Tag: Facebook

Expedia Launches Facebook Contest To Name Its Vacation Packages
Online travel website Expedia has launched the “You Name it Contest and Sweepstakes,” on its Facebook page with the aim of coming up with a better name for its Vacat...
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More Valuable for Business: Twitter or Facebook?
Which is more valuable to business - Facebook or Twitter? It's a question that business owners struggle with every day in the quest for building a larger customer base, and reta...
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Malware Threats Increased In 2010
In 2010, cyber-criminals created and distributed one-third of all existing viruses, creating 34 percent of all malware that has ever existed, according to PandaLabs annual secur...
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Half Price Books Begins Selling Online
Half Price Books said today it has launched HPB.com, which features its new online web store, HPB Marketplace. Through a partnership with Monsoon Commerce Soluti...
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Facebook Users Set Photo Record Over New Year’s
New Year's Eve celebrations - and the hangovers that in many cases followed - did not keep people away from Facebook this weekend.  The opposite might have been the case, i...
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Facebook Loading Slow For Many Users
Facebook appears to be having some difficulty today as numerous people have complained about loading issues in different capacities.  Currently, we're havin...
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Starz Introduces
Cable network Starz said today it is launching its first social media game on Facebook, “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,” and an iPad app for its “Spartacus&rdqu...
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StumbleUpon Tops Facebook In Social Media Traffic
Analytics firm Statcounter said today that discovery engine StumbleUpon has surpassed Facebook as the top source for social media traffic in the U.S. StumbleUpon...
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Facebook Poaches News Corp. Gaming Exec
This weekend, word spread that Facebook had raised $500 million in funding at a valuation of $50 billion, and following that, we imagine a few early employees and investors plac...
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Office Depot Launches Facebook Sweepstakes
Office Depot has launched a Facebook sweepstakes with the goal to find “America's Messiest Office.” From today through January 31st, users can upload...
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Facebook Raises $500 Million At $50 Billion Valuation
It's a happy new year indeed for Mark Zuckerberg and everyone with financial ties to Facebook.  Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies have invested $500 million in the...
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Facebook Reference Appears On Chinese Social Network
Before diving in, we should perhaps remind everyone that trademarks don't mean a lot in China.  Knockoffs of all sorts are produced in massive quantities.  But not lon...
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Facebook Named Most Searched-For, Most Visited Site Of 2010
Earlier this month, Time magazine named Mark Zuckerberg "Person of the Year," and now, although Experian Hitwise isn't in the business of handing out such titles, it l...
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Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit Against Top Tech Companies
Whatever his faults, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is at least persistent and ambitious.  Allen proved this yesterday by refiling a patent infringement lawsuit against AOL...
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Facebook Drives Massive Traffic Boosts To Media Sites
Facebook says it has increased referral traffic to media sites by over 100% thanks to tools like its social plugins and Graph API, both of which were launched at f8 back in Apri...
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