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Facebook, ACLU: Clicking 'Like' is free speech
Boston.com
(AP) — Attorneys for Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking ''Like'' on the social networking site is constitutionally-protected free speech. The case revolves around six employees who were ...
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'Facebook should ban racist page about Aborigines', Stephen Conroy says
Herald Sun
The creator removed content from the Aboriginal Memes Facebook page following a barrage of complaints to Facebook, the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Australian Human Rights Commission. But Mr Conroy says Facebook itself ...
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Facebook Begins Testing Mobile App Ads
PC Magazine
With the mobile ad campaign, a Facebook user who clicks on an ad for an app that is not already installed will be sent directly to the Apple App Store or Google Play store to find it. In the last month alone, the social network has sent users to both ...
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Facebook Gambling App With Fluffy Creatures Definitely Not Aimed At Kids
Forbes
As if Facebook wasn't addictive enough already, the social network has released its first real-cash gambling app in the online-gambling friendly United Kingdom, and (surprise) it's already become a controversial topic. The big problem isn't so much ...
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And Now Facebook Is Only Twice The Price Of The Average Hot Tech Stock...
Business Insider
Even after falling 45% from its IPO, Facebook stock is still trading at more than twice the price of the average hot tech stock on a price-earnings basis. Specifically, at $21, Facebook is trading at 32X next year's estimated earnings per share of $0 ...
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Business Insider
Facebook Gambling App; Cell Phone Radiation Report; Acer Slams Surface Tablet
PC Magazine
Topping tech headlines on Tuesday, Facebook dipped its toes into the world of online gambling with the launch of its first-ever real-money gaming app that offers cash prizes. Dubbed Bingo & Slots Friendzy, the app includes a selection of 90 ball bingo ...
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Marriage, Facebook Style
Forbes
Most people are well aware that Facebook is now a public company, but few people seem to care. According to a July 2012 American Pulse survey by BIGinsight, 83% are aware that Facebook is now a publicly traded company, and 82% said that their ...
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Forbes
Facebook Shares Extend Slide in Week Before Lockup Lifts
Bloomberg
Facebook disappointed investors on July 26 when its first earnings report as a public company showed slower sales growth in the second quarter and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg didn't provide a sales or profit outlook for the year. The lockup ...
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Court Ruling Could Chill Growth Of Facebook's Brand Pages
Business Insider
Even though the ASB ruled against the complaints, the decision stated that, "As a Facebook page can be used to engage with customers, the Board further considered that the Code applies to the content generated by the advertisers as well as material or ...
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Business Insider
The Developing Role of Social Media in the Modern Business World
Forbes
The perception of social media marketing has shifted quickly—no longer viewed as a trendy or passing fad, having a flexible and well-managed presence in each of the "big three" (Facebook, Twitter, and Google+) has become a must for any business ...
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Boo, the World's Cutest Dog, Calls a Facebook Employee "Mom"
All Things Digital
Two of my tipsters say that Boo's adoptive human mother of the past six years is Irene Ahn, a dyed-in-the-wool Facebook employee working in a leading position in the company's finance department. After working for Yahoo and PayPal in the past, Ahn has ...
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Stung By Click Fraud Allegations, Facebook Reveals How It's Fighting Back
Forbes
Now the issue of "click fraud" has hit Facebook full-force. On July 30, Limited Run, which provides software to enable bands and music labels sell physical products like records, said it was closing its Facebook account after finding that some 80% of ...
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Forbes
Facebook SDK 3.0 For iOS Now Available
WebProNews
Apple made waves when they announced that Facebook would be deeply integrated into iOS 6. To compliment the newfound integration, Facebook announced that they were working on a new SDK for iOS developers. It would improve upon the current SDK ...
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Kobe Bryant: The Olympics' Mr. Facebook
Wall Street Journal
Kobe Bryant: The Olympics' Mr. Facebook. U.S. Men's basketball Olympian Kobe Bryant doesn't need Twitter or Instagram. The basketball giant is happy enough with his 13.6 million fans on Facebook. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images). Up Next ...
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Parents brawl over child's Facebook page
Herald Sun
WARRING parents have been accused of being more interested in "point-scoring" than the welfare of their young son, after they both refused to make him shut down a Facebook account. The parents have been locked in a decade-long custody dispute over ...
