Tag: Facebook

What’s More Valuable: A Like or Click?
Facebook has risen to be an important advertising channel for reasons that include: a huge user base, an extraordinary amount of available data about users, and an impressive (...
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Facebook Music Product Expected at f8 in September
Last week, Facebook announced that its f8 developer conference will take place on September 22. The company said it woul...
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Old People Climbing Aboard The Good Ship Facebook
It's a well-known fact that young people love social media. Love might not be a strong enough word - maybe "depends on" or "require" would better describe the way my generation se...
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The Deals Space: It’s Easy to Start, But Not to Grow
Back in June, Mary Song, CEO of Yuupon, gave WebProNews the following predictions for the deals space: 1. Facebook Deals will not be a m...
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Yelp Cuts Back On Daily Deals, Great Timing for Groupon
It's an interesting time for the daily deals space. As previously reported, Facebook, which may assumed would be a major player, has...
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Rebecca Black, No, The Other Rebecca Black: A Facebook Identity Problem
Rebecca Black wants you to know that she's not Rebecca Black. In fact, the "about" information on her page reads in all caps: I AM NOT THE SINGER!!!!...
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Colorado State Party, Fueled By Facebook, Attracts Thousands
The public nature (and lack of privacy considerations) of Facebook is sometimes problematic when it comes to parties. The good thing about Facebook is that it's a wonderfully easy...
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Facebook Gets More Secure By Paying Users
A month ago, Facebook announced its "Bug Bounty" Program, in which the company began offering users $500 for...
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Facebook Shuts Down “Deals,” Keeps More Relevant Check-In Deals
Facebook has had a couple of "deals" products: "Deals" and "Check-in Deals." Deals are going away, but Check-in Deals are stayi...
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Facebook Is Turning Your Kids Into Drunken Stoners
Consider this a follow-up piece to my previous "warning" that Facebook is...
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Common Sense Prevails On Social Disorder And Social Networks
Yesterday, Home Secretary  Theresa May met with representatives of Facebook,...
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Twitter Helps NYPD Shut Down Gang Meeting
Attention criminals, would-be criminals, rioters, gang members and all who are of interest to local police departments: Social media is public - really really public. And while...
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Facebook f8 Developer Conference Announced for 2011
It's so late in the year, we almost forgot that Facebook hadn't held its annual F8 developer conference yet. Today, the company...
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Is Facebook About to Take a Piece of the Photo-Filtering Pie?
Amateur mobile-photographers with a penchant for spicing up their images might have another option in the coming months....
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Twitter, Facebook And RIM Stand Against Social Media Bans in England
Shortly after the London/British riots began to subside, British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed banning the technologies that drive social networking platforms like Twitter...
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