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A Facebook court battle: Is 'liking' something protected free speech?
Washington Post
That simple mouse click, Carter says, caused the sheriff to fire him from his job as a deputy and put him at the center of an emerging First Amendment debate over the ubiquitous digital seal of approval: Is liking something on Facebook protected free ...
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Facebook takes down page deemed racist after pressure from Australia, others
San Jose Mercury News
CANBERRA, Australia -- Facebook has given in to pressure in Australia to take down a page that insults Aborigines with the government accusing the social networking company of using its U.S. base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws.
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Facebook asks users to help fight phishing
NBCNews.com
Facebook is home to friends, family — and phishing attempts by scammers seeking to connive you out of your personal info and hard-earned money. Thursday, the social network announced a new email address where users who spot such scams can report ...
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Facebook taking big steps to expand into second campus in Menlo Park
San Jose Mercury News
In a move that shows it's ready to expand to its "West Campus" on the other side of Bayfront Expressway in Menlo Park, Facebook has asked the state to approve its plan for cleaning up soil contaminated with PCBs and other toxic chemicals. "This is part ...
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Facebook Steps Out on Mobile App Ad Tightrope
TechNewsWorld
08/09/12 8:00 AM PT. Facebook needs more revenue, and it really needs a stronger mobile strategy, and it's trying to bolster both with a new ad program for app developers. However, getting it right could be a tricky balancing act. Facebook may be ...
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The Market's Facebook Freakout
Businessweek
It's the dog days of summer, and Facebook's (FB) stock price is locked in the kennel. Investors are obsessing over everything that's wrong with the social network. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't figured out how to make money on smartphones. Several million of ...
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Facebook's money matters
Hindu Business Line
The report says that there two big concerns for Facebook in India. First, the advertisers are primarily from the West and target Western, not Indian, customers, and secondly, most Indians access Facebook with a mobile phone, something which Facebook ...
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Hindu Business Line
Four High-level Facebook Officials Resign in the Past Week
PCWorld
Asked for comment, a Facebook spokeswoman said on Thursday that Ethan Beard, director of platform partnerships; Kate Mitic, platform marketing director; Jonathan Matus, mobile platform marketing manager; and Ben Blumenfeld, design manager, have all ...
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The Facebook Disease Might Have A Cure
Seeking Alpha
First of all, I need to say that Facebook (FB) is somewhat expensive even where it trades today (below $21). Yet, Facebook is hardly the only expensive equity out there. Amazon.com (AMZN) puts it to shame in that department, and it has imploding ...
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Does your school use Facebook or other social media to communicate or teach?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
(Just to make sure we're all talking the same lingo: An open page or fan page on Facebook can be seen by anyone. You will see it on your feed if you "like" the page. You can also create a closed group where the page is private like your own Facebook ...
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What Facebook's gambling strategy means for developers
Gamasutra (blog)
One thing is certain: this won't become a free-for-all like the Wild West early days of social gaming on Facebook. The official statement from Facebook is that "real money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK and we are allowing a ...
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Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
The Associated Press
By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press – 51 minutes ago. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Facebook is under pressure in Australia to take down a page that insults Aborigines with the government accusing the social networking company of using its U.S. base to ...
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Facebook Refugee Unplugs From Social Media
NPR
Katherine Losse was Facebook's 51st employee. After getting a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2005, she got a job as a Facebook customer service representative — tasked with answering questions like "What is a poke?" In the course of ...
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Spanish investor buys Facebook London HQ for $94 mln
Reuters
LONDON Aug 9 (Reuters) - Spanish property company Allegra European Holdings has exchanged contracts to buy a block containing the London headquarters of social network company Facebook for about 60 million pounds ($93.8 million), a source close ...
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Why Facebook May Have Reached A Bottom
TheStreet.com
What's more, there's the possibility that Facebook might acquire Research in Motion(RIMM). Its business and sustainability is now heavily predicated on its ability to perfect mobile ad revenue. Facebook would instantaneously become a hardware and ...