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After 5 Years With Facebook, Ben Blumenfeld Leaves To Beautify The Future At ...
TechCrunch
So today, veteran Facebook designer Ben Blumenfeld revealed to me that he's moving on to co-direct Designer Fund, a community of angels and mentors who support designer-led startups with a positive influence. Blumenfeld's departure follows a string of ...
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TechCrunch
Amazon Challenges Facebook & Zynga, Enters Social Gaming
ValueWalk
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) now will now be competing against the likes of Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) in creating and hosting social games. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently launched its Amazon Game ...
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Ed Page on Facebook: Should Connecticut have closed Westport beaches for ...
Hartford Courant
The following is an abridged version of a discussion on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Randy Philip Edward Orso: Yes, he is our president and if safety and logistics require it, the beaches should be closed. Dan Malo: NO. Helen ...
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Should I Care If My Mutual Fund Owns Facebook?
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Recently the Wall Street Journal has run a couple of articles critical of a number of mutual funds for both buying Facebook shares at or near the initial public offering price and, more recently, for disposing of those shares after a short holding ...
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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Does Not Having a Facebook Page Make You "Suspicious" To Employers?
TIME
Remember when the debate over "shoulder-surfing" — that is, companies requiring job applicants to log into their social media accounts so the interviewer can examine the applicant's page in full — flared up earlier this year? At the time, a common ...
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TIME
Facebook's World Hack 2012 To Hit 12 Cities
WebProNews
Facebook's World Hack 2012 To Hit 12 Cities. If you have an idea for a great Facebook app, you may want to find a way to be in one of twelve locations over the course of the next two months. The company just announced the locations for World Hack 2012, ...
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Marriott Rewards Facebook Game "What's Your Travel Type?" Offers Chance to ...
Sacramento Bee
To play the game, visit Facebook.com/MarriottRewards and "Like" the page. Then choose your favorite option from pairs of activities to discover your travel personality and easily share it with friends. Each travel personality has a Marriott brand that ...
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Not Having Facebook Is Weird, But It Doesn't Mean You're A Psychopath
BuzzFeed
I'm not on Facebook and I don't want to kill anyone. But James Holmes, the Aurora shooter who murdered 12 people and injured another 58, and Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last year, were also not users of the world's largest ...
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Missouri Candidate Wins Facebook Race But Loses Election
AllFacebook
Brunner started from scratch with a Facebook page in October 2011 to lead his competition with 22320 Facebook likes — almost twice as many as both of his primary competitors combined, according to Ryan Cassin, a social media adviser to the Brunner ...
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AllFacebook
Facebook's Energy Use Focused in Colo Space
Data Center Knowledge
Over the past two years, Facebook has been building some of the world's most efficient data centers. But when it comes to its total infrastructure, Facebook's leased space accounts for 85 percent of its data center energy use, and will continue to have ...
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Data Center Knowledge
STATE: Facebook fallacy
Press-Enterprise
There is no easy, magic fix for California's budget shortfalls, as Facebook's sagging stock prices illustrate. The state cannot base realistic fiscal plans on the hope of lucrative stock offerings, hidden stashes of cash or other one-time expedients ...
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Should Facebook 'Likes' Be Protected by First Amendment?
PC Magazine
Also unhappy with the ruling, Facebook took it upon its own giant shoulders to file yesterday's second briefing on behalf of the social network's users' rights. "Liking a Facebook Page (or other website) is core speech," Facebook argued. "It is a ...
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EMarketer: 26% Of US Consumers Access Social Networks On Mobile Today ...
TechCrunch
But if you are a social networking startup that sees that low-penetration figure as an opportunity, be aware that at the moment Facebook has all but cornered the market, and that the market is slowing down. Facebook today accounts for 85% of all mobile ...
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Facebook takes a gamble with online gambling in the UK
New York Daily News
Facebook has begun to allow U.K. users to wager real money on the social media platform in a new online bingo game by the independent gaming company, Gamesys, Reuters reported. The game, Bingo & Slot Friendzy, allows users 18 years and older to ...
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New York Daily News

Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook SDK 3.0 for iOS arrives in finished form, mobile ads tag ...
