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News25 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook growth clouded by '83m dubious accounts'
Phys.Org
Facebook's latest figures showing growth in global users also highlights concerns that some may come from dubious sources -- duplicate accounts, pages for pets and those designed for spam. Facebook's latest figures showing growth in global users also ...
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Facebook has more than 83 million 'fake' users
BBC News
Facebook has revealed that it believes there are now more than 83 million "fake" users on the social network. In company filings published this week, it said 8.7% of its 955 million active users might not be real. Duplicate profiles made up 4.8% of the users, ...
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BBC News
FAKEbook? Facebook reveals up to 83 million fake users on site
New York Daily News
That's 8.7% percent of the platform's 955 million active users — a small, but significant number for Facebook advertising revenues, BBC reported. Most of Facebook's revenue comes from targeted third-party advertising, which thrives on "likes" from users.
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New York Daily News
Facebook Inc. - Class A, Abercrombie & Fitch Among Stocks hitting 52-Week ...
Fox Business
While trading on below-average volume, Facebook Inc. - Class A (FB) sunk today, hitting and then dropping past its previous 52-week low to $20.12. While trading at a volume of 21.3 million, the stock price has fallen 3.4%. While trading on above-average ...
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Facebook: 8.7 percent are fake users
CNET (blog)
Facebook estimates that 4.8 percent are duplicate accounts, 2.4 percent are user-misclassified accounts, and 1.5 percent are undesirable accounts. Emil Protalinski. by Emil Protalinski. August 1, 2012 8:28 PM PDT Follow @emilprotalinski. A fake Facebook ...
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Facebook: More than 83 million users are fake
NBCNews.com
These fake accounts make up 8.7 percent of Facebooks 955 million monthly active users, "a huge jump, both in raw numbers and as a percentage from Facebook's last estimate," notes CNet's Emil Protlanski. "Back in March, Facebook said 5 to 6 percent of ...
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Facebook Shares Slip Under $20
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Facebook shares are down more than 4% today, falling to as low as $19.91, and currently dancing around the $20 mark. A stock that briefly traded as high as $45 on its first day is less than half that now. The company filed its first 10-Q as a public company ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Facebook Reports 80M Accounts Are Bogus
PCWorld
An increase in the number of bogus accounts should be expected as Facebook adds more members, but is the larger percentage of them worrisome? That remains to be seen. However, the number of bogus accounts is no doubt affected by better reporting by ...
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Facebook falls below $20 for record low
MarketWatch
By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Facebook Inc. fell below $20 on Thursday, hitting a record low for the third straight day. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was last trading down 4.3% at $19.98, after touching an ...
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Facebook Shrs Drop Below $20; Why It Could Drop A Lot More
Forbes
Facebook shares this morning have dropped below the $20, down about 47% from its $38 IPO in May. Another buck, and the stock will have lost half its value. In the 54 trading sessions since the company went public, the stock has lost on average 33 cents a ...
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Facebook has 83 million fake users
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Fake users are a huge concern to Facebook because it generates a majority of its revenue from advertising. BBC.com says Facebook is coming under increased scrutiny over the worth of its advertising model which promotes the gathering of "likes" from users.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
83 Million Estimated Facebook Profiles are Fake
Forbes
According to the company's own filings published last week, around 83 million people on the social network are bogus, either as duplicates of other accounts, accounts made for things other than people, or accounts specifically made to distribute spam.
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Facebook stock plunge takes hundreds of millions away from California budget ...
San Jose Mercury News
Facebook's falling stock price is eating into California's projected revenues, according to the California Legislative Analyst's Office, with expected income taxes from Facebook employees and others who will profit from the record-breaking initial public offering ...
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Facebook loses 3 more executives, after stock price hits low
VentureBeat
Three Facebook executives announced Wednesday they are leaving the company, the latest in a string of departures that come at a tough time for the company. Director of Platform Partnerships Ethan Beard, Platform Marketing Director Katie Mitic, and Mobile ...
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Facebook Has 83 Million 'Fake' Users, About 8.7 Percent Of All Active Accounts
Huffington Post
As CNET points out, an active Facebook user "does not necessarily mean someone using Facebook.com," as the metric merely refers to using a Facebook account somewhere on the Internet. For example, if users chose to click the "recommend" button at the ...
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Facebook's Slide Continues Despite the Company's Reach and the Market's ...
New York Times
It has been a tough week for Facebook. Last Thursday, the company's shares declined 8.5 percent in regular trading, as investors reacted to the weak earnings report the day before of Zynga, the social gaming site that is a major Facebook partner. Then last ...
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Facebook Slump Continues After Two Senior Executives Exit
Businessweek
Senior executives Katie Mitic and Ethan Beard said yesterday that they're leaving Facebook to pursue other opportunities, bringing to three the number of high-profile management departures since the IPO. The exits compounded investor concerns about ...
