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Facebook to Crack Down on Fake 'Likes'
eWeek
The social media giant Facebook is taking steps to delete false "likes" that are posted to company Facebook pages, often by users who don't exist or don't have knowledge of the particular business, in an effort to fix an issue that could devalue a ...
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Dutch boy sentenced in "Facebook murder"
Reuters
ARNHEM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Dutch boy was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention on Monday for stabbing to death a girl whose Facebook posts reportedly led to a contract for her killing. The case, known in the Netherlands as ...
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Facebook cleanses pages of fraudulent "Likes"
Macworld
Facebook cleanses pages of fraudulent "Likes". by Jeremy Kirk, IDG-News-Service:Sydney-Bureau. Facebook said on Friday it will cleanse pages of fraudulent "Likes" that have been injected by scammers to impart a false sense of popularity on profiles.
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How to follow the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Facebook, Twitter ...
CBS News
(CBS News) The 2012 Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday with CarolinaFest 2012 in Charlotte, N.C. Convention proceedings are scheduled to start Tuesday. All of the traditional media outlets will be on the ground covering the event, but this ...
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CBS News
How to win Likes and alienate people: The perils of a social-media strategy
ZDNet
Last week, I wrote about the psychology that underpins our usage of Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks — and how our behaviour at work is being influenced by social media. A number of commentators on the story mentioned the behaviour of ...
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ZDNet
Facebook (FB) Stock Crisis: FB Shares Hit New Low Amid Threat From Best of ...
PolicyMic
Last Friday, Facebook took another nosedive ending the day at $18.03/share (after hours). Market analysts are busy scrapping previous stock price targets to align with a more realistic 1-year view of FB's anticipated performance. For all intents and ...
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PolicyMic
Facebook apps bring back print photos
San Francisco Chronicle
While sharing photos online is fine with most people, two new Facebook apps that debuted last week offer members of the social network a way to do more with their digital images in an old-school way - by printing them out. One is SocialPics, from ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Wolfram Alpha Facebook App Distills Wealth of Your Personal Data
PC Advisor
Answer engine Wolfram Alpha can figure out anything that can be computed -- such as the distance between Earth and Mars on Valentine's Day this year. Now, if you're a Facebook user, you can use the online tool to glean a wealth of information about ...
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eMarketer lowers estimated sales of Facebook for this year
Gant Daily
San Francisco, CA, United States (4E) – Marketing research website eMarketer first estimated Facebook's sales to reach a little more than 6 billion by the end of this year. However with the social media giant's recent struggles, eMarketer has lowered ...
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Facebook bans Nasrallah's birthday
Ynetnews
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah marked his 52nd birthday last week, and 7,000 Facebook users joined an event opened on the social network in celebration of his special day. The Facebook event was organized by several of Nasrallah's ...
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Facebook aims to eliminate fake 'Likes'
TG Daily
Facebook's cracking down on fake 'Likes', with an update to its system designed to automatically detect and remove them. The company's acknowledging the fact that many millions of fake profiles are in existence, 'Liking' pages and brands. They come in ...
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TG Daily
Nicolas Cage settles DVD fees after Facebook shaming: Favorite People
OregonLive.com
View full sizeThe Associated PressNicolas Cage starred with David Morse in the 2011 movie "Drive Angry." After Cage settled his tab with a Los Angeles DVD store, the owner announced a special on the many rentals starring the Academy Award winner.
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OregonLive.com
Why Facebook addicts are usually women
Times of India
LONDON: Researchers have uncovered new evidence of a genetic variant which makes people less likely to be able to tear themselves away from their computers - and the link occurred most frequently in women. The same genetic variation found to occur ...
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5 Facebook Apps That Are Shaking Up Politics [VIDEO]
Mashable
Almost every politician knows he or she needs to be on Facebook these days — but did you know that developers are disrupting politics-as-usual with the power of Facebook's Open Graph, too? These five apps, which were on display at a Facebook event ...
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Facebook's Big Data: New Concept in Data Management
CloudTimes
Facebook Marketing1 300x263 Facebooks Big Data: New Concept in Data Management Every day there are more and more companies that handle untold amounts of information, where we talk about petabytes. If we add the management of data from social ...
