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News29 new results for Facebook
 
FTC and Facebook settle privacy dispute, skip the fine
Engadget
Well, Mark Zuckerberg is finally trying to make things right after admitting to a "bunch of mistakes" when dealing with user privacy on his juggernaut of a social network. The FTC and Facebook had agreed to settle the dispute in November, and now the final ...
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Facebook creates new email address to fight phishing
ZDNet (blog)
Since Facebook changed everyone's email address to [User profile name]@Facebook.com it opened up its users to potential spam and phishing attacks. If you know the person's Facebook profile name, you can send them an email from outside of Facebook.
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ZDNet (blog)
Call it Zucker Burg: Facebook campus gets its own Main Street
Los Angeles Times
Here the social networking giant is designing its own Main Street, putting in storefronts that will cater only to Facebook employees, whether they're in the mood for a straight-razor shave or nigiri rolls. Call it Zucker Burg. Unlike the days of Henry Ford and ...
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Virginia deputy fights his firing over a Facebook 'like'
CNN International
(CNN) -- A Virginia sheriff's deputy has been fired for liking his boss's political opponent -- on Facebook. Now Daniel Ray Carter Jr. is fighting back in court, arguing that a "like" should be protected by his First Amendment right to free speech. It's a case that ...
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FTC OKs Facebook's privacy settlement
Politico
Facebook will be subject to two decades of regular privacy checkups and other penalties as part of a broad-reaching settlement finalized by the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. The order means Facebook must now obtain consent before sharing a ...
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FTC settles privacy complaint with Facebook sans Google-like fine
CNET
Under the terms of the settlement, Facebook has agreed to provide users with "clear and prominent notice" anytime their information is shared. But before that can happen, Facebook must obtain its users' "express consent" before sharing any information that ...
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FTC: Facebook Finalizes Settlement of Privacy Charges
Wall Street Journal
Facebook wasn't immediately available for comment Friday. But Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page last year that the company had made a "small number of high profile mistakes" and put the FTC deal in context of a broader push ...
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Facebook Dodges FTC Fines Over Privacy After Google Gets Nailed
WebProNews
The FTC says Facebook must obtain consumers' consent before sharing their information beyond established privacy settings, following a public comment period on the proposed settlement. Charges that Facebook deceived consumers by telling them they ...
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FTC finalizes Facebook privacy settlement
USA TODAY
Comments. NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. government has finalized its settlement with Facebook to resolve charges that the social network exposed details about users' lives without getting the required legal consent. The Federal Trade Commission finalized a ...
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USA TODAY
Facebook battles phishing by reaching out to users
CNET (blog)
Phishing has been the bane of Facebook's existence for years, and today it announced that it is making a new attempt to curb the practice. It's launching a select e-mail address, phish@fb.com, where users can send notices of phishing they've seen on the ...
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FTC accepts Facebook's final settlement concerning user privacy
Deseret News
FILE - This Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, shows the logo of the online network Facebook, recorded in Munich with a magnifying glass of a computer screen of a laptop. Facebook said Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, it is settling with the Federal Trade Commission over ...
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Deseret News
Facebook's campus is getting a razor-sharp perk: A barbershop
Los Angeles Times
And what better place for a barbershop looking for an edge with the Facebook generation than Facebook's Menlo Park campus. That's where Johnny D's will swing open its doors later this month, making Facebook one of the few Silicon Valley companies -- if ...
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Kobe Bryant welcomes Dwight Howard to L.A. on Facebook
CBSSports.com (blog)
Well, it looks like Superman has found a home. I wish nothing but the best for Big Bynum. I hope he follows what was a great season last year with an even better one next year. I know LA is excited about the deal and rightfully so. The Lakers landed a piece ...
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FTC Lets Facebook Off the Hook With No Fines for Repeatedly Deceiving Users ...
Gizmodo
The FTC has accepted a settlement over its allegation that it repeatedly misled its users about privacy. Facebook was accused of telling users they could keep their information private and then repeatedly disclosing it anyway. Facebook won't take a fine for the ...