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Businesses Could Be Liable For Facebook Comments
NBC Southern California (blog)
A landmark ruling in Australia says that businesses advertising on Facebook are liable for any public comments, so they must vet their Facebook pages or face a lawsuit. The Advertising Standards Board ruled that posts on Smirnoff's Facebook page were ...
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Facebook: Understanding Stock Appreciation Through Revenue Per User
Seeking Alpha
Such is the predicament that Facebook (FB) investors are faced with currently as even with a lackluster IPO the stock currently trades at a very high 75x P/E. I've decided to take a look at how much revenue Facebook must eventually generate per monthly ...
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1SaleADay.com Facebook Fan Hooks Shark Fishing Adventure With Company ...
Sacramento Bee
MIAMI, Aug. 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- 1SaleADay.com, home to the largest independently owned daily deal website, announced the winner of its "Shark Fishing with the Bosses" sweepstakes (catch and release). Generating an unprecedented response ...
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Israeli Facebook campaign tries to ascertain: How much is 300, really?
Haaretz
Israeli Facebook campaign tries to ascertain: How much is 300, really? A new Facebook campaign against an Israeli strike on Iran attempts to make more than a number out of 300 - the Defense Ministry's estimation of Israeli victims in an Iranian ...
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Police try out Facebook pages
Times Herald-Record
Kingston police Chief Egidio Tinti and Lt. Cliff Tremper check out the Kingston Police Department Facebook page Wednesday afternoon in Kingston. The page has been up since January and so far has yielded positive results in missing person cases.
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Facebook has new email address for phishing scams
The Associated Press
Anyone — even those who aren't on Facebook — can use it to report malicious emails that pretend to come from Facebook. Known as phishing, such emails attempt to get passwords and other information by pretending to come from a legitimate business.
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Does Not Being On Facebook Mean You're A Psycho?
Village Voice (blog)
I used to think you'd have to be psychotic to waste your time on Facebook, but now I'm so hooked on it, it almost feels like you'd have to be mentally ill to not be on it. And some media agree. In fact, as this blog points out: A German magazine took ...
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Village Voice (blog)
Facebook Shows More Love To Developers
WebProNews
Facebook also announced the breaking changes that will take place on November 7. The first is that Facebook will stop sending payments reporting emails to users on that day. If you want to continue receiving payments reporting, you're going to have to ...
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Survey: Judges Are Less Freaked Out By Facebook, Twitter
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Conference of Court Public Information Officers surveyed state judges around country about their use of profile sites such as Facebook and microblogging sites such as Twitter. Fewer of them hate the idea of incorporating new media in their ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Steps to Take When Your Facebook is Hacked
Search Engine Journal
It's the phrase that strikes fear into the hearts of social media managers and Facebook junkies alike. Hacking attempts are incredibly common, and as hackers get more sophisticated, it's much easier to fall prey to malicious attempts. Luckily, it's ...
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Facebook's design manager leaves for the Designer Fund
CNET
Facebook heavyweight Ben Blumenfeld is stepping down from the social network, according to a blog post he wrote today. Blumenfeld was the company's design manager and had been at Facebook since 2007. He is leaving to co-direct the Designer Fund.
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Facebook moves to remedy mobile revenue woes
Computerworld
"Facebook definitely has to do something to get some value out of their mobile user base," said Dan Olds, an analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. "Facebook users are increasingly using smartphones to access their pages and, until now, Facebook hasn't ...
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Matthew Scheidt's Facebook posts released by State Attorney
Orlando Sentinel
The State Attorney's Office released more documents — including Facebook posts — in the case against Matthew Scheidt, the Osceola County teenager accused of impersonating a physician assistant. The evidence released Thursday includes pictures of ...
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Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
McAfee Is Going to Blur Your Facebook Pictures And Make Them ...
By Casey Chan
Sharing your pictures with friends on Facebook is convenient! It's also really convenient for creepers you hardly know to peer at your body and digitally stalk you too. And with Facebook's privacy settings so confusing, you need something ...
