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News29 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook shares plunging as insiders start to sell
USA TODAY
Facebook's stock plunged to a new low Thursday after the expiration of a ban that had prevented some early investors and insiders from dumping millions of additional shares they own in the social-networking leader. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, ...
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USA TODAY
Germany Probes Facebook; Galaxy Note 10.1 Hits Today; Google Play Loses ...
PC Magazine
German officials re-opened their investigation into Facebook's facial-recognition technology. Johannes Caspar, a data protection commissioner from Hamburg, said that his office has not been able to come to an agreement with Facebook over the use of ...
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A look at early Facebook investors who sold shares in the social network as ...
Washington Post
Facebook Inc. sold 180 million of its shares in its initial public stock offering in May. Another 241.2 million came from existing stockholders, including the company's earliest investors and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Except for Zuckerberg, those ...
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Facebook stock hits new low after freeing new shares
Washington Post
Facebook shares dipped to a new low Thursday as the company unlocked 271 million shares for trading. The stock dipped below the $20 mark for the first time Thursday. By mid-day, shares were hovering just below that mark — a drop of nearly 6 percent ...
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Facebook Expanding Reach of Page Post Ads
PC Magazine
The ads will appear on the desktop and mobile platforms, and will look like regular Facebook newsfeed posts, though they will be marked with a "sponsored" label and carry a "like" button, the spokeswoman said. The reach of the ads will expand based on ...
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Should Expectant Parents Share the News on Facebook?
Huffington Post
Facebook has added "Expecting a Baby" to its list of things you can add to Family & Relationships. If you opt to use this feature you can specify (or not) the baby's gender and due date along with "who with," "location" and whatever "story" you wish to ...
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Three years later, deleting your photos on Facebook now actually works
Ars Technica
It has been more than three years since Ars first started covering Facebook's inability to remove "deleted" photos from its servers, but this particular saga appears to be coming to an end. The company told Ars that its new photo storage systems are in ...
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Ars Technica
Judge fines NY man suing Facebook over letter
Wall Street Journal
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge has again ordered a New York man who's suing for part ownership of Facebook to turn over a letter from a previous lawyer to the social media company's attorneys. The judge in Buffalo also fined Paul Ceglia (SEHG'-lee-uh ...
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Defriended, Facebook Falls: Winners & Losers
TheStreet.com
Facebook shares plunged below the $20 level as a lockup period expired Thursday, with an additional 270 million shares now eligible to be traded. As part of Facebook's IPO in May, there was an agreement for an additional 2 billion shares to come on the ...
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Let's Nationalize Facebook
Slate Magazine
Let's start with privacy. Right now, the company violates everybody's privacy expectations, not to mention privacy laws. It also struggles to respond properly to regulatory requests in different countries. In part, this is because its services are ...
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Slate Magazine
Buzz Stocks: Facebook, Apple, EA, and Cisco Systems
Schaeffers Research (blog)
After a mixed finish on Wednesday, U.S. stocks are pointed higher this morning, thanks in part to positively received words from Chinese leaders. Back at home, we will have some earnings to digest and economic data to chew on. Here are some stocks to ...
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Judge: Your Facebook Friends Can Legally Show Cops Your Profile
WebProNews
According to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Williams Pauley III, it's not a violation of Fourth Amendment rights for investigators to access your Facebook profile with the help of one of your friends. That's because all of that data that you think is ...
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Facebook tries to get into TV game
Phys.Org
Facebook and Twitter each played up their partnerships with Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal, which broadcast the Summer Games. The rivals tracked online chatter that was then featured on an NBC segment called "The Social Download" and on the NBC ...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi gives advice on dos and don ...
Herald Sun
Cheesy motivational posters or pictures are also a pet peeve, the sister of billionaire Facebook founder Mark told a conference in Melbourne yesterday. The former head of marketing at the social media giant demonstrated that sibling rivalry is alive ...
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Facebook looks to California law to speed up Instagram payout
CNET
According to the Financial Times (subscription required), Facebook has scheduled an August 29 "fairness hearing" with the California Department of Corporations in San Francisco to discuss the terms and conditions of the proposed payout. "They will save ...
