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News30 new results for Facebook
 
Rotten Facebook IPO Can't Stop Winners Like Palo Alto Networks
Forbes
In April, I concluded that Facebook – with its Price/Sales ratio of 20 on slowing growth — would not set a good tone for the IPO market. I had not anticipated the botched IPO process – that has contributed to Facebook's current price of $29 — 25% below its ...
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'Facebook Freeze' ends, as two new tech stocks begin trading
San Jose Mercury News
More than two months after Facebook's much-hyped initial public offering led to a botched first day of trading and a descending stock price for the world's most popular social network, Wall Street's IPO business seems to be returning to health. Two tech ...
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The Facebook Freeze Is Over As IPO Activity Picks Up
Forbes
The summer is typically a sleepy period for new public stock offerings, but the market is showing clear signs of a thaw after being frozen for more than a month following Facebook's May 18 debut. The latest to breach the public-private divide: Five Below.
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Forbes
Palo Alto Networks, first Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook, rises more than 30 ...
San Jose Mercury News
Silicon Valley's first post-Facebook initial public offering seemingly faced little static from the social network's problematic public debut, as Palo Alto Networks increased as much as 47.8 percent in its first day of trading. The Santa Clara network-security startup ...
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Facebook, Wal-Mart chiefs meet to "deepen" relationship
Chicago Tribune
The Facebook team will meet with Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke and his lieutenants on Friday, in the first such meeting between the two corporations' senior management teams. Zuckerberg and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will then speak ...
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Aurora Theater Ticket? Facebook User Posts Photo Of Apparent Stub From 'Dark ...
Huffington Post
Around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, an armed man entered a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, where the midnight premier of the latest Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," was playing. The man allegedly opened fire on the patrons, killing 12 and ...
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Facebook Less Trusted Than Amazon, Google in Data Use, Poll Says
Bloomberg
One-third of Internet users said they're comfortable with Facebook's handling of personal information to target ads for them, according to a Harris Interactive Inc. (HPOL) survey released today. Twice as many, or 66 percent, are comfortable with online retailer ...
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Facebook vs. Google? Maybe not
MarketWatch
For several years now, Facebook boosters have been saying that the social network is well-positioned for a coming shift by advertisers away from search ads toward social-based ones. When the number of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) users surpassed the ...
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Facebook, Google Less Trusted Than Your Grocery Store [STUDY]
Mashable
U.S. adults trust their grocery store with their personal information more than they do Facebook. That's according to a survey released Friday by location-based marketing firm Placecast, conducted online by Harris Interactive. According to the survey customers ...
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Predicting The Strange Future Relationship of Yahoo!, Google, and Facebook
Forbes
However, what fascinates me the most is what the future strategic direction of Yahoo! will be under her watch and what this means for the company's future relationships with Google (GOOG) and Facebook (FB) (not to mention Microsoft (MSFT)). Presumably ...
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Forbes
Facebook's facial recognition policies draws Senate's attention
Macworld (blog)
Members of a Senate subcommittee sought answers from a senior Facebook official about the social network's usage of facial-recognition technology at a hearing on Wednesday, marking the latest phase of the ongoing scrutiny the company has faced from ...
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IP-Oh! Kayak and Palo Alto surge in debut - The Buzz
CNNMoney
So much for Facebook (FB) nailing the IPO window shut. Palo Alto Networks (PANW) shot up more than 30% in its debut on the NYSE Friday morning. And Morgan Stanley (MS) was one of the underwriters! Online travel site Kayak (KYAK) finally debuted ...
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CNNMoney
Kayak Software shares debut 16 percent above initial price
Reuters
O) opened 16 percent above their initial price in their market debut on Friday and posted further gains in the first consumer-oriented Internet IPO since Facebook Inc FB.N. The Norwalk, Connecticut-based company opened NASDAQ trading at $30.10 after 3.5 ...
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Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO
Boston.com
Facebook began trading publicly in mid-May following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The IPO priced at $38, at the top of a projected range that Facebook had already boosted just days earlier. Although many investors had hoped for a ...
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Facebook Begins Testing Sponsored Results, Its First Search Typeahead Ads
TechCrunch
Learn More. Facebook Sponsored Results TC. Heads up, Google. Facebook is testing a new format of search ads called Sponsored Results that lets advertisers show ads in the Facebook search typeahead to users looking for a particular Page, app, or Place.
