Friday, November 2, 2012

Google Alert - Facebook

News28 new results for Facebook
 
Forget Facebook, LinkedIn Is New Favorite
ABC News (blog)
As Facebook (FB) faces questions about its profit model, the work and social network LinkedIn (LNKD) has become an investor favorite. The site booked a profit in the third quarter, reversing a loss in the same period a year ago as revenue grew at a ...
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Facebook tests free Wi-Fi hot spots in exchange ...
CNET
First noticed by developer Tom Waddington today, the social network's experiment has businesses providing the Internet service in exchange for a Facebook router that will direct customers to the businesses' Facebook page after they check in. Facebook ...
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Facebook flaw bypasses password protections
BBC News
Facebook has moved quickly to shut down a loophole which made some accounts accessible without a password. The bug was exposed in a message posted to the Hacker News website. The message contained a search string that, when used on Google, ...
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BBC News
Facebook getting more proactive on privacy awareness
ZDNet
Facebook has taken a lot of hits in the past about not being totally crystal clear with users about privacy policies, whether they have to do with data sharing, automatic opt-in features, and more. Thus, the world's largest social network is trying to ...
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Zuckerberg's Facebook Phone is the HTC Opera UL claims insider
SlashGear
The perennial Facebook phone rumor has resurfaced, with chatter that the HTC Opera UL will be the social site's first "official" smartphone as it attempts to tighten its slack in mobile. The Opera UL, as HTC has internally called it, is an OEM device ...
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SlashGear
Facebook helped cops find suspect in fatal Belltown stabbing
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Facebook provided a break in a Belltown stabbing that left one man dead, court documents say. A witness found the name of the suspect, Hever Thomas Zuniga-Guzman, through Facebook. Detectives used Facebook to track Zuniga-Guzman, then showed ...
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How Facebook's Plans Could Affect the Election David Talbot
Technology Review (blog)
Repeating an effort that in past elections has boosted real-world voter turnout, Facebook is expected to announce Monday that it plans to post get-out-the-vote messages to the tens of millions of voting-age Americans likely to log in to the site this ...
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Some Facebook users 'dislike' being used in online advertising for Mitt Romney
Boston.com
WASHINGTON -- Visit Mitt Romney's page on Facebook and you'll see 11.6 million "likes." Lee Wolf, a self-described liberal who likes nothing about Romney's politics, was stunned to hear from friends on the online social network that his name had popped ...
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Responding to criticism, Facebook adds a way for you to really, really 'like ...
NBCNews.com
In a fiery public complaint, Metzger accused Facebook of "the biggest bait 'n' switch in history" with the introduction of "Promoted Posts." Essentially, Facebook started asking Dangerous Minds to pay to promote posts to its willing followers, a charge ...
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Facebook photo of seized cash gets Fargo detective suspended
DL-Online
FARGO – A Fargo police detective with a history of disciplinary actions was suspended for two days without pay in August for posting a photo of cash seized in a drug investigation on Facebook, police records show. By: Mike Nowatzki, INFORUM, DL-Online ...
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Facebook's 'Promoted Posts' switcheroo
Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
We update our Facebook page 20-25 times per week. We have just a tad more than 3,500 fans so we wouldn't be charged as much per post as our client. But we'd still have to spend in the $25,000-$30,000 range to reach the people who have voluntarily ...
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New Facebook Presidential Debate Data Shows 'Winning' Means Going Beyond ...
Sacramento Bee
In fact, even though President Barack Obama took the early lead in activity with nearly 1.43 million "Likes" and 1.64 million interactions for his three Facebook posts leading up to the Oct. 3 Domestic Policy debate at the University of Denver, the ...
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Research Reports on NYSE Hot Stock: Pfizer, Facebook, Exelon, Freeport ...
Sacramento Bee
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and equity research for the following Hot Stock: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Exelon (NYSE:EXC), Freeport-McMoRan ...
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Facebook's dirty little secret (and how to combat it)
Nashville Ledger newspaper
Further piquing the interest of advertisers is this nuance: mobile users can only see ads in their news feeds, as compared to ads placed in the right-hand column of your Facebook window. Facebook reports that news feed ads generate eight times higher ...
