Facebook may submit paperwork as early as Wednesday to register for an initial public offering that could be the largest of all time and make the social network one of the world’s most valuable companies. “We’re not going to participate in IPO-related speculation,” said Jonny Thaw, a spokesperson for Facebook, via an email to us. No one has been able to obtain on-the-record confirmation by any of the parties directly involved in the 12-digit deal. However, scores of third party analysts have been talking on the record as if an IPO filing next week were a certainty. The…
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Introducing New Apps for Timeline
Facebook Blog18 Jan 2012 | 7:26 pmNew timeline apps are now available from Foodspotting, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Kobo, Gogobot, TripAdvisor, and others. You can now enhance your timeline with apps that help you tell your story, whether you love to cook, eat, travel, run, or review movies.Apps bring your timeline to lifeOnce you've added an app, you can begin updating your timeline with your activities as they happen. For example, if you love design, shopping or fashion, you can add the Pinterest or Pose apps to make your favorite items part of your timeline.If you love to cook, you can add… -
Listen to Music With Your Friends
Facebook Blog12 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pmMusic is one of the most powerful and fun ways to connect. Whether it's at a concert with a bunch of people or on a long car ride with your best buddy, we love listening to music with our friends. But what if you could listen to music with your friends when you're alone, like at work, at home or on the go?Today, with music services on Facebook, there's a new way to listen with friends. This feature lets you listen along with any of your friends who are currently listening to music. You can also listen together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ. You can listen to the same song,… -
10 Ideas to Get More Comments on Your Facebook Posts
Facebook Tips and Tricks - FanPageFlow28 Nov 2011 | 12:03 amSo, you’ve built a Facebook presence for your company or organization, you’ve added tons of fans, and now you wonder, what’s next? Sure, you use your Facebook page to share the latest news about your company and to reach out to new customers, but most of the time your page just sits there. Look at [...] -
CEO talks SOPA, PIPA
MARK ZUCKERBERG OR FACEBOOK - Bing NewsSummary: co-founder and CEO has released a statement opposing the upcoming U.S. anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating ...
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Introducing New Apps for Timeline
18 Jan 2012 | 7:26 pmNew timeline apps are now available from Foodspotting, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Kobo, Gogobot, TripAdvisor, and others. You can now enhance your timeline with apps that help you tell your story, whether you love to cook, eat, travel, run, or review movies.Apps bring your timeline to lifeOnce you've added an app, you can begin updating your timeline with your activities as they happen. For example, if you love design, shopping or fashion, you can add the Pinterest or Pose apps to make your favorite items part of your timeline.If you love to cook, you can add… -
Listen to Music With Your Friends
12 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pmMusic is one of the most powerful and fun ways to connect. Whether it's at a concert with a bunch of people or on a long car ride with your best buddy, we love listening to music with our friends. But what if you could listen to music with your friends when you're alone, like at work, at home or on the go?Today, with music services on Facebook, there's a new way to listen with friends. This feature lets you listen along with any of your friends who are currently listening to music. You can also listen together in a group while one of your friends plays DJ. You can listen to the same song,… -
Timeline: Now Available on Mobile
15 Dec 2011 | 12:00 pmUPDATE on Sunday, December 18th 2011: We're excited to announce that timeline is now available on Facebook for iOS version 4.1, for iPhone and iPod Touch devices.Originally Published on Thursday, December 15, 2011: Timeline gives you an easy way to see the things you've shared, and collect all your best moments in a single place. In addition to making timeline available on the web, today we're also launching timeline on Android and m.facebook.com.Mobile timeline starts with your unique cover photo. As you scroll down, you'll see your posts, photos and life events as they happened, back to the… -
Timeline: Now Available Worldwide