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Facebook IPO Jinx Falls: Palo Alto, Kayak Soar
International Business Times
Two months after the trading fiasco in the initial public offering of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, tech IPOs are soaring again. Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW) shares soared 31 percent Friday in their first trades, jumping to ...
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International Business Times
Facebook Pages Manager For iOS Adds Photo Support
PC Magazine
For those that didn't know, there's a separate Facebook app solely for managing pages you own or are a administrator for. Now that you're in the know, I just thought I'd let you know the Facebook Pages Manager app for iOS has recently added photo upload ...
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Facebook, Walmart preparing to "deepen" partnership
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Facebook's Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are meeting today with Walmart officials at the company's corporate offices in Bentonville, Ark., according to a report on CNBC.com. They will speak to "hundreds of Walmart employees" ...
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Facebook and Walmart Are Up to Something This Week
WebProNews
In a statement, Facebook said that it was looking forward to "deepening" its relationship with Walmart. Facebook also said that they can learn from Walmart's "experience and management team about building a strong, durable and valuable company for the ...
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Palo Alto Networks is first Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook
SiliconValley.com
Posted: 07/20/2012 07:09:47 AM PDT. Silicon Valley's first post-Facebook initial public offering seemingly faced little static from the social network's flop, increasing its price twice before raking in more than $260 million at a rich valuation of roughly $2.8 billion.
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Facebook Testing Sponsored Results Advertising Option
Search Engine Journal
facebook sponsored results According to a recent TechCrunch article, Facebook has begun testing a new type of advertisement called "Sponsored Results" ads. The new advertising option, which displays ads within the Facebook search typeahead, allows ...
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Facebook Ad Revenue Climbs Along With Rate Hikes
PC Magazine
TBG's second-quarter Global Facebook Advertising Report concluded that despite ad costs having risen for another quarter, the social network doesn't seem to have much trouble selling more than ever before. Facebook ad buyers in the U.S. are leading the ...
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Facebook User Who Shares Name With Colo. Shooting Suspect Bombarded ...
AllFacebook
A Littleton, Colo., Facebook user was mistakenly caught up in the rush to gather information on the suspect in the tragic shootings in a theater in nearby Aurora, Colo., during a premiere showing of Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, as the Facebook user ...
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Facebook Gets An Earful Of Complaints From 40 Ad Agencies
Business Insider
"The Facebook policy is actually longer than the U.S. Constitution–no joke," said Ivan Perez-Armendariz, an interactive director at Crispin Porter+Bogusky. "Facebook has a move-fast-and-break-things culture. So you might have a green light on a concept only ...
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Business Insider
Kayak And Palo Alto IPOs Looking Better Than Facebook's (Whew!)
TechCrunch
Morgan Stanley, scapegoat for the troubled Facebook IPO brouhaha, is leading both, for what it's worth. Kayak priced its IPO last night at $26 per share, and is looking to raise $91 million at a valuation of $1 billion. Originally, the travel company was looking at ...
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Sequoia Follows Facebook With IPO Trio
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Those three companies have the distinction of being three of the first tech IPOs since Facebook's chaotic debut two months ago. It's a particularly interesting position for Sequoia to hold, given the firm's legendary snubbing by Facebook in its early days.
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Why Facebook Wins the Advertising Battle of the Future
Forbes
The home page for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerman is seen on October 18, 2010. Many popular applications on Facebook are violating the social network's rules and transmitting identifying information about users to advertising and Internet tracking ...
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Kayak Software Corp shares rise 16 percent in trading debut
Reuters
July 20 (Reuters) - Shares of online travel company Kayak Software Corp rose 16 percent in their market debut on Friday, in the first consumer-orientated Internet IPO since Facebook Inc. The Norwalk, Connecticut-based company opened NASDAQ trading at ...
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Facebook Is a Chubby Toddler
Daily Beast
The problem is that once you're on it and using it even semiregularly, Facebook is a difficult site to leave. Plus, most of your friends are already there, and as a result there's a lot of social pressure to remain a member (and even if you do try to leave, there's a ...
