share from Knight's financial results for the second quarter, though the company said Wednesday it still recorded a profit for the period.
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Register to vote through Facebook? Washington reveals new app.
Christian Science Monitor
As soon as next week, Facebook users in Washington state may register to vote through an app developed by Microsoft. The initiative could mobilize young voters. By Megan Riesz / July 18, 2012. Facebook has been developing the Washington state ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Facebook Shares Under Pressure Amid Growth-Slowdown Concerns
Businessweek
Facebook Inc. (FB) (FB) shares are under pressure in the run-up to an earnings report, due next week, that will probably indicate growth slowed in the second quarter. The shares pared losses today, rising 1.5 percent to $28.52 at 9:46 a.m. in New York.
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Facebook IPO knocks trading firm's net income
CBS News
NEW YORK — Trading losses from the messy Facebook public offering helped knock Knight Capital's quarterly net income down 81 percent. The New York trading firm said Wednesday that the botched IPO resulted in a $35.4 million trading loss, a blow to ...
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Washington State Offers Voter Registration Via Facebook
PC Magazine
The Washington secretary of state's office announced Tuesday a new Facebook app that will allow state residents to register to vote, according to the AP. The link is expected to go live as early as next week, and people can "like" the app and recommend it to ...
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Washington State To Allow Voter Registration Through Facebook
Huffington Post
Facebook users in Washington state will have something else to brag about to their online friends: that they registered to vote on Facebook. The secretary of state's office said Tuesday it will have an application on its Facebook page that allows residents to ...
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Facebook User Satisfaction Falls, While Google Plus Takes Off
CNBC.com (blog)
Pintereset also fared well scoring 69 point. "These sites are newer, more interesting and potentially don't have some of the issues that have dogged Facebook for the past several years," said Debra Williamson, a social media advertising analyst for eMarketer.
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CNBC.com (blog)
Facebook Sinks on the User Satisfaction Curve
TechNewsWorld
Facebook users appear increasingly unhappy with their experiences on the social network. They're annoyed by the ads and irritated by the compulsory switch to the Timeline format. Worse, they're left wanting a whole lot more than Facebook is delivering with ...
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Washington state to unveil voter registration on Facebook
USA TODAY
Sponsored Links. The secretary of state's office said Tuesday it will have an application on its Facebook page that allows residents to register to vote and then "like" the application and recommend it to their friends. It's expected to launch as early as next week.
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USA TODAY
Nasdaq Requests IPO Lawsuits Be Kept Separate From Facebook's
Huffington Post
July 17 (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and investors who sued the exchange operator over Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering have asked a judicial panel to keep their dispute separate from dozens of related shareholder lawsuits. The No.
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Wash. to unveil voter registration on Facebook
The Seattle Times
The secretary of state's office said Tuesday it will have an application on its Facebook page that allows residents to register to vote and then "like" the application and recommend it to their friends. It's expected to launch as early as next week. "In this age of ...
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Facebook's Continued Weakness: Too Many Musicians in There, Says Capstone
Barron's (blog)
In case you haven't noticed, shares of Facebook (FB) have struggled of late. After reaching the low $30s per share at the end of June, the stock today traded at $27 before closing down a half a percent at $28.09. There has not been a tremendous news flow ...
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Facebook's core business problem
ZDNet (blog)
Over time, Facebook grew from a restrictive Ivy League social network to one where only the non-digital were left out. Like so many other social networks, from Twitter to Path to Pinterest, Facebook started as a trendy club. The difference is that it evolved ...
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Facebook and Washington state join forces to register voters
CNET
Facebook and Washington state join forces to register voters. Collaborating with Microsoft, Washington state and Facebook partner to create an app that lets the state's residents register to vote via the social network. Dara Kerr. by Dara Kerr. July 17, 2012 8:14 ...
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Vt. GOP official sorry for Obama Facebook post
CBS News
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A county Republican Party committee chairman apologized Tuesday for a statement he reposted to a party Facebook page that was widely interpreted as a racist attack on President Barack Obama. Rob Towle, the Rutland County ...
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Google+ trumps Facebook in customer satisfaction
CNN
(CNN) -- Facebook may be more populous, but Google+ is better-liked. That's the message from a new set of data released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Google+, the 1-year-old social network that pundits declared dead last year, ...
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Facebook Marketing Advice from Jumpstart Automotive Group
MarketWatch (press release)
Nick Matarazzo, CEO of Jumpstart, says GM's back-and-forth indecision about paid Facebook advertising - first, its announcement in May to end roughly $10 million in yearly paid Facebook ads, and its recent discussions to buy ads on Facebook once again ...