By Jon Fingas
Rapid turnaround just may be the name of Facebook's game. Just a few weeks after its SDK 3.0 for iOS reached beta, the new developer tool has surfaced in.
Engadget
Facebook Unveils First Non-Social Mobile Ad Unit, Allowing ...
By Josh Constine
Until now, every Facebook mobile ad had to be triggered by you or a friend's activity, but today Facebook begins testing a new non-social ad unit that lets developers buy mobile news feed ads that open Android and iOS App Store purchase ...
TechCrunch
Facebook looks to mobile app ads to spur revenue — Tech News ...
By Ryan Kim
Facebook is turning on mobile ads for apps, allowing developers to target users in their news feed with ads about their software. This will likely generate new revenue for Facebook and help developers. But it remains to be seen how users will ...
GigaOM
Facebook attempts to minimize mobile risk with new ad unit for app ...
By Jennifer Van Grove
Facebook makes mobile less risky with an ad unit designed for application makers.
VentureBeat
Facebook allows U.K. developer to launch real-money gambling ...
By Brittany Darwell
Online gambling company Gamesys today launches Bingo Friendzy for Facebook, the first casino title to incorporate real-money play on the social network. Real-money gambling is illegal in the U.S., but if Facebook allows more of these ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook releases SDK 3.0 for iOS, will maintain beta version with ...
By Jordan Kahn
We told you a few weeks ago that Facebook was rolling out the beta of its SDK 3.0 for iOS that included iOS 6 integration for native Facebook login, modern Objective-C language features support, pre-built UI components, and a new iOS Dev ...
9to5Mac
Daily 3-Bet: Facebook Bingo, Epic Eulogy, DOJ Savior? - Poker News
Today in the 3-Bet we find Facebook breaking the seal on its real-money gambling foray, a defacto eulogy for the entity known as EpicPoker.com and poker pro Matt Glantz tabling an interesting take on the US DOJ and Black Friday.
Poker News - Complete Poker Coverage...
Suffering From Total Amnesia? Facebook Has an App for That ...
By Tim Nudd
Facebook last week introduced Facebook Stories, a site "dedicated to sharing the extraordinary, quirky and thought-provoking stories and ideas from the more than 950 million people around the world who make up Facebook's community.
AdWeek: AdFreak
Facebook SDK 3.0 For IOS Out Of Beta - AllFacebook
By David Cohen
Facebook SDK 3.0 for iOS is officially out of beta, and the social network announced that the software development kit for Apple iOS applications can be downloaded here.
AllFacebook
Facebook Announces New Mobile Ads For Apps | WebProNews
By Zach Walton
Facebook claims that they have sent people to the Apple App Store and Google Play over 146 million times over the past 30 days with features like news feed, timeline, bookmarks and App Center. It's never good enough for them though and ...
WebProNews
Facebook Bets Big On Online Gambling [Updates]
By Saikat Basu
Facebook has introduced a gambling app that's presently only for users in the United Kingdom. The unusual bit about it is that users aged 18 and over can use real money to play on the app. The Bingo & Slots Friendzy app has been ...
MakeUseOf » Facebook & Twitter
Facebook Taps New Mobile Revenue Stream: App Ads | Digital ...
Facebook is trying a new ad unit to capitalize on growing use of mobile phones, a trend which threatens to cannibalize its advertising business.
Advertising Age - Homepage
Facebook: Real money gambling to help generate additional revenue
By Dan Graziano
Desperate to impress Wall Street, Facebook (FB) now allows users 18 and older in the United Kingdom to play games for real money, TechCrunch reported on.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Web3 new results for Facebook
 
Facebook Introduces Mobile Ad Unit to Promote Apps
Just a few weeks after introducing its first mobile ad unit, Facebook has launched another one, this time designed to help mobile app developers market ...
mashable.com/2012/08/07/facebook-mobile-ad-unit-apps/
Facebook quarterly report reveals 83m profiles are fake ...
Social networking site said fake profiles included millions created for pets and a large number of accounts it deems 'undesirable'
www.guardian.co.uk/.../facebook-83m-profiles-bogus-fake
With Three Key Exits, Facebook's Top Talent Departures Continue ...
Another top-level Facebook exec leaves the company.
allthingsd.com/.../facebook-platform-exec-ethan-beard-departs...


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