15 Dec 2011 | 6:30 amUPDATE on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012: Last year we introduced timeline, a new kind of profile that lets you highlight the photos, posts and life events that help you tell your story. Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you'll have 7 days to preview what's there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it. You can learn more about these new features by taking the quick tour available at the top of your timeline. If you want to get timeline now, go to the Introducing Timeline page and click "Get… -
A Faster Facebook for Android
7 Dec 2011 | 1:30 pmToday we're launching an updated Facebook app for Android. It's now quicker and easier to view photos, get messages and navigate around the app.Photos get betterPhotos and albums are up to two times faster than the previous Android app. It's also easier to share photos, view comments and edit captions on the go.View photos with tags, comments and likes Messages on top Your messages and notifications are now at the top of your screen. You can respond to friends and stay updated without leaving the page you're on.Get notifications and messages at the top of every screenMenu on the side You can…
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iOS and Android: Single Sign-On Best Practices
26 Jan 2012 | 5:45 amOver a year ago, we introduced Single Sign-On (SSO) for Android and iOS. Today, more than 350 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices. Users logged into the Facebook for iOS or Facebook for Android app can use the “Login with Facebook” button and, in one-click through a permissions dialog, login to your app. This saves users from typing in an e-mail address and password for apps that require registered users. Since the launch of SSO, developers implementing it in their apps have enjoyed increased user registrations and access to the Graph API to build… -
Platform Updates: Operation Developer Love
25 Jan 2012 | 12:20 pmThis week we announced how to implement flashHideCallback to support "wmode=window". We are also announcing the following changes: Getting SubscribedTo and Subscribers via Graph API We are now providing the ability of reading a user's subscribers and subscribees list via the Graph API. To access this information, your app is required to have the user_subscriptions permission for the user, and friends_subscriptions permission for their friends' info. Refer to the documentation for SubscribedTo and Subscribers for more details. To access a user's subscribers list, issue an HTTP GET request to… -
How-To: Implementing hideFlashCallback to support "wmode=window"
23 Jan 2012 | 9:30 amOne of the Pro-Tips we mentioned late last year in our Games Tutorial to Developers creating Flash based Apps was to use wmode=opaque whenever possible. Setting wmode to any value other than "opaque" or "transparent" prevents any HTML content from being displayed at a higher z index than the Flash object. This results in Dialogs, Notifications and Ticker Flyouts being displayed under the Flash object and creates a pretty poor user experience on Canvas. As a result when Canvas Apps set wmode to "window" or "direct" Facebook automatically hides the Flash object when any Dialogs, Notifications… -
Platform Updates: Operation Developer Love
20 Jan 2012 | 9:00 amThis week, we launched the improved auth dialog and over 60 new Open Graph apps. Approving Open Graph Actions We are now approving Open Graph Actions. If you are new to the Open Graph, please review the Tutorial on how to use the Open Graph to integrate your app with Facebook. Please review and check your Actions against the required criteria prior to submission. Writing Questions via Graph API We recently announced the ability to read questions via the Graph API. We are now adding the option to write them. To create a question for the current user, issue an HTTP POST to the questions… -
Open Graph now available
18 Jan 2012 | 11:00 amAt f8, we announced Timeline and the Open Graph - the next generation of the platform which enables people to tell their stories through the apps they use. The Open Graph has already had a significant impact on music, news, and video, but this was just the beginning. Starting today, developers can build apps that let people add anything they love to their Timelines - whether it is eating, traveling, shopping, running or taking pictures. As a part of the this launch, more than 60 apps are going live today - including Pinterest, Rotten Tomatoes / Flixster, Foodspotting, Gogobot, and more. These…
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Newark, NJ, told to produce pledge log
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Sorry, of isn't sending you a free iPad 3 in the mail
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CEO talks SOPA, PIPA
Summary: co-founder and CEO has released a statement opposing the upcoming U.S. anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating ...