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CloudTimes
Facebook photo of flooded family salvaging Brees jersey gets plenty of reaction
WWL
A picture on Facebook of a Braithwaite family, that has obviously suffered severe damage to their home, carrying out a large, signed Drew Brees jersey that was salvaged from their house, got tremendous reaction on WWLTV.com's Facebook page.
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Find Your Most Popular Facebook Posts With This Cool App [REVIEW]
Mashable
A new app called Good Sort will find your most popular posts on Facebook according to likes, comments or shares. First, you have to let the app access your Facebook Wall. Good Sort lets you stay on top of the most commented and liked posts that include ...
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Mashable
Facebook group raises money for unforgettable woman's funeral
WYFF Greenville
They wondered what happened and shared their memories on a Facebook page dedicated to the woman they called "Hubba Hubba." Many thought she was homeless and remembered her by her white beard and some said she would shoot people the bird ...
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10 People You Stalk on Facebook (and Your Chances of Hooking Up With Them)
Glamour (blog)
HowAboutWe_Logo_rectangle_M.jpg It has come to my attention that there is an epidemic of insularity sweeping across America. The putative cause: Facebook stalking binges. Now, I'm not pointing fingers — we're all guilty of cyber-crushing on a couple ...
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Glamour (blog)
Why You Didn't Make Millions On Facebook
Seeking Alpha
Facebook (FB) stock is falling. Actually, it's more than falling. It's plunging into a freefall so fast even Superman can't save it. Down 48% since its May 17th IPO, many investors are licking their wounds and throwing in the towel, selling a stock ...
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Mycoverpoint.com offers provision for creating custom made Facebook Timeline ...
Equities.com
Mycoverpoint.com site has announced availability of a wide variety of covers for Facebook timeline to choose from to embellish their timeline profiles. The site recently added a feature by which users can make customized timeline covers with ease ...
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California state budget melts down along with Facebook stock valuation
Orange County Breeze
Early this month the state's Legislative Analyst's Office reported that because of the near 50% decline in Facebook stock from its $38 a share offering price, "hundreds of millions of dollars of income tax revenue assumed in the state budget plan are ...
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Orange County Breeze
Facebook cleanses pages of fraudulent "Likes"
ITworld.com
September 02, 2012, 9:56 PM — Facebook said on Friday it will cleanse pages of fraudulent "Likes" that have been injected by scammers to impart a false sense of popularity on profiles. Users of Facebook can "Like" pages, a vote of approval that can ...
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Police register case for creating fake Facebook ID of Haryana minister
Times of India
He said that he was redressing the grievances of the people by contacting them through his facebook ID. He said that some anti-social elements have been misusing this social site by creating his fake Facebook ID and his political secretary has got ...
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Facebook most preferred by bloggers:Survey
MediaMughals
The last couple of years have seen a remarkable growth of bloggers and blogging in India. A survey conducted by 20:20 MSL group and Blogathon India, a network for Indian bloggers and compiled by 20:20 MSL outlines interesting data on the bloggers ...
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MediaMughals
Facebook Targets Fake 'Likes'
TechWeekEurope UK
The move came as Facebook's shares hit new lows, with analysts further cutting their expectations for the company's share performance. On Friday, Facebook's share price hit a new low of $18.03 (£11.33) before ending at $18.08, down 5.28 percent for the ...
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TechWeekEurope UK
WolframAlpha Really Analyzes Your Facebook Data, Perhaps too Well.
Bright Side of News*
WolframAlpha is well known in the scientific and academic communities as a rather useful tool for checking certain equations and getting scientific answers. In general, it's a pretty useful tool for academics and the company is moving towards employing ...
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Bright Side of News*
Inane Facebook frenzy is, like, driving me insane
Irish Times
BUSINESS LIFE: ABOUT A week ago a new spoof arrived on Facebook – the Condescending Corporate Brand Page. It's a send-up of the crass way companies try to get people to click on "like" and "share" on social networking sites by using cheesy pictures ...
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Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
Romney Digital Director: Obama Running Facebook 'Like It's 2008'
By Alex Fitzpatrick
Mitt Romney's digital director, Zac Moffatt, believes his team is just as good - if not better - than Obama's digital staff.