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Nashville Ledger newspaper
CK-12s new Facebook platform for homework embraces 21st century studying ...
San Jose Mercury News
Seriously, the StudyHelp application for Facebook has the right idea when it comes to opening up learning opportunities for kids where they live. Students no longer relate to a world of neat rows of desks aimed at a teacher lecturing in the front of ...
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Friedman-Swift Associates: Does Facebook Work for Auto Dealerships?
Sacramento Bee
CINCINNATI, Nov. 2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- More than one in four new car buyers visit social networking sites at least weekly, according to research released today by Friedman-Swift Associates, a national market research firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Facebook Gifts Now Supports Charitable Donations
PC Magazine
Facebook today launched a new feature that allows you to make charitable contributions through Facebook Gifts. The test feature is launching with about a dozen partners, including the American Red Cross, Blue Star Families, Boys & Girls Club of America ...
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CACVB Achieves #1 Ranking in Facebook Marketing
NBC 29 News
The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau (CACVB) excitedly reports that its "Charlottesville, Virginia" Facebook page is the world's #1 most talked about City Travel and Leisure page in the world this week, as rated by both Quintly ...
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Facebook testing single column Timeline layout
CBS News
Facebook is testing out a new, slimmer Timeline layout featuring a single column of posts instead of the current double column. The test layout keeps the boxes that highlight friends and activities to the right. The social network is currently rolling ...
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Facebook in Silicon Valley talent battle
Financial Times
A new generation of start-ups is reigniting the Silicon Valley talent wars, forcing established companies such as Google and Facebook to compete harder – and spend more – to find and hold on to the best engineers, designers and mobile developers.
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Facebook, AMD, Red Hat, Canonical partner for ARM push
bit-tech.net
Numerous industry giants, including Facebook, have joined the Linaro Enterprise Group to further ARM's presence in the data centre. ARM's chances of taking on Intel in the server market just got significantly better, with Facebook, AMD, Canonical and ...
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bit-tech.net
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Yahoo, Walt Disney, Google, Microsoft and ...
Sacramento Bee
Stocks recently featured in the blog include Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq:FB). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) ...
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Photos of animal abuse posted on federal wildlife specialist's Facebook stirs ...
Kansas City Star
Photos of animal abuse and suffering posted on a federal wildlife specialist's Facebook and other Web pages are stirring anger among wildlife advocates. The pictures show two dogs savagely attacking a coyote in a leg-hold trap and the employee posing ...
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Check-in on Facebook, Get Free Wi-Fi?
WebProNews
The very small test was first unearthed by Tom Waddington, who has a history of rooting Facebook tests and secrets out of code. What he found was a new category for "like sources" among the page insights. The new source was called "Social Wi-Fi," and ...
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Facebook Removes Anti-Obama Posting from 'Special Operations Speaks PAC ...
Opposing Views
Facebook removed an anti-Obama message posted on the page of Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS), which claims President Obama denied a request for military support in Benghazi, Libya when the U.S. embassy was attacked and two ex-SEALs ...
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Pew: Social media as a political tool on the rise
CNET (blog)
Sixty percent 2,253 U.S. adults surveyed use social-networking sites including Facebook and Twitter, and of these users, 66 percent have conducted either civil or political activity through this communication channel. All in all, it appears that users ...
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Facebook 'friends' share boy's struggle
Tampabay.com
SPRING HILL — Six days after their son was found unresponsive in the family pool, Andres and Crystal Yepes posted a Facebook update on the 18-month-old boy's fight for life. Logan Yepes was still on a ventilator. But on that day, Oct. 8, the little ...
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Tampabay.com
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio sends message to Spartan fans on Facebook
Examiner.com
It's never an entirely good feeling when you see the head coach of your favorite football team writing a letter to fans imploring them to come in droves for a home game, but in the case of Mark Dantonio and the Michigan State Spartans, it could be more ...
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Blogs13 new results for Facebook
 