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Facebook Roundup: EU Privacy, economic impact, games, Google, security, more
27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 pmFacebook COO Shifts Europe focus from privacy to economy - At a recent conference in Europe, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the audience that the economy is probably more of a concern than privacy. She said so given an impending privacy law draft that would affect 27 European Union countries. Specifically, she suggested that the law could have a negative impact on the EU economy. [Image via Facebook] Facebook has a €2.6 billion U.K. impact - A study from Deloitte found that Facebook’s overall economic impact in the United Kingdom was €2.6 billion, or 35,200 jobs in the U.K. and… -
Facebook beta plugin turns any website into an Open Graph app
27 Jan 2012 | 3:07 pmThis post is an excerpt from the NEW, revamped Facebook Marketing Bible — a major update to the leading resource for marketing and advertising strategies on Facebook. If you’re interested in learning more about this upcoming update, check out a preview at The Facebook Marketing Bible. The Recommendations Bar is one of Facebook’s newest social plugins, and the first to integrate the social reading and frictionless sharing capabilities of Open Graph. Put simply, the Recommendations Bar allows any website to implement the same social reading and social recommendation features… -
Facebook is in the final stages of preparing an IPO filing
27 Jan 2012 | 2:03 pmFacebook is in the final stages of preparing a filing for a much anticipated public offering, sources familiar with matter tell us. The Wall Street Journal reports that such a filing could come as early as Wednesday and says that Morgan Stanley will take the prestigious role as lead underwriter with Goldman following. We can confirm that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are slated to underwrite the deal, but can’t confirm the order. Facebook could be valued at between $75 and $100 billion and is expected to raise around $10 billion in the offering. Larry Yu, a Facebook… -
Santorum makes gains following debate this week on Inside Facebook’s Election Tracker
27 Jan 2012 | 1:37 pmSome pundits expect Rick Santorum to drop out of the race after the Florida primary, but his Facebook page has gotten a burst of new Likes since Thursday’s debate, according to our Inside Facebook Election Tracker. There is still time for things to change before Florida voters go to the polls on Tuesday, but in the past, we’ve seen correlation between Facebook growth and election performance. Newt Gingrich’s page was on the rise leading up to the South Carolina primary and had a large spike the day after he won there. His growth has since leveled off, but remains higher than it had… -
Shufflr, Netflix, ‘Twilight,’ dating, tabs, sweepstakes, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
27 Jan 2012 | 10:56 amApplications ranging from friendship to Open Graph to “Twilight” to job searching made our list of emerging Facebook apps by monthly active users this week. However, much of the list was taken up by applications that help users manage their Facebook pages via tabs, iframes, sweepstakes and more. The apps grew from between 110,000 and 310,000 MAU, based on AppData, our data tracking service covering traffic growth for apps on Facebook. We define emerging applications as those that ended with between 100,000 and 1 million MAU in the past week. Top Gainers This Week Name MAU Gain Gain,% 1.
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Facebook May Register For IPO As Early As Wednesday [UPDATED]
27 Jan 2012 | 6:45 pmFacebook may submit paperwork as early as Wednesday to register for an initial public offering that could be the largest of all time and make the social network one of the world’s most valuable companies. “We’re not going to participate in IPO-related speculation,” said Jonny Thaw, a spokesperson for Facebook, via an email to us. No one has been able to obtain on-the-record confirmation by any of the parties directly involved in the 12-digit deal. However, scores of third party analysts have been talking on the record as if an IPO filing next week were a certainty. The… -
NOT PHISHING: Facebook Will Study Calls To Small Businesses
27 Jan 2012 | 6:33 pmSmall business page administrators are receiving emails that look an awful lot like phishing attempts but are actually legitimate product research by Facebook. A copy of one such email appears at the bottom of this post. A new entry in Facebook’s help center says that the social network is conducting product research to “understand how many phone calls local businesses receive as a result of their Facebook page.” Participants will receive a coupon for $500 in free advertising upon the completion of the one-month study. Sounds sweet, right? Actually, that’s… -