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Daily Beast
KAYAK, Palo Alto Rally in Upbeat Public Debuts
Fox Business
Partially due to the Facebook fiasco, KAYAK's debut has been long delayed as the company had IPO documents on file for 18 months. Like Facebook, KAYAK was brought public by Morgan Stanley (MS) and is debuting on the Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ).
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Blogs14 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook to introduce sponsored results in search typeahead
By Brittany Darwell
Facebook is testing new "Sponsored Results" ads that will allow advertisers to promote their business in the social network's drop-down search results, according to TechCrunch. Rather than broad keywords, advertisers will bid against specific ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook and Walmart to 'deepen' involvement, won't rollback ...
By Jon Fingas
The involvement between Facebook and Walmart is about to get a lot cozier than gift cards in aisle three. Facebook says it wants to \
Engadget
Find My Facebook Friends app forced to change name – becomes ...
By Jordan Kahn
Find My Facebook Friends app forced to change name – becomes 'Locate'http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/20/find-my-facebook-friends-app-forced-to-change-name-becomes-locate/. July 20, 2012 at 6:33 am. Developers of the Find My Facebook ...
9to5Mac
Facebook's Copycat Tendencies: A Sign of Strength, not Weakness ...
By Sarah Lacy
The tipping point for Facebook was back in Spring 2007. The site had only been open to the non-college/highschool world at large for less than a year, and was just finally overcoming the broader "isn't that just a site for college kids?" stigma.
PandoDaily
Facebook experiments with layout of app stories in News Feed ...
By Jennifer Van Grove
Screenshots surfaced Thursday afternoon suggest that Facebook, in attempt to make its Open Graph platform more of a boon to application developers, is actively experimenting with a potentially more engaging format for app stories posted to ...
VentureBeat
Netanyahu adopts Facebook strategy to claim sovereignty over ...
By Allison Deger
The BBC Olympic country profile for Israel refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the capital.
Mondoweiss
9 out of 10 Facebook Users Keep Tabs on Their Exes
By Alex
Facebook. What is it good for? Well, for one, keeping tabs on your exes. In fact, 9 out of 10 Facebook users use the social network to do just that: According to a study conducted by a Western University student completing her Masters' thesis, ...
Neatorama
Facebook Quietly Announces Major Analytics Flub
By Guest
Recently, you might have noticed a pop-up when visiting your Facebook Insights page informing you of some changes to the ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Consumers Trust Amazon Twice As Much As Facebook With Their ...
By Christopher Heine
Consumers are twice as comfortable with Amazon using their purchase history to target their offers compared to Facebook employing user profile data to do the same, according to a new research study released by Harris Interactive.
Adweek : Technology
Is This James Holmes' Facebook Page? | Right Wing News
By John Hawkins
The name of the killer in the Denver massacre is James Holmes, a white male aged 24. Is this his Facebook page*? The name there is James Holmes and he lives in Denver. However, he graduated from high school in 2008, which would most ...
Right Wing News
Facebook Friend of the Day | WTVR.com – Richmond News - WTVR 6
By Pierce Sharpe
The CBS 6 Facebook Friend of the Day for July 20 is Amanda Lynn.
WTVR.com – Richmond News &...
Social Media Newsfeed: YouTube Partners | Facebook-Walmart ...
By Tim Sohn
Social Media Newsfeed: YouTube Partners | Facebook-Walmart Meeting | Tweet Archives.
SocialTimes
Voter Registration On Facebook « Alan Colmes' Liberaland
By Alan
Washington State will be the first to do it. Through a software application interface jointly developed by Facebook and Microsoft Corp. at no cost to the state, users wishing to register online to vote will be able to do so on the official Facebook ...
Alan Colmes' Liberaland
How to Optimize Your Crowdfunding Campaign For Facebook ...
By hello@dailycrowdsource.com (Sandip Singh)
There's no doubt that when it comes to raising money online, Facebook is an extremely powerful tool. Studies have shown that Facebook drives the most donations in comparison to all other social networks. Therefore, it pays to pay attention to ...
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Web1 new result for Facebook
 
Facebook Satisfaction Tanks With Users, Falling Below Twitter ...
If those "Why I'm Quitting Facebook" editorials haven't convinced you, there's now scientifically grounded evidence of Facebook (dis)Likes.
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../facebook-satisfaction-acsi_n_167...


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