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Facebook Diary: Another Day, Another 52-Week Low
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - In watching the drastic drop of social media giant Facebook(FB) the biggest question for investors, aside from whether the company will soon become an acquisition candidate, is, "Where is the bottom?" ...
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Facebook Estimates Put Fake, Questionable Accounts at 83 Million
PC Magazine
Facebook now has more than 950 million monthly active users (MAUs), but are they all real people? According to data released in financial filings this week, about 8.7 percent of Facebook accounts are duplicates, mis-classified, or "undesirable," the social ...
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Facebook hits record low for 3rd straight day
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Facebook Inc. were down again Thursday, hitting a record low for the third straight day, but the tech sector got a lift from shares of Yelp Inc. which rose on upbeat results. Facebook FB was down nearly 3% at ...
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Facebook Stories: A Facebook Site With Collected Stories and Infographics
ABC News (blog)
A lot of people — close to 950 million, in fact — are sharing their lives on Facebook. As it turns out, Facebook thinks many of them have some interesting stories. Some of them are so interesting that they could be part of an online Facebook magazine of sorts.
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Facebook Likely Has 83 Million Fake Users
WebProNews
If you picked any Facebook user at random, there is nearly a 1 in 10 chance that the user you picked isn't real. Maybe it's a duplicate, maybe it's a spam account – but either way, it's a fake Facebook user. How do we know this? From Facebook themselves ...
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Facebook share price continues to fall
ZDNet (blog)
The Facebook stock price seems to be on a slippery slope downwards since the quarterly earnings call last week. Facebook highlighted several risks in its IPO Filing stating that it might have challenges in growth, and challenges in monetising its mobile ...
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Facebook, Zynga shares fall to record lows
MarketWatch
August 01, 2012|Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Facebook Inc. and Zynga Inc hit record lows Wednesday, highlighting a tech-sector retreat. Facebook's (US:FB) stock shed 3.8% to close at $20.88, after hitting ...
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Facebook falls 3.8%, hitting record low
San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook Inc. dropped 3.8 percent to a record low Wednesday, the fourth consecutive day of declines after the world's largest social-networking service reported second-quarter results that showed slowing growth. Shares slipped to $20.88, the lowest closing ...
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Blogs10 new results for Facebook
 
Developer Claims Facebook Tried to Destroy His Business
By Todd Wasserman
An app developer has gone public with a charge that Facebook tried to destroy his business.
Mashable » Business
In Wake of Facebook Bullying Claims, Google+ Chief Woos ...
By Mike Isaac
In a moment of competitor platform weakness, Google's social czar makes his move.
AllThingsD
App.net's Dalton Caldwell Turned Down A Facebook Acqui-Hire ...
By Ryan Lawler
In an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted to his blog on Wednesday, Caldwell recounted his side of a meeting with Facebook's developer relations team, which occurred in mid-June. Prior to the meeting, App.net was working ...
TechCrunch
Facebook App Center goes full circle, rolls out to all users worldwide ...
By Edgar Alvarez
While Mark's network had already flipped the App Center switch in a number of parts around the globe, there was still a large chunk of its abundant user.
Engadget
Facebook Stock Crash Hoses California's Tax Revenue - Business ...
By Henry Blodget
According to Bloomberg's John Erlichman, California is now saying its "tax revenue is at risk" because it assumed it would get $1.9 billion from newly enriched Facebook employees. But now those Facebook employees are only going to get ...
Business Insider: Henry Blodget
Facebook Shares Continue Their Descent - Deadline.com
By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
How low will Facebook go? It's still a question today as the social network company's shares decline for the third consecutive day -- in a week when they h.
Deadline.com
Where are Facebook's mobile-only users coming from? Probably not ...
By Brittany Darwell
Facebook revealed that 102 million users accessed Facebook solely through mobile devices in June, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the 23 percent increase since March doesn't ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook fights to seal financial info in privacy payout case - GigaOM
By Jeff John Roberts
Facebook wants a court to approve a deal that will see it pay $20 million to settle the 'sponsored stories' controversy. But now, as groups file objections, the judge is questioning whether the settlement's blacked out financial figures can remain ...
GigaOM
On Our Radar: Facebook's Carbon Footprint - NYTimes.com
By By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Coal-fired power contributes the most to Facebook's energy mix, but renewable energy sources are close behind.
Green
Facebook's Green Efforts Challenged By Growth | TPM Idea Lab
By Carl Franzen
Facebook released its first ever carbon emissions report on Wednesday, in line with its goal of getting 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2015. But Facebook also said that its rapid growth and expansion into areas where ...
TPM News


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