Mashable!
"Going Dark on Facebook" or "We're WINNING!" « Hot Air
By Sarjex
This post was promoted from GreenRoom to HotAir.com. To see the comments on the original post, look here. Breaking on Hot Air. "Going Dark on Facebook" or "We're WINNING!" Plaintiffs in Obama class-action housing lawsuit got …
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'Winsie' Sentenced In 'Facebook Murder': Girl Allegedly Killed Over ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
ARNHEM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Dutch boy was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention on Monday for stabbing to death a girl whose Facebook posts reportedly led to a contract for her killing. The case, known in the ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Parents Set Up Creepy Facebook Sting to Expose Their Daughter's ...
By Doug Barry
Not at all thrilled that their 17-year-old daughter was dating a registered sex offender, two concerned parents in Skagit County, Wash. decided to set up a Facebook bear trap to expose their daughter's 19-year-old beau as an unsavory ...
Jezebel
Facebook API | jwz
By jwz
I can't tolerate using the Facebook web site, so I convert it to an RSS feed so that it all shows up in my feed reader, but posts by certain people are being left out and I can't figure out why. E.g., for one of my friends, I can see their posts on other ...
jwz
"Going Dark on Facebook" or "We're WINNING!" « The Greenroom
By Sarjex
I've almost felt this way about the Ronulans on my Facebook. So the entire two party system is all misinformation and we live under totalitarian rule so powerful we don't even perceive it? Wow, you must be far more intelligent than me.
The Greenroom
Opinion: If you're not already on Facebook, just stay away | Digital ...
By Leo Watson
It's too late to back out for most of us, but if the vortex hasn't already sucked you in, you might be better off on the outside.
Are Employers Spying on You With Facebook? | CAREEREALISM
By Joshua Waldman
Are employers and recruiters spying on you through Facebook? Should you lock your profile down? An inside source tells all. Find out more!
CAREEREALISM.com
Facebook Friend of the Day | WTVR.com – Richmond News - WTVR 6
By Pierce Sharpe
The CBS Facebook Friend of the Day for September 3 is Monique Morton.
WTVR.com – Richmond News &...
Can i access to facebook,Twitter in China. | Asia Forum | Fodor's ...
By flygadget
I am a facebook and twitter fans.So i'd like to share all my travelling experience during my travel.Otherwisei will take my ipad around my side.Also i have myself wifi.I wanna share my traveling experience with my friend at any time.Can i do this ...
Community
php - How to check if Facebook API made a successful query ...
By MegaNairda
How do you check if the return of the facebook API query is successful? $qry = $this->facebook->api(array( 'method' => 'fql.multiquery', 'queries' => $fql, 'access_token'=> $facebook['access_token'] ));. There are some instance where you get ...
Recent Questions - Stack Overflow
Is Facebook a social network for narcissists? [Infographic] | memeburn
By Staff Reporter
Log into Facebook and what do you see? Your cousin squealing about her promotion, or posting photos of her kid who has (finally) learnt how to walk. You scroll down to see your friend from school, who has just changed his relationship ...
memeburn
New Facebook Page Best Practices and Useful Apps To Support It
By Ari Suardiyanti
In today's post we'll cover the best practices for the new Timeline for Facebook Pages and useful Facebook applications that you can use to help you improve your page with different types of content depending on your needs.
Onextrapixel - Web Design & Developme...

Web4 new results for Facebook
 
Scores - Facebook Developers
The Graph API for scores allows game developers to publish scores for users of your app, providing more meaningful and relevant stories. Example passing ...
developers.facebook.com/docs/scores/
Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel cashes in Facebook shares ...
Former PayPal chief sells 20m Facebook shares – making him $1bn from the social network's IPO.
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/.../facebook-shares-peter-thie...
Poll on Facebook | Facebook
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work , study ... Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.
https://apps.facebook.com/opinionpolls/vote?pid...from...
Facebook Just Updated Its iPhone And iPad Apps - Business Insider
Facebook released a major update to its iPhone and iPad apps today, adding improved speed to what was once an incredibly clunky and slow experience.
www.businessinsider.com/facebook-updates-iphone-and-ipad-...


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