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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Facebook Launches Collections Test, Part II
Facebook launched the second phase of its test of the Collections feature Wednesday, adding some new retail partners to the mix and testing five open graph actions: want, save, add, collect, and wishlist. The social network said this phase of testing is aimed at understanding how users are interacting with and sharing items from collections in their news feeds, adding that much like during its first test, users will only see one... read more>>
Should Facebook Move Forward With Autoplay Video Ads?
On Tuesday, a report detailed that Facebook is planning to implement 15-second video advertisements that automatically play - an effort to grab television ad dollars. The reaction around the Internet was swift and negative, criticizing the social network for being too invasive by making the ads play instantly, forcing users to push pause or stop. But how effective are video ads in the first place? Video posts from pages and brands are... read more>>
Facebook Pauses Mobile Ad Network Tests
Rumblings of a Facebook external ad network, where ads gathered by social data show up on sites outside of the social network, sent waves throughout the Internet. But a report from AllThingsD notes that while Facebook may still be working on such a network, it won't be coming on mobile - at least not yet. A Facebook spokesman told AllThingsD that the company is holding off on testing its mobile ads. Facebook... read more>>
U.S. House Passes Bill To Simplify Sharing Between Facebook, Netflix
Because of a law passed in 1988, U.S. Facebook users have been unable to share their Netflix viewing data - much like they do for Spotify or other applications that utilize open graph technology. However, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation recently to change this, allowing video-rental companies to get consent from their customers to share their preferences online. Previously, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) prevented the sharing of information... read more>>
Developer Of Browser Extension F.B. Purity Claims To Be Banned By Facebook
A browser extension known as F.B. Purity is apparently impure when it comes to Facebook's terms of service, as its developer claims to have been banned from the social network. We wrote about F.B. Purity in September 2011, saying: F.B. Purity, short for "Fluff-Busting Purity," helps Facebook users filter out application spam (such as game notifications and quizzes) and select which boxes they want displayed on the right-hand side of their homepages, as... read more>>
SoundCloud Sings Along With Facebook Open Graph
Music application SoundCloud and Facebook's open graph are in perfect harmony, and the social network called out the app in a post on its developer blog, highlighting its successful use of the platform. Facebook said SoundCloud users have shared more than 500 million open graph actions on their timelines since this past January, adding that the app reaches more than 180 million people each month. SoundCloud was recognized for: Putting social at its heart:... read more>>
Report: Facebook Page Posts Will No Longer Feature Third-Party Attributions
Facebook will eliminate third-party attributions in posts by pages, meaning that users will no longer see information that content was posted via applications such as HootSuite, TweetDeck, or Seesmic, according to a report by Wisemetrics. The Facebook analytics provider said the change will be rolled out to all pages, with no way to opt out, but posts by users will be unaffected. Wisemetrics added that the change has not yet been rolled out... read more>>
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Donation Of 18M Facebook Shares To Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The latest and largest charitable donation by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, will go to an organization a little closer to home, as Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page that the Silicon Valley Community Foundation will receive 18 million Facebook shares. When Zuckerberg and the former Priscilla Chan signed on for The Giving Pledge two years ago, their first act was a $100 million donation to the... read more>>
The Weather Channel Adds Local Alerts From National Weather Service To Facebook App My Friends' Weather
Local weather alerts from the National Weather Service will now be incorporated into the My Friends' Weather application from The Weather Channel, as a new extension to the app launched Wednesday. My Friends' Weather launched in July, and the app allows users who connect their Facebook accounts with weather.com via open graph to see if any of their friends are affected by the website's Breaking Now alerts, which are displayed as a... read more>>
Online Card For Sandy Hook Victims Now The Largest Petition Ever On Causes
After a deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, people all over Facebook offered support for the families, teachers, and everyone else affected by the tragedy. Through Causes, a social donation and awareness platform, an online card for those left in the wake now has nearly 2 million signatures - by far the record for a petition on that program. The petition has also been shared on Facebook more... read more>>
Arielle Zuckerberg Likes Instagram Photo Ripping Photo-Sharing App's New Terms Of Service
Reaction to Instagram's announcement Monday that it reserves the right to incorporate users' photos and likenesses into ads, similar to Facebook's sponsored stories, was swift and furious on Facebook, with many users posting about quitting the photo-sharing application, and even some possible dissent within the Zuckerberg family. TechCrunch reported that an Instagram photo posted by user Clayton Cubitt -- which pictured the relevant part of Instagram's new terms of service, along with... read more>>
Man Behind Lottery Ticket Hoax On Facebook Explains Himself
After Nolan Daniels posted a photo of himself holding a Photoshopped winning lottery ticket, offering to give some of the riches to one person who shared the picture, more than 2 million people on Facebook bought into a hoax. While it was primarily a social experiment, Daniels wrote on The Huffington Post that he's now trying to use this power for good. In late November, Daniels snapped a photo of himself holding... read more>>
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President Obama Named TIME Person of the Year (TVNewser)
TIME managing editor Rick Stengel appeared on "Today" this morning to unveil the magazine's choice for Person of the Year, President Barack Obama. "He won reelection despite a higher unemployment rate than anybody's had to face in 70 years," Stengel said.
Martha Stewart CEO Lisa Gersh Steps Down (Ad Age)
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said Wednesday that President-CEO Lisa Gersh is stepping down. A search for a successor is under way. Ms. Gersh joined the company from Oxygen Media in June 2011, when she was named president. She added the CEO title in July.
Publishers Lunch Opens Bookateria (GalleyCat)
Publishers Lunch has released a new book discovery tool, Bookateria. With an online store powered by Random House Digital, the new site will "merchandise the daily book publishing news" with purchase links to books that make headlines.
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