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Facebook rolls the dice on revenue growth
CBS News
Facebook will let third parties run real money wagering, rather than virtual currency or points, for adults in the U.K. The benefit for the company is more money. The problems? Morality and ethics aside, for a moment, there would be increased regulation, ...
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CBS News
Is a Facebook 'Like' Protected Under the First Amendment?
ABC News (blog)
In 2009, Roberts was running for reelection and one of the six — Daniel Ray Carter — "liked" Robert's opponent on Facebook. After the election, the Sheriff fired Carter and the others. The employees brought the case to court, but the judge threw out the case, ...
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ABC News (blog)
Facebook Turns to Users to Help Combat Phishing
PCWorld (blog)
Facebook wants to fight back against phishing attacks targeting its users, so it is asking users to begin forwarding any suspicious emails they receive. Facebook has set up an email account to collect info on phishing attacks. If you receive a suspicious email ...
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Glassdoor: Facebook Isn't One Of The Greatest Tech Places To Work Anymore
Business Insider
12 tech companies were present on the list but noticeably absent was social networking giant, Facebook. Facebook was number 7 on the list in 2011, but this year Facebook employee's largest complaint was working long hours. Glassdoor based the ratings ...
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Business Insider
Facebook drops off the greatest places to work list
CNET
Facebook was No. 7 on the list in 2011 and now it's not even on the list. This is an interesting fact given that the social network has received a lot of press lately about its high-level executives moving on to different companies. In March, Glassdoor specifically ...
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Facebook fail you? How about Manchester United stock?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
You dropped a few thousand dollars on Facebook stock, and now you're disappointed the stock has dropped. What should you do? How about Manchester United, the most valuable football club in the world? The club will begin selling shares on Friday on ...
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Inside Facebook's Plan To Revolutionize The Entire Hardware Industry
Business Insider
Previously, Facebook would buy off-the-rack hardware from a company like Dell or HP. But now it custom designs the hardware it needs, then it has a manufacturer in Asia build it. After that, through OCP, Facebook releases the designs for anyone else to use ...
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Business Insider
Will Facebook kill anti-Aboriginal pages? No
CNET
Will Facebook kill anti-Aboriginal pages? No. After protests in Australia, a Facebook page that portrays Aboriginals as drunks and welfare cheats has reportedly been banned. In fact, it has not. Chris Matyszczyk. by Chris Matyszczyk. August 9, 2012 12:57 PM ...
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9 Reasons Facebook Will Crash
Schaeffers Research (blog)
In order not to feel helpless watching the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) train wreck, we decided to seek guidance from the company's 10-Q. There turned out to be little consolation in the document. In short, it ain't pretty. You don't even need to read between the ...
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FTC finalizes privacy settlement with Facebook
Boston.com
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government has finalized its settlement with Facebook to resolve charges that the social network exposed details about users' lives without getting the required legal consent. Facebook Inc. didn't admit wrongdoing, but agreed ...
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Facebook CFO Said to Meet Investors Before Lockup Expiration
Bloomberg
Facebook, which hasn't closed above the IPO price since its first trading day, needs to reassure investors that it can increase revenue from advertising as more of its almost 1 billion users access the social-networking service on mobile phones, said Victor ...
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Is Facebook 'liking' protected speech?
UPI.com
Their friend-of-the-court briefs involve the case of Hampton, Va., Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Ray Carter Jr. and five other people who worked for Sheriff B.J. Roberts -- but liked the Facebook page of another Sheriff's Office official, Jim Adams, who was challenging ...
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Facebook and FTC settle privacy dispute
San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission on Friday gave the final approval to a settlement of federal charges reached last year over Facebook deceiving consumers and forcing them to share more personal information than they had intended.
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Facebook Launches New Reporting Tool For Phishing Scams
RedOrbit
Facebook wants to know if people are receiving phishing emails that seek to trick members into revealing their personal account information. The social network has launched a new email account — phish@fb.com — that accepts reports of any such phishing ...
