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Monday, April 30, 2012
5 Key Steps To Facebook Group Management
Compartmentalizing has its perks, and there's an aspect of siphoning off information and contacts that feels clever and efficient, which can feel hugely rewarding. Creating a Facebook group offers such a way to selectively share information, picking and choosing which friends, family, or acquaintances to share which information with. So, you can spark a conversation with your softball team about how to get to this week's game field without saturating coworkers and... read more>>
George Zimmerman Defense Turns To Facebook
Facebook has spent plenty of time in court lately, but now the social network is being used to present the defense's case to the public in an ultra-high-profile court case: George Zimmerman's trial for second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., Feb. 26. Zimmerman's defense team outlined its reasons for turning to Facebook, as well as Twitter, in a post titled, "Why Social Media for George Zimmerman?"... read more>>
DailyCandy Launches Like-To-Play Facebook Contest
In another shameless bid to usher in Facebook likes, curator-of-city-cool DailyCandy announced a new contest today on its Facebook page where like-to-play rules apply. Through the "Makeup Your Mind" contest, DailyCandy -- a website that emails local deals and information on all that's stylish, foodie-inspired, and culturally happening in cities nationwide -- is offering the chance for Facebook users who dole out likes, two in total, to win an illustrated makeover of... read more>>
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Sics Beast On Viddy
Following Facebook's sudden $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram earlier this month, any interest shown by Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg in other Internet companies was bound to get tongues wagging. And wagging is certainly featured in Zuckerberg's first post to video-sharing app Viddy. Zuckerberg joined Viddy this past weekend, posting a video of his dog, Beast, and setting off the speculation frenzy. Although Zuckerberg said when announcing the Instagram... read more>>
App Allows Facebook Users To Meme Their Friends
Not every witty caption on a photo can become a Facebook meme, but new, free Facebook application MemeKit will let users take their best shots. MemeKit, created by Shawn Lewis and Andrew Badir, allows users to select Facebook photos, add text, change the size and location of that text, and post the result to the news feed (with their friends who are "victims" tagged) or to their own walls. Photos created with MemeKit... read more>>
Facebook App Confirms Irish Voters' Registration
Ireland is the only country that will hold a public vote on the European Fiscal Treaty referendum, set for May 31, and the Ireland Referendum Commission is using Facebook to help ensure that voters are properly registered. Silicon Republic reported that the IRC will launch a Facebook application that will steer users to its voting register so that they can make sure they are properly registered by the May 14 deadline. The app... read more>>
Wrapp Unwraps Facebook Gifting Service In U.S.
Swedish social gifting service Wrapp debuted in the U.S. today, touting partnerships with more than 25 retailers and the availability of free gift cards. Wrapp launched in its native country of Sweden in November, and it has since added the U.K. and Norway. The company has also established offices in Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan, France, Germany, and Turkey, with the goal of lining up retail partners and rolling out its service... read more>>
POLL: What Is Facebook Introducing Tomorrow?
Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will debut "a new Facebook tool that has the power to save lives" in two ABC News interviews tomorrow. Zuckerberg will preview the new tool for Robin Roberts at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on "Good Morning America." Then on "World News with Diane Sawyer," Sandberg will sit down for an exclusive interview with Sawyer, during which she... read more>>
Facebook Adds Names To Friend Thumbnails In Timeline For Profiles
Facebook made a change to the friends box on timeline for profiles, adding users' friends' names to the eight thumbnail images that appear in the box. The previous version contained only the thumbnail images, and users had to pass over the images with their cursors to view the names of friends.... read more>>
Facebook Video Views Drop 8 Percent In March
Fewer people now log time watching videos on Facebook compared with this time last year, according to the latest comScore numbers. Facebook tallied 45,073 total unique video viewers in March 2012, an 8 percent drop compared with March 2011, ClickZ reported. Meanwhile, competitor Yahoo's websites showed an increase in video viewers of 8 percent, totaling 60,609 for March 2012. The average number of minutes each Facebook viewer spent watching videos rose by 11 percent... read more>>
Yahoo Adds Two Patents To Facebook Suit
The latest volley in the unpopular patent-infringement lawsuit Yahoo filed against Facebook last month was fired by Yahoo, which claimed in a court filing today that it is not infringing on any of Facebook's patents, along with adding two more of its own patents to the list of those allegedly being violated by the social network. Facebook filed a counterclaim earlier this month, not only denying that it had infringed on the... read more>>
How Boxers Succeed On Facebook
Boxers, just like other public figures, need a consistent image across various platforms, and Facebook is no exception. Many boxers and their marketing teams have adopted strategies to provide quality content, valuable behind-the-scenes insights, and a more tangible connection to their audience using their Facebook presence. Here are four strategies that work for the boxing stars on Facebook. Use Personal Voice Using the right voice is vital for any Facebook page to succeed with... read more>>
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