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Facebook Inc. - Class A, Wal-Mart Stores Among Stocks Down on Above ...
Fox Business
Today, Facebook Inc. - Class A (FB) is down on high volume, trading at a volume of 96.8 million, or 2.5 times its average daily volume. The stock is down 6.3% to $19.87. Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is trading down on above-average volume today, seeing a ...
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Facebook, JDSU gains highlight tech rally
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of JDS Uniphase Corp. jumped Wednesday, a day after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results, highlighting an early tech rally that helped lift the broader market. JDSU's (US:JDSU) stock was ...
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Facebook Freeing 60% More Shares Seen Weighing on Stock
Bloomberg
The prospect of more stock sales means Facebook will need to work even harder to convince investors that it deserves a higher valuation, compared with earnings, than all but two of its closest competitors including Google Inc. (GOOG) The shares freed ...
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Facebook Changes Up The App Dashboard
WebProNews
Facebook has been on a roll lately with their Operation Developer Love updates. There have been weeks where nothing of note has happened, but now Facebook is just pushing out update after update. Developers must be feeling the love or something ...
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Facebook's Politics Team Is Taking on the Conventions
WebProNews
Facebook's Politics & Government team has done pretty good job so far in running the U.S. Politics on Facebook page. The page, set up a few years ago, is now covering their first presidential election by showcasing how the candidates are using the ...
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Facebook Posts New Low, Other Social Media Stocks Falter (FB, ZNGA, GRPN ...
DailyFinance
Today's end to the lockup period on shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has predictably weighed on the stock's share price. Shares are down more than 6% and have posted a new post-IPO low of $19.69. Other social media stocks are also getting ...
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DailyFinance
Facebook Advertising: A Facebook Ad Campaign That Actually Works
Inc.com
Lately, it's become popular to claim that Facebook ads don't work. First came the news in May that General Motors was yanking its $10 million annual advertising spend from the site. Then came the Reuters poll showing that four out of five Facebook ...
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Inc.com
Photobucket Gets A Facebook Facelift: Easier Uploads And A New Timeline-Like ...
TechCrunch
But with the rise of other photo sharing and storage options from Facebook (955 monthly active users), Twitter (500m registered users), Instagram, Yfrog and so many more, its position as a go-to place for storing and sharing images has eroded. Now the ...
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Facebook Is Trying To Go Around The SEC To Get Its Instagram Deal Done ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Jeffrey Klurfeld, the FTC's Western Region Director, declined to comment on Facebook and Instagram, citing the agency's policy of not commenting on any investigations. A Facebook representative said the company had no comment beyond its public filings.
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Facebook page serves as focus of LaPorte County effort to keep "Hands Off ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
WESTVILLE, Ind. — Radine Kretlow, Westville Superintendent Curtiss Strietelmeier and the community of Westville are being proactive in their fight against drugs. The residents have joined forces in an effort to prevent drug addiction and abuse in ...
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Facebook Finally Deletes Embarrassing Photos
NBC Bay Area (blog)
Facebook has a new photo storage system that means deleted user photos really are gone -- even off of the social network's servers. An experiment in 2009 showed that photos deleted on social media sometimes took months and even years to disappear ...
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Stocks to watch Thursday: Facebook, Cisco
MarketWatch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Facebook Inc., Agilent Technologies Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., NetApp Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are among the stocks expected to see active trading on Thursday. Facebook Inc. (US:FB) could be on the move Thursday, when ...
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Facebook Shares Hit New Low Below $20 As Lockups Expire
Wired News (blog)
Facebook's stock price dropped below a supposed psychological "floor" of $20 today as the expiration of a lockup preventing insiders from selling grew the total pool of tradable shares in the social network by roughly 60 percent. The stock was trading ...
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Wired News (blog)
Shine Is Off Wall Street's Big Bet on Internet Start-Ups
New York Times (blog)
As the valuations of Internet start-ups like Facebook and Twitter skyrocketed on the secondary markets, scores of investors rushed to capture a piece. The big Wall Street banks were no exception. JPMorgan Chase opened the optimistically named Digital ...