Tune In Facebook, Other Analytics With Musicmetric Pro
27 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pmMusic artists and their managers can find harmony with Facebook and other analytics by using Musicmetric Pro, a new release from Semetric. Musicmetric Pro is an HTML5 web application, accessible on any browser, mobile phone, or tablet. The app tracks activity on Facebook and other social networks for more than 650,000 artists and 10 million tracks in real-time, as well as web mentions, sentiment, and BitTorrent downloads. Musicmetric is subscription-based, with the Pro version costing $79 per artist, per month, and the Lite version priced at $15. Metrics include: Likes and fan adds; Page… -
Social Ads Tool Targets Facebook Open Graph Actions
27 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pmSocial Ads Tool addressed the new action items available to advertisers via Facebook’s open graph with its launch of Action Specs targeting. Action Specs targeting allows marketers to take aim at users and friends of users who have performed new open graph actions, such as “listened” or “read.” In addition, users have the option of choosing only existing users of an application if they are seeking to prompt those users to return to the app, or selecting only non-users if they are attempting to attract new users for the app. Readers: Have you started seeing any Facebook ads based on… -
Over 50% Of Facebook Users Worry About Timeline
27 Jan 2012 | 11:55 amMore than half of Facebook users are worried about timeline, according to a poll of 4,110 people by Sophos. More specifically, of the 4,110 respondents to the Sophos poll: 51.29 percent said timeline worried them; 32.36 percent said they didn’t know why they were still on Facebook; 8.39 percent guessed they’d get used to timeline; and 7.96 percent liked timeline. As Sophos pointed out, the type of Facebook user who would respond to one of its polls is likely more security-conscious than the average user on the social network. Still, more than 50 percent expressing concern and fewer than…
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7 Tech Trends to Watch for in 2012
4 Jan 2012 | 2:14 amWhats Next in Tech for 2012? This is a question that I have been kicking around with some of my peers for the past month or so. There are many trends occurring in the mobile space, in the social space and in the commerce space that are fundamentally changing how consumers and users interact, share and complete transactions. One thing to keep in mind is how both Apple IOS and Android are rapidly gaining in the number of handsets activated daily. As more and more consumers upgrade to smart phones and as technology costs drop, opportunity rises in the ways that new use cases can have huge… -
iPhone Drinking Game: Where’s Cuppy?
18 Jun 2011 | 11:33 amNew iPhone Social Game: Where’s Cuppy? The game is fun and simple. Download the iPhone app and snap a pic of you and your friends with you plastic red cup. Simple. Stupid. Pointless and Fun as hell. So grab a Sharpie marker… draw Cuppy’s face on the Cup and start taking pics. The photos of Cuppy can be shared on Twitter and Facebook. There are leader boards for 9 Categories of Cuppy Photos. The pics are funny and this game is a great icebreaker at parties, the beach, the dorm, bars and while playing beer pong. There is also a cool map that shows all the places that Cuppy has… -
Win this Cool Guitar on Plixi from Patrick Stump
1 Apr 2011 | 1:53 pmCheck out this Cool Guitar Giveaway on Plixi. It looks like a photo contest where you upload a photo with the hashtag #patrickstump to Plixi.com Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy has a new solo EP called Truant Wave. So upload your photo of you in your spotlight showing what you do best to be entered to win this Stump-O-Matic guitar. You can see all the cool photos that have been entered in this live photo stream here: www.plixi.com/live/patrickstump Details of the photo contest are here: Share this on: -
facebook f8 live event
21 Apr 2010 | 10:59 amI have been at every facebook f8 event and lots of the early developer garages; unfortunately my startup work at TweetPhoto has me buried and I cant attend. you will see tons of new product announcements. my thoughts are “like” and “geo places” and checkin with iphones are my predictions. Looks like keychain tokens as well 1500 people will be there; these events rock and facebook does it first class. if you want to see all the great stuff happening at facebooks f8 live stream and tracks here facebook f8 watching it stream live http://apps.facebook.com/feightlive/ Share… -
NYC Social Media Event for Business
