Posts tagged with 'Facebook'
With all of the interest in local and mobile advertising going on right now, Facebook has been quickly preparing its own location-based check-in feature. And now it looks like the social network could be close to launching.
And Facebook is seeking the help of McDonald's as an initial launch partner. When check-in to McDonald's from their status updates — which could happen as soon as this month — they'll also be able to feature a McDonald's product in their post. Doesn't that sound like fun?
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by Meghan Keane
06 May 2010 22:48pm
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As individuals become increasingly comfortable sharing information online, they are also ceding their privacy in new — and sometimes dangerous — ways. According to a Consumer Reports survey released today, over half (52%) of social network users are oversharing online. And cybercriminals are taking note. The information shared on social networks is particularly susceptible to criminals looking to find and steal personal information.
At a panel in New York sponsored by Consumer Reports today, speakers
agreed that consumers are posting risky information online. But many
companies are exacerbating the issue with confusing — and frequently
changing — privacy policies.
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by Meghan Keane
04 May 2010 20:20pm
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Consumers have been more concerned about Facebook privacy than usual since the social network introduced "instant personalization." And now it looks like advertisers might have a reason to be wary of Facebook policy changes as well.
According to a letter that Facebook sent out to advertisers late last week, brands that have been buying CPM ads on the network may soon find their campaigns becoming less effective.
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by Meghan Keane
03 May 2010 23:20pm
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Twitter seems to be everywhere these days. Twitter has gone way beyond techies and first-adopters. It's now used (and promoted) by major brands, celebrities and politicians, amongst many others.
From this perspective, Twitter would appear to be quite 'mainstream'. But is it? Based on the figures published in this year's Edison Research/Arbitron Internet & Multimedia Study, the answer is...it depends on what you mean by 'mainstream'.
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by Patricio Robles
30 April 2010 11:10am
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Popular European music streaming startup Spotify has been able to survive and thrive in a tough market that has seen its fair share of startup casualties. In an effort to maintain its growth, it has announced the largest upgrade since it first launched in 2008.
The goal: turn Spotify into a "total music management platform". The means: a hefty dose of social features.
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by Patricio Robles
28 April 2010 09:08am
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Facebook has been getting a lot of flack recently. As I wrote last week, Facebook's expansion of Facebook Connect, "instant personalization," opens up a host of privacy issues for users.
And now there's another reason to distrust Facebook. Today it became clear that a privacy hole on the site has made people's event history public. For instance, if you want to go see what events Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been attending, you can do so here.
That's embarassing. And not just because Zuckerberg refuses to use the default privacy settigns on his own site. Quite simply, the company isn't prepared to handle sensitive personal information online.
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by Meghan Keane
26 April 2010 23:49pm
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Facebook is thinking big with its new releases this week. The social network unveiled several new features at the company's f8 developer conference in California, including an expansion of Facebook Connect that adds social aspects of Facebook to partner sites, without any work for users.
This new feature, called “instant personalization,” is a way to access your social graph in more places online. But if users don't particularly want to know their friends' opinions on new sites — or if they have privacy concerns — opting out will become increasingly tricky.
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by Meghan Keane
22 April 2010 22:29pm
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Facebook isn't just a social network. By almost every reasonable standard, it is officially the winner of the social networking wars. While other popular social networks, including MySpace, may not disappear into the void completely, Facebook has left them in the dust.
But the war to become the world's dominant online social network is just one battle in a larger war that seeks to shape the future of the web. And Facebook is gearing up for battle.
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by Patricio Robles
22 April 2010 09:01am
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Facebook advertising has been clearing its name over the last year. Increasingly, social ads are starting to gain some traction. Facebook's self-serve advertising platform is on track to bring in $1 billion in revenue this year.
And according to Nielsen, Facebook ads are very effective — if you already have a large following that is willing to help with publicity.
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by Meghan Keane
20 April 2010 23:00pm
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Meet the newest billion-dollar internet startup: Groupon. Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies, which has provided big funding for other big startups in the social space, namely Facebook and Zynga, has led a $135m investment in the young but profitable Chicago-based startup. The valuation: a cool $1.2bn valuation, which some observers believe is still "cheap."
Groupon is attracting a lot of attention these days, and for good reason. The U.S.-based group shopping service has fueled a worldwide gold rush in the group shopping space.
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by Patricio Robles
20 April 2010 09:01am
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