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RedOrbit
Strategies: Using Facebook to promote your business for free
USA TODAY
"It's a matter of trying to encourage your customers to communicate with their friends," explained Grady Burnett, Facebook's vice president of global sales and operations. "Facebook enables small businesses to build connections with their customers. Then ...
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USA TODAY

Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook Courts Small Business Dollars With Easy Social Ad ...
By Anthony Ha
Facebook says it's testing a redesign of its ad creator tool that will give more guidance to advertisers as they build their campaigns — specifically by helping them find the right mix of Facebook ads and Sponsored Stories to achieve their stated ...
TechCrunch
The Case Against Facebook's Mobile Ads - AllThingsD
By Peter Kafka
Facebook knows a ton about you. So, wonders analyst Rich Greenfield, why is it showing you ads for stuff you don't want? (Possible retort: Because you don't know you want it.)
AllThingsD
Facebook Stats Reveal Men Most Interested in Mars Rover Landing
By Samantha Murphy
According to Facebook data, men were significantly more interested in the landing of the NASA rover Curiosity on Mars than females.
Mashable!
Facebook tests feature for turning photos into real postcards ...
By Jennifer Van Grove
Facebook has begun testing a feature that lets members mail photos as printed postcards.
VentureBeat
Facebook redesigns self-serve ad tool to simplify creation and build ...
By Brittany Darwell
Facebook is testing a new design for its self-serve ad tool that simplifies ad creation and recommends a combination of ad types that are most likely to achieve an advertiser's objective. The new design and user flow gives users clear options to ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook: water efficiency at Prineville is good, but not good - GigaOM
By Barb Darrow
Truly green data centers need to conserve water as well as power. Facebook just released the first water usage efficiency (WUE) number for one of its Prineville, Ore. facilities. While the figure is good, it could be better, the company said.
GigaOM
Turn Your Facebook Photo Into A Postcard … And Send It ...
By Justin Lafferty
Many Facebook users didn't like when it seemed as if the social network was trying to take over their email. But we're guessing people might be a little more happier that Facebook is making progress in the snail mail market. Users can create a ...
AllFacebook
Police Officer Susan Graziosi, Fired For Facebook Criticism, Sues ...
It's customary that when a police officer is killed in the line of duty, the city sends a representative to the funeral. But when former Sgt. Susan.
Facebook Bets On Gambling | Media | Minyanville's Wall Street
By Bristol Voss
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Facebook (FB) has launched a bingo game that uses real money, only for users over age 18, in the UK. The "Bingo & Slots Friendzy" app has 90 slot machine and bingo games that take real money, not Facebook ...
Minyanville.com - All Articles
Facebook testing new feature that will let you send photos as real ...
By Gene Ryan Briones
What started out as a hackathon project could turn out into a highly lucrative milking cow for the giant social network. We are hearing reports today that Facebook is testing out a new feature that will allow its users [...]
Ubergizmo
Doug Ross @ Journal: Wonderful: Facebook moves into online ...
By directorblue
The move could be a money maker for the company as Facebook takes 30% of the revenue. UK-based Gamesys, the app developer, will take the other 70% of revenue. Certainly it seems a positive move given all the negative attention the ...
Doug Ross @ Journal
Facebook testing snail-mail postcard service using members' photos ...
By Trevor Mogg
Facebook is looking into the idea of introducing a service that would allow its members to send physical postcards to one another using images from their photo collection. Like the sound of it?
Facebook 'should help pay for illegal parties' - The Local
German state interior ministers want to make Facebook help pay for illegal mass parties organised via the network. Costly police operations have recently been launched to clear such parties.
The Local - Germany's news in English

Web3 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook stock price could be hit by torrent of new shares
Think the plunge in Facebook's stock after its sluggish earnings report was bad? Wait until a torrent of new shares hits the market in a few weeks. Facebook will ...
articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/.../la-fi-facebook-shares-2012072...
New York Yankees Facebook Page Announces Derek Jeter To Miss ...
It's gone now, but it seems the Yankees' Facebook was hacked just now as it posted this breaking news about Derek Jeter's upcoming sexual reassignment ...
deadspin.com/.../new-york-yankees-facebook-page-announces...
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