9 Nov 2009 | 10:42 amGravity Summit NYC is an event that I am producing on November 16. This event is unlike most social media events as it is focused on the business world with real case studies and best practices from brands that are doing it right. Register NOW 8:30 AM — Registration – Prepare for the day (please be on time) Join us for a scrumptious breakfast and lots of networking. 9:00 AM — Welcome and Introduction Co—Hosts: Beverly Macy, Rodney Rumford Setting the stage for a full day, we’ll introduce the core concepts of social media and review the speaker agenda. The take aways from this…
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Farmville On Facebook - The Secrets To Beating Out All Your Friends! Posted By: Ambrose Maraldo
23 Jan 2012 | 10:27 pmOne sport has taken the world by storm, Farmville on Fb is becoming so common that if you happen to be utilizing fb you certainly have several mates actively playing it. With through 60 million active gamers every person is looking to enjoy Farmville on Fb within the most time environment friendly way possible, to increase their farm and create something uniquely there's to impress their close friends and family members. Learn on to discover each of the recommendations, secrets and approaches to generating the farm of your respective goals. How Do I Excel in Farmville on Fb? The artwork of… -
Fb Farmville Cheats? - The Best Way To Dominate With Out Disloyal In Farmville Posted By: Christena Chapelle
23 Jan 2012 | 2:23 pmThe digital on the net farming game named FarmVille is successful around tens of millions of players' hearts all across the globe for its focus-catching and difficult environment. FarmVille was introduce from the month of June 2009 by a web based gaming portal web page named Zynga and till currently it has over 75.a couple of million active gamers and over 18.1 million fans. This activity is partnered as an app which has a popular social networking site known as Fb. This sole participant match with multi-player interaction is all about farming different crops and managing livestock with… -
Farmville Secrets Information Analyze Posted By: Christena Chapelle
23 Jan 2012 | 1:34 pmIt can be give up frustrating looking to execute Farmville and not finding wherever. It really is supposed for being a fun match, not a go out with with frustration and failure. 1. Steering Is Often The Initial Phase To Success. There is certainly an helpful manual available that will make it a lot easier for being the prosperous Farmville farmer. Farmville Secrets manual exclusively for mastering the game is total of real useful information, recommendations and tactics. Extra importantly it is not complete of cheats. It doesn't make the most of nor condone the use of cheats, hacks or some… -
Farmville Tricks – Put FV Cash Into Your Pocket!
9 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pmA big portion of FarmVille players are online searching for the most effective and free methods to make FV Cash and to level up. Keep in mind that you will take a reasonable amount of time to level up and consequently to earn Farm cash if you don’t know what to do. Check these FarmVille tricks to learn how to maximize your cashflow. There are basically three different ways to earn Farm cash on FarmVille. The first one is by Leveling Up; for each time you level up you will receive One Free FV Cash. When you plow and when you plant you are also accumulating XP points to help you level up… -
FARMVILLE (Zynga-FACEBOOK) – Button- 2 1/4″
8 Jan 2012 | 8:20 pmMost widely used farmville facebook eBay auctions: FARMVILLE (Zynga-FACEBOOK) - Button- 2 1/4" US $0.99 End Date: Friday Feb-03-2012 0:17:41 PSTBuy It Now for only: US $0.99Buy it now | Add to watch list
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Internet Bycatch | Shit Fishermen Say
27 Jan 2012 | 10:14 pmI just started this thread about the whole Shit _____ Say meme going arounfd the internet. The response has been great. Not to mention, pretty funny. Allow me to warn you, fishermen have foul mouths. So, some material may offend the weak of heart. I’m just a messenger. Click the link or screenshot to hop over the facebook post. http://www.facebook.com/Juneautek/posts/10150491219837623 Related articles Internet Bycatch | Former Deadliest Catch Captain Sentenced to Jail (juneautek.com) Internet Bycatch | Unalaska Police Blotter – Deadliest Catch Update… -
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30 Day Photo Challenge: Day 9
27 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pmDay Nine: A bad habit Oh geez. Story of my life. Also, I have a lot of reasons why I didn’t post for three days. None of them are very good, so I’ll spare you. Through My Headphones *Animal (Miike Snow cover) -Sky Ferreira *Mouthful of Diamonds -Phantogram -
Faubourg St. John Water Meter?