Free WiFi for Check-ins: Facebook Pilots New Service for Local ...
By Matt Brian
Facebook has begun testing a new service that allows local business owners to offer free WiFi to customers in exchange for a check-in.
The Next Web
Facebook helps some local businesses provide free Wi-Fi in ...
By Brittany Darwell
For this small test, Facebook is supplying the router but businesses are providing the Internet access. When visitors check into a location on Facebook, they are redirected to the business' Facebook page and can continue to browse the web ...
Inside Facebook
Facebook Rolls Out Charitable Gifts in Wake of Sandy
By Zoe Fox
Facebook launched a new feature of Gifts Thursday, the ability to make charitable contributions in honor of your friends and family.
Mashable » US & World
Roommate Wanted: Apply Via Facebook
By Cynthia Boris
The Daily is passing around a rumor that Facebook is going to get into the classified ad biz and I'm ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Facebook Tool Lets Friends Urge Friends to Vote Approve R74 ...
By Andy Grow
A new GOTV tool enables WUM's Facebook fans to make sure their Facebook friends vote.
Washington United for Marriage
Facebook Testing Free Wi-Fi After Users Check In To Businesses ...
By David Cohen
Looking for an attractive incentive to coax Facebook users to check in to your business? How does free Wi-Fi sound?
AllFacebook
Facebook partners with local businesses to offer free Wi-Fi in ...
By Nathan Ingraham
Facebook is currently testing a pretty clever way to help bring its users free Wi-Fi — CNET reports that the company is partnering with some small business to offer Wi-Fi to customers who check...
The Verge - All Posts
Facebook Reclaims Its "X Are Like Facebook" Ad Campaign ...
By Josh Wolford
In early October, Facebook made a pretty huge, but pretty unsurprising announcement. The company had officially crossed the one billion monthly active user mark. To accompany the news, Facebook unveiled its first-ever TV ad, "Chairs.
Top News - WebProNews
Rumored HTC Facebook phone gets codename, reportedly still in ...
By Alex Dobie
Could the HTC "Opera UL" be the first official Facebook-branded phone?
Android Central - Android Forums,...
Facebook Trades Wi-Fi For Check-Ins - Business Insider
By Megan Rose Dickey
Facebook might have found a way to get people to use a long-neglected feature: check-ins, where you announce to your friends where you are. It is testing a new service that offers local businesses free Wi-Fi through a router. To get online ...
Business Insider
Facebook phone rumors alive and kicking in the form of the HTC ...
By Dave LeClair
The Facebook phone rumors are back again. This time, the HTC Opera UL is being reported as being the social network's official phone. An insider source told.
Android Community
Is the HTC Opera UL really the Facebook Phone? – Cell Phones ...
By Lee Mathews
Nov. 2, 2012 - One of the tech world's favorite on again/off again rumors is back on, Geek readers, with Pocket-Lint claiming it has a source that has confirmed there.
Geek.com
Facebook App Center adds search, sponsored results, | Digital Trends
By Francis Bea
Facebook has added search and sponsored results to its App Center, and unveiled 11 charity partners to its Facebook Gifts program.

Web4 new results for Facebook
 
That's classified - The Daily
Facebook seeks to offer alternative to Craigslist, utilizing user networks.
www.thedaily.com/.../10/.../103112-tech-news-facebook-hicke...
Mobile Measurement Partners - Facebook Developers
To measure the performance of mobile app install ads, you can either:Integrate with the Facebook mob...
developers.facebook.com/.../mobile/measurement/
News Feed, Engagement, and Promoted Posts - Facebook Studio
Our goal in news feed is always to show someone the most relevant information from the things they are connected to on Facebook. We think about Page ...
www.facebook-studio.com/.../news-feed-engagement-and-pro...
Sandy foils Facebook staffers' long-awaited stock sales - Market Day
Facebook Inc's Silicon Valley headquarters are far away from the eye of Hurricane Sandy, yet for employees of the social networking company, the storm hit ...
marketday.nbcnews.com/_.../14784635-sandy-foils-facebook-...


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