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Google+ Much Better Than Facebook Say Surveys: Users Disagree
Forbes
Apparently Google+ is a much better social media site that Facebook. For it scores much higher in consumer satisfaction surveys than Facebook does. The one small, tiny you could say, problem with this is that actually there's near a billion people on ...
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Wash. becomes first state with voter registration on Facebook
CBS News
The state of Washington has become the first in the U.S. to offer voter registration on Facebook, as states update their approaches for younger, more connected residents who've come to expect many services online. The secretary of state's office said Tuesday ...
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CBS News
Knight Capital considering legal action for Facebook IPO losses
Reuters
Q2 EPS $0.04 vs $0.19 year earlier. * Q2 revenue fell 11 pct to $289.3 mln. * Recorded pre-tax loss of $35.4 million from Facebook IPO. July 18 (Reuters) - Knight Capital Group Inc, one of the four major market makers for Facebook Inc's IPO, said it is ...
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Facebook fans send Pitbull to Alaska Walmart
Florida Times-Union
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It's not exactly "International Love," but Miami rap star Pitbull is about to bring his act to a nonetheless far-flung site — Kodiak, Alaska. The unlikely tour stop announced Tuesday will mark the first time the chart-topper will visit the state ...
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Fake Facebook Photo-Tagging Notifications Hide Malware
PC Magazine
One of the few times most of us reads a Facebook notification email ASAP is when it tells you that you've been tagged in a photo. Some clever spam authors have taken advantage of this compulsion. On Tuesday, Sophos reported a new spam campaign ...
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Facebook Builds Tools to Help Users Get Along
Forbes
And while Facebook has staff around the world who deal with reports of serious abuses, they also hear about issues that have more to do with interpersonal relationships among members — like someone posting or tagging you in a photo that you don't like, ...
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Blogs10 new results for Facebook
 
What if Nelson Mandela Used Facebook to Fight Apartheid?
By Bianca Consunji
A brief history of Nelson Mandela as told through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare.
Mashable » US & World
Doomed by Facebook, Pitbull Agrees to Alaskan Exile | Adweek
By Tim Nudd
When 71000 people want to exile you to one of the most remote places imaginable, there's not much you can do but grin and bear it.
Adweek : Advertising & Branding
What a Successful Facebook Mobile Strategy May Look Like
By Dave Copeland
Even Mark Zuckerberg concedes that the biggest challenge on Facebook's plate is developing a viable mobile strategy. The question is: How? In recent announcements, the company has shown that it's thinking hard about the answer.
ReadWriteWeb
Why Facebook Advertising Is Working - Business Insider
By Robert Libetti
1-800-Flowers President, Chris McCann, has helped shape his company from a traditional brick-and-mortar, mom-and-pop operation, to one of the leading e-commerce sites in the world. And he's done so while continuing to grow the number ...
Business Insider
It's Official: Facebook Contest Sends Pitbull To Kodiak, Alaska ...
By Justin Lafferty
Miami-based rapper Pitbull calls himself Mr. Worldwide and mentions exotic locales such as Rio de Janiero, Madrid, and Puerto Rico in his songs. Thanks to some pranksters who flexed their muscles through a Facebook contest, Pitbull will ...
AllFacebook
Google+, Facebook customer satisfaction Survey: Google wins?
By Dan Graziano
While some reports claim that Google's social network site is a "ghost town," a new study suggest that users are more satisfied with Google+ than any oth.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Desperately seeking Google: Facebook's open-hardware crusade is ...
By Jolie O'Dell
When Facebook decided to open-source the hardware that makes its data centers some of the most energy-efficient and innovative in the tech industry, others tech giants were eager to join in and open-source their Internet hardware as well.
VentureBeat
Facebook: Users Upload 300 Million Images A Day (So Please Let ...
By Owen Thomas
Rick Armbrust, a Facebook business-development manager who wrote the post, was also careful to highlight all the third-party apps like PicCollage and Hipstamatic that are used to upload photos. Facebook's Open Graph, a tool for ...
SAI
Social Media Metrics: The Real Value of Facebook 'Likes' | Social ...
By Jillian Ney
Last week the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones reported on a 'virtual bagel' experiment he conducted with Facebook. The research was simple, set up a 'virtual bagel' company page and drive Facebook Likes with paid advertising on the network.
Social Media Today - The world's...
Facebook Mobile Ads Outperform Desktop, Twitter | Adweek
By Tim Peterson
Facebook has taken a lot of flack for its struggles to monetize mobile.
AdWeek : All News


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