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Friday, October 05, 2012
Facebook Asks Politicians What They Could Do With 1 Billion Connections
Facebook recently celebrated a major milestone: 1 billion users. On Friday, the social network reached out to some of the most influential Facebook users in politics, asking lawmakers what they could do with the unified force of 1 billion people. Here are some selected responses: Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles: One billion minds mean the power to bypass the entrenched ideology of the left and the right. By linking 1 billion citizens, we... read more>>
The Cool Hunter Hunts For Answers About Its Shuttered Facebook Page
There are some Facebook pages that practically beg to be shut down. And then there are cases like that of design and pop-culture site The Cool Hunter, with Founder Bill Tikos claiming in a blog post that the site's Facebook page, its 788,000 or so likes, and all of its content vanished with no warning or explanation eight weeks ago. Facebook begged to differ, telling The Next Web: This account has been disabled... read more>>
Social Media Jobs: Toca Boca, Applifier, Games Café
This week, Toca Boca is hiring a user acquisition manager, as well as a marketing coordinator. Meanwhile, Applifier needs a senior director of iOS developer relations, and Games Cafe is on the hunt for a senior Flash game programmer. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. User Acquisition Manager Toca Boca (San Francisco, CA) Marketing Coordinator Toca Boca (San Francisco, CA) Senior Director, iOS Developer Relations... read more>>
Job Ads: Going Beyond A Simple Facebook Post With Targeting
Ad targeting has become standard practice on Facebook, as advertisers can now point their messages toward people who are 25 years old, living in Miami, have been to college, and list baseball as an interest.Ziv Eliraz, CEO of social recruiting platform Zao, thinks employers can use similar tactics to target job ads to those who have work experience and education relevant to the positions. Zao, which was founded last year, works with... read more>>
UPDATED: Facebook-CNN Election Talk Meter Breaks Down First Presidential Debate
The dust has settled after the first presidential debate in Denver Wednesday night, and the Facebook-CNN Election Talk Meter has fresh insights on the melee in the Mile High City that are posted on the U.S. Politics on Facebook page. Among the findings: Look who's talking: Facebook users aged 35 to 44 were talking about the presidential debate the most last night. States buzzing about debate: Battleground states like Colorado, Virginia, and Florida... read more>>
AllFacebook Stats Teams Up With Japanese Marketing Agency Torchlight
As Facebook is taking steps to boost its presence in Japan, our sister site, AllFacebook Stats, is following suit, announcing an agreement with Japanese marketing agency Torchlight. The partnership focuses on reseller and affiliate operations, with the aim of helping AllFacebook Stats focus on the Asian region, and aiding Torchlight in marketing its social media services. AllFacebook Stats Founder and CEO Alexander Peiniger said: The fact that Facebook is now about to turn into... read more>>
WARNING: Facebook Gold, Silver, Bronze Member Pricing Status Update Is A Hoax
OK, let's try this again: Facebook will never charge its users to gain access to the social network. Yet messages to that effect are finding their way onto users' walls yet again. Sophos' Naked Security blog reported that the latest version is the following all-caps monstrosity (unedited): FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR... read more>>
VP Of Corporate Communications Joe Lockhart Leaving Facebook
Facebook Vice President of Corporate Communications Joe Lockhart will become the latest high-profile executive to depart the social network, with Politico reporting that he will return to the East Coast and begin consulting. Lockhart, who served as White House press secretary under former President Bill Clinton, spent nearly 15 months with Facebook, and he will likely continue to consult for the social network, one of his friends told Politico, with a Facebook... read more>>
IPO-Related Lawsuits Against Facebook Consolidated, To Be Heard In New York
All of the lawsuits over Facebook's bungled initial public offering are going to make a brand-new start of it in old New York, as a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that cased filed throughout the country are to be transferred to U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan, according to reports. Reuters reported that Facebook had been pushing for the cases to be consolidated in New York, while some investors and... read more>>
Napkin Labs' Superfans 2.0 Shows Trending Facebook Brand Advocates
There are fans, then there are Superfans. Napkin Labs announced to AllFacebook Thursday that it has launched the newest version of its Superfans application. Superfans 2.0 is a new-and-improved version of the application that lets brands see who their biggest advocates are and allows fans to jockey for position on a leaderboard. Superfans - used by brands such as Microsoft and the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs - shows Facebook page... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Facebook Will Still Be Dominant In 10 Years
Facebook marketing firm Betapond, which acquired application developer iPlatform last week, used the occasion of Facebook reaching 1 billion monthly average users to ask 404 "social media opinion formers" from the U.K. and Ireland what they thought about the social network, and if they have anything to say about it, Facebook is here to stay. Betapond's findings included: 34 percent of respondents believe Facebook will be "everywhere" in 10 years, while 25 percent... read more>>
Facebook Developer Advocate: HTML5 'Needs To Prove Itself' On Mobile
Last month at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco, Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said one of the biggest mistakes the company made was relying too much on HTML5. Apparently, the technology still hasn't made many fans within the social network. At an Apps World panel in London, Facebook Developer Advocate Simon Cross said that HTML5 is great on desktop but has some work to do on mobile platforms. Facebook... read more>>
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