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Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
Germany Investigating Facebook's Face-Recognition Features Again
By Samantha Murphy
Germany is reopening a probe looking into Facebook's face-recognition features.
Mashable!
Short Sellers Circle Facebook With Lockup Ending - Matt Jarzemsky ...
By Matt Jarzemsky
Investors are increasingly betting that Facebook Inc.'s stock -- pressured by disappointing earnings and more shares potentially hitting the market -- is poised to fall further.
AllThingsD
Unlike: Facebook Stock Hits New Low | TechCrunch
By Romain Dillet
As early investors finally have the opportunity to sell their Facebook shares, the company's stock (NASDAQ:FB) is trading once again under the $20 price point, hitting a new 52-week low of 19.69. Even more telling, the share price is currently ...
TechCrunch
Facebook Wants California To Let It Buy Instagram - Business Insider
By Owen Thomas
Jeffrey Klurfeld, the FTC's Western Region Director, declined to comment on Facebook and Instagram, citing the agency's policy of not commenting on any investigations. A Facebook representative said the company had no comment beyond ...
Business Insider
Facebook Stock Plunges To New Low
By AP
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's stock plunged to a new low Thursday after the expiration of a ban that had prevented some early investors and insiders from dumping millions of additional shares they own in the social-networking leader.
Latest News
Facebook's data center expansion continues | SmartPlanet
By Kirsten Korosec
Facebook newest (and yet to be built) data center won't bring any additional jobs. However, it could be a test ground for clean energy.
Intelligent Energy | SmartPlanet
Tech Report: Facebook Introduces 'Expecting A Baby' Status « CBS ...
By Andre Torrez
Facebook is introducing a new status option in which people can show their friends when they're expecting a baby. But the move makes particular sense to advertisers from a marketing standpoint.
CBS San Francisco
Yes, Nationalizing Facebook Is a Nonstarter | Cato @ Liberty
By Jim Harper
It would be better to have a national privacy commissioner with real authority, some stringent privacy standards set at the federal level, and programs for making good use of some of the socially valuable data mining that firms like Facebook do.
Cato @ Liberty
Facebook Tests Non-Fan News Feed Ads, Google+ Rejoices
By Cynthia Boris
The popular response to the announcement that Facebook will start adding unsolicited ads to everyone's news feed is, Google+, here ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Estimate: Facebook Running 180000 Servers » Data Center ...
By Rich Miller
Like most large data center operators, Facebook doesn't disclose how many servers it has running in its data centers. But James Hamilton has used the company's recent disclosures about its energy usage to do some interesting math to try ...
Data Center Knowledge
Facebook shares slump 5% after 'lock up' ends — RT
By RT
Facebook shares sank over 5% on Thursday after investors were allowed to sell 271 million 'locked up' stock for the first time since the company's IPO in May.
News RSS : Today
Germany Going After Facebook Again For Facial Recognition ...
By James Johnson
Facebook Facial Recognition Facebook's use of facial recognition is once again coming under the watchful eye of Germany's lawmakers. Officials this week launched a new probe into the social networks use of photo collecting based on its ...
The Blog Herald
Tips for presenting energy data: look to Facebook, LinkedIn - GigaOm
By Ucilia Wang
How to connect and influence consumers' energy use habits with big volumes of smart grid data? Making data interesting, of course. But that's easier said than done. DJ Patil, a data scientist extraordinaire at Greylock Partners and previously ...
GigaOM

Web3 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook Experiments With Another Mobile Answer - AllThingsD
Facebook used to require a social connection before you could see an ad on your phone. A new test could do away with that idea.
allthingsd.com/.../facebook-experiments-with-another-mobile-...
Facebook Mobile for Business - Social Media Examiner
Social Media Marketing Podcast 001: In this episode Mari Smith talks about Facebook mobile ...
www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-001-f...
Facebook Faces High-Level Staff Exodus - Slashdot
angry tapir writes "It has been troubled times for Facebook since the social ... There has been speculation that Facebook could suffer a talent drain in the wake of ...
news.slashdot.org/.../facebook-faces-high-level-staff-exodus


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