Gizmodo
Facebook's Director of Engineering explains how you're part of the ...
By James Trew
Ever wondered why those crazy fools at Facebook think it's a good idea to meddle with the timeline, or how you chat? Well you can blame yourself.
Engadget
'World's Cutest Dog' Boo's Mom Works at Facebook
By Allegra Tepper
After nearly three years in the shadows, anonymous tips reveal that Boo's human mother is a Facebook employee named Irene Ahn.
Mashable!
Oops! Facebook Admits One Of Its Algorithms Was Wrong; Restates ...
By Jim Edwards
Facebook, in its first ever 10-Q filing with the SEC, admitted one of the algorithms it uses to calculate the average revenue per user in its largest market, the U.S. and Canada, was wrong. The 10-Q restates the revenue breakdown and adjusts ...
Business Insider
Facebook Makes Subscription Payments Available to All Developers ...
By Tricia Duryee
Facebook is opening up subscription services to all applications on the social network starting today. Now, if developers want to, they can provide premium versions of a game, or access to virtual goods, to consumers who are willing to pay a ...
AllThingsD
McAfee Digs For Gold In Facebook's Privacy Mess
By Antone Gonsalves
No one cries for Mark Zuckerberg, but Facebook is in an increasingly tough spot. To generate ad money, it must track all member communications, but to keep members, it can't share too much information. Now security vendor McAfee wants to ...
ReadWriteWeb
Mobile is eating Chinese Facebook's lunch, too — paidContent
By Robert Andrews
When is an explosion in mobile users ever a bad thing? When those users are switching from your website and you have no mobile business model. That is what growing numbers of online service are now worrying about.
Mobile
Facebook design manager leaving to help lead angel fund for ...
By Brittany Darwell
Facebook design manager Ben Blumenfeld is leaving the company to co-direct Designer Fund, an angel fund of designers, TechCrunch reports. Blumenfeld, who started working at Facebook in 2007, has been on sabbatical since December, ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook Gives App Developers a Boost with Subscriptions and ...
By Cynthia Boris
Facebook has announced beta tests on two new options that will help app developers raise their profit margin. First up ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Facebook Turns to its Army of Users to Report Phishing Attacks
By Matt Brian
Nearing a billion users, Facebook has become a dedicated target for phishers and scammers, which use numerous techniques to try and get members to part with their personal information. As of today, if you feel you are the target of such an ...
The Next Web
Football Player Asks Facebook Fans For Touchdown Celebration ...
By Justin Lafferty
Even professional athletes are getting into the act of crowdsourcing via Facebook. DeAngelo Williams, a running back for the National Football League's Carolina Panthers, recently asked his Facebook fans to suggest a dance to do when he ...
AllFacebook
Facebook wants First Amendment protection for 'Like' button - Zap2it
By Andrea Reiher
A legal battle is heating up over whether using the "Like" button on Facebook is protected under the First Amendment as an exercise of free speech.
Pop2it
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Web4 new results for Facebook
 
BBC News - Facebook has more than 83 million illegitimate accounts
Facebook estimates that more than 83 million of its 955 million active accounts do not represent real unique users.
www.bbc.com/news/technology-19093078
Key mobile, marketing talents exit Facebook – USATODAY.com
Departures and looming end to first lockup period for shares could put more pressure on stock.
www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-08-07/...brain.../1
Is not joining Facebook a sign you're a psychopath? Some - Daily Mail
The German magazine Der Taggspiegel points out that accused theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik have ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Is-joining-Facebook-sign-youre-psyc...
Facebook Insiders Who Dumped Stock Just Before It Crashed | Daily ...
From the blog Daily Ticker: Follow The Daily Ticker on Facebook! Timing isn't everything in life, but it helps. And now that Facebook's (FB) stock has been cut in ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../facebook-insiders-dumped-stock-just-cr...


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