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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Postagram Direct Turns Facebook Photos Into Branded Postcards
Users are increasingly finding new offline uses for Facebook. The latest? Postgram Direct, which allows users to send real-life postcards featuring Facebook photos. Parent company Sincerely announced Thursday that Postagram Direct has partnered with Gap to allow users to send free postcards to friends and relatives. Startup companies are addressing an interesting desire: for Facebook posts and photos to leave the digital world and become tangible. Products such as Yearly Leaf and... read more>>
Atherton, Calif., Gets $350K From Facebook
The town of Atherton, Calif., has an extra $350,000 in its coffers courtesy of Facebook, as a result of the social network's move to its headquarters in nearby Menlo Park, and concerns over traffic that were expressed by Atherton. Atherton, with a population of about 7,000, is located between Menlo Park and Redwood City, and The Bay Citizen reported that the town's annual per-capita income is $107,000, and its annual budget is... read more>>
WARNING: Facebook Offer For $100 McDonald's Gift Card Leads To Malware
Mayor McCheese would most certainly not approve: Facebook posts offering free $100 gift cards to McDonald's lead not to hamburgers and fries, but to malware. Sophos' Naked Security blog shared a report from Hoax-Slayer on the McDonald's gift card scam, which baits users who click on the link into installing rogue Facebook applications. According to Naked Security, victims see their accounts used to spread the fake promotions, and after installing the apps that... read more>>
Takei To Take On Facebook's Algorithm In Upcoming Book
Actor George Takei has been a fierce opponent of the way Facebook determines which users see certain posts from pages. After reading an open letter from an aggravated page administrator to Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Takei said he's writing about Facebook's algorithm - which many people refer to as EdgeRank - in his upcoming book. Sergio Toporek, the director of Beware of Images, a documentary about the relationship between the technology,... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: The Science Of Facebook Engagement
One of the biggest challenges facing Facebook marketers is the plight of gaining engagement. Brands and other page administrators have tried to figure out the best types of posts to rack up more likes, comments, and shares - and most important, to play into Facebook's algorithm. An infographic from American Express OPEN and SocialMouths shows some simple ways to make a page's posts more popular. Readers: What tips or tricks do you... read more>>
Facebook Gives Pages Manager For IOS A Slight Upgrade
Facebook is continuing to upgrade its mobile applications. The site announced another update Wednesday, this one for the stand-alone Pages Manager app for iOS devices. There's nothing really groundbreaking with this update. The newest version of Pages Manager (which is only on Apple devices so far) includes better compatibility with the iPhone 5, as well as bug fixes and performance updates. There's still no word as to when Facebook will release a... read more>>
Optimal Debuts Audience Matrix Facebook Analytics Tool
Facebook advertising and marketing developer Optimal announced the release Wednesday of its Audience Matrix social analytics product, which taps the company's proprietary consumer analytics database of more than 2.5 million affinities and interests. Optimal said users can mine data by country, age, gender, state, city, DMA, topic interests, mobile device, search behavior and category interests, and apply those criteria to any combination of locations, pages, applications, or categories. The company offered free access... read more>>
U.S. Election Day Transcends Borders On Facebook
People all over the U.S. were posting about either President Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Facebook during Election Day. But buzz about ballots wasn't limited to the 50 states. Facebook released statistics Wednesday showing that the U.S. presidential election was popular in Canada, the U.K., and Australia. Facebook measured discussion about the election with its Talk Meter, rating terms on a 1-10 scale. While the election had a 9.27... read more>>
Non-Foursquare Facebook Users Can Now Be Added To Foursquare Check-Ins
Users of location-based mobile application Foursquare via Apple iOS (evices can now include their Facebook friends who are not Foursquare users in their check-ins. Foursquare announced the update in a post on its blog, adding that a similar update for Android was close behind: With Monday's iOS update, you can now mention Facebook friends who aren't on Foursquare in your check-ins. Just tap the add friend icon when you're checking in and scroll... read more>>
Bob Dylan's Debut Post On Facebook
The times, they really are a-changing: Bob Dylan posted on Facebook for the first time ever Tuesday, and his inaugural post was related to President Barack Obama. NME reported that Dylan performed in Madison, Wis., Monday night, and Obama had appeared at a rally in the city that same morning, adding that Dylan said during his show: We tried to play good tonight since the president was here today ... Don't believe the... read more>>
Bring Facebook Photos To Life With Top Charms
Facebook photos are a great way to connect with friends and loved ones, but they don't have to stay on your phone or computer. Through an interesting idea, Top Charms, users can bring permanence to their Facebook photos by keeping them in charm form. The project gained popularity on Kickstarter, and it appears ready to share soon. Top Charms is another cool form of social permanence. Earlier this year, we covered Yearly... read more>>
Facebook Insights From The First Social Election
Now that the 2012 presidential election is in the record books, we can start to examine more closely the role that Facebook played in the first "social election" and how the winners and losers used the platform in the waning hours of the race. As of Wednesday morning, the Facebook CNN-Election Insights tool iwa reporting that mentions of President Barack Obama on Facebook in the U.S. were up 119 percent since Tuesday,... read more>>
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