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Pandora Launches New Facebook Integration

Pandora Launches New Facebook Integration

By Chris Crum 7 hours ago

Pandora announced the launch of new Facebook integration for iPhone, Android and Pandora.com, which lets users publish their music activity to Facebook, where it will add content to Facebook’s recently launched music section. “While we’ve offered social features that allow …

Is A Facebook Like An Act Of Free Speech? Is A Facebook Like An Act Of Free Speech?
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Last year, a Virginia judge ruled that a Facebook “like” is not protected by the First Amendment. The story goes like this: Deputy Sheriff Daniel Ray Carter of Hampton, Virginia “liked” the page of “Jim Adams for Hampton Sheriff.” Carter’s …

Australian Politician Tricked Into Embarrassing Like Australian Politician Tricked Into Embarrassing Like

An Australian politician fell victim to a photo prank on Facebook that resulted in “liking” a picture of a 16-year-old boy’s testicles. Peter Collier has since apologized, claiming that the photo looked innocent enough to him when he liked it …

Thom Yorke Approves Of This Solo Radiohead Cover Thom Yorke Approves Of This Solo Radiohead Cover
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This cover of Radiohead’s 15 Step appeared on YouTube back in January, but got some extra attention today when a fan page for frontman Thom Yorke shared it with fans. Luckily for the video’s creator, IAmAhYell, those who are simply …

Facebook Suggests Advertising with Notifications Facebook Suggests Advertising with Notifications
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Facebook is doing more and more these days to get pages to promote their content, and it seems that they company has now expanded that push to notifications. We noticed a new type of notification this morning, one that comes …

Eminem Stabbed? Nope, Just Another Facebook Hoax Eminem Stabbed? Nope, Just Another Facebook Hoax
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Rapper Eminem left nearly DEAD after being stabbed 4 times in NYC! That’s the message circulating around Facebook right now. The post claims that the whole thing was caught on surveillance video, and offers a link to said video. Luckily …

CNN Anchor: Cancer Announcement On Facebook CNN Anchor: Cancer Announcement On Facebook
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CNN anchor Zoraida Sambolin said today that she is electing to have a double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis, and it’s thanks in part to Angelina Jolie’s announcement about her own surgery that she had the courage to speak …

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'Facebook Phone' HTC First Getting the Ax from AT&T 'Facebook Phone' HTC First Getting the Ax from AT&T

It looks like the HTC First, the first true “Facebook Phone,” is about to be killed before it really gets a chance to live. According to a report from BGR, the first phone to come pre-installed with Facebook’s Android takeover …

Vin Diesel Says Facebook Owes Him Billions Vin Diesel Says Facebook Owes Him Billions
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Vin Diesel did an interview with Entertainment Weekly, which came out on Friday. Some comments he made about Facebook have been attracting some attention in the days since. When interviewer Darren Franich asked Diesel what he attributes his large Facebook …

Bing Gets More Tightly Integrated With Facebook Bing Gets More Tightly Integrated With Facebook
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Bing has added a bit more Facebook integration to its social search features. Now, you can comment on and like Facebook content right from Bing. “Bing already lets you view Facebook updates and comments from your friends in sidebar, but …

Facebook Reportedly Getting Ready To Buy Waze Facebook Reportedly Getting Ready To Buy Waze

While we’ve seen nothing official, and Facebook has specifically said that it will not comment on speculation, reports have come out that the company is buying mapping/traffic app Waze for up to $1 billion. TechCrunch points to reports in the …

Facebook's Real-Time FBX News Feed Ads Head To Beta Facebook's Real-Time FBX News Feed Ads Head To Beta
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Back in March, Facebook announced its alpha test for expanding real-time, cookie-based Facebook Exchange ads to the News Feed. Now, the company has announced that these ads have moved to beta. Now, additional businesses can scale their FBX efforts from …

Facebook Settles Timelines.com Trademark Lawsuit Facebook Settles Timelines.com Trademark Lawsuit
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Facebook has settled year and a half-long litigation with Timelines.com, according to a recent filing with the SEC. The case involved Chicago-based Timelines.com, which lets users to create interactive “timelines” based on historical events. Back in October of 2011, they …

Teen Charged with Making Terroristic Facebook Threat Teen Charged with Making Terroristic Facebook Threat
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A Methuen, Massachusetts high school student has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after police were notified of posts made on his Facebook page. 18-year-old Cameron B. Dambrosio is being held on $1 million bond after making the …

Facebook Launches Trusted Contacts Account Recovery Facebook Launches Trusted Contacts Account Recovery
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Facebook wants you to tap your buddies to help you regain access to your account, should you find yourself locked out. Today, they’re unveiling the all new “Trusted Contacts,” which is a revamp of their “Trusted Friends” feature that they …

Instagram Will Probably Hold Off on the Ads for Now Instagram Will Probably Hold Off on the Ads for Now

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly discussed Instagram at yesterday’s Q1 earnings call, and the takeaway is that big brands want more commercialization, but the Facebook-owned company is content with a growth strategy at the time being. That means no ads …

Facebook Accounting Chief David Spillane Is Out Facebook Accounting Chief David Spillane Is Out

Today, Facebook reported their Q1 2013 earnings. The company slightly beat revenue expectations with a total of $1.458 billion. In all, revenue was up 38% year-over-year, with ad revenue up 43%. Alongside the earnings, Facebook also filed with the SEC, …