27 Jan 2012 | 9:58 pmFaubourg St. John Water Meter? No, but it sure looks like one! Check out this potholder at this Satu -
Senator Stacey Campfield's Facebook Response to a Friend
27 Jan 2012 | 9:48 pmTennessee Senator Stacey Campfield has gotten a lot of press lately for the blatantly false claims h
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ReviewLink: Online Review Tool for Lectora
25 Jan 2012 | 4:36 pmThis eLearning blog is brought to you by Integrated Learning Services , an eLearning design & development company. You might also be interested in our page on Facebook or Twitter feed. by Joseph Suarez. Sometimes however, just getting a copy of a course to those stakeholders can be a challenge. called ReviewLink.Brought to you by: eLearning Learning -
Tony Bingham Opening Session #ASTDTK12
25 Jan 2012 | 11:01 amThese are my live blogged notes from the opening session at ASTD’s TK12 in Las Vegas. Sharing lots of stats…800,000,000 on Facebook , iphone sales, tablet sales, etc. 2012 is the year of collaboration. Why now? Opening video produced by video – Search on in 2011 – the year in review. 2011 was the year of…” – go Google it and watch it.Brought to you by: eLearning Learning -
A new methaphor for e-Learning
22 Jan 2012 | 10:12 amIt uses the metaphor of a newspaper to present blogs , Twitter Facebook and a lot of other stuff. It works brilliant, especially for blogs and tweets. You can contact me through this blog or at Mail@KasperSpiro.com. At the moment I’m looking at a lot of different examples in order to learn from them. Flipboard.Brought to you by: eLearning Learning
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Facebook bed concept: If only you didn't have to eat
20 Jan 2012 | 7:50 amHave a good poke! Designer?Tomislav Zvonaric has come up with a concept bed/workstation design that's directly focused towards the hardcore Facebook nut who dreams about the social network even when they're not using it. Called the FBed, it's styled around the first letter in Facebook's logo, contains a sleeping area and provides a seat, keyboard, monitor and mouse rest for jumping in social networking action at the drop of a hat. It's a shame there's not a fridge and cooking stove incorporated, that way F'book addicts would only ever have to leave the confines of the bed for fresh supplies. -
60+ new Facebook apps hitting your Timeline
19 Jan 2012 | 4:29 amOpen Graph bears some fruit The Facebook Open Graph platform is officially open for business, with more than 60 new Timeline-friendly apps being announced by the social network. Much like the Spotify interactions that we've already seen hitting Zuckerberg's money spinner, the apps will allow you to let your friends know exactly what you're doing and when you're doing it. The Open Graph platform was announced at last year’s f8 conference and is a tool for letting third party developers share actions in your Timeline, bringing in additional content direct from the web, and web-powered… -
TomTom app adds social network powered directions
10 Jan 2012 | 10:02 amFacebook finding TomTom is to update its iOS apps with a rather significant twist, adding Facebook and Twitter integration that pulls directions from the networks. This means you could use the app to navigate straight to a party or other Facebook event from within the TomTom app. Similarly a friend's tweet mentioning directions can be located and navigated to straight from TomTom. Say your going to be late, then the app will let you announce your location and expected arrival time through social networks or even via sms.? Facebook contacts that publish home addresses on their pages can also… -
Facebook Timeline business cards unveiled by Moo
5 Jan 2012 | 7:17 amKeep it personal Social networkers, have you got your Facebook Timeline all set up? Got a picture of you looking all suave and a couple of profound quotes on board? If so, you might want to think about the new Facebook business cards from Moo.com. The cards, which are designed to "bridge the gap between online and offline" are available now through the printing specialist and you can tailor-make yours to fit in with your level of braggadocio and narcissism. And not all the cards need look the same, you can personalise each one with a different picture and quote from your Facebook data. -
10 tech trends that will be big in 2012
5 Jan 2012 | 4:00 amWhat we will be talking about 2012 is here, but what will we be talking about for the next 12 months, what will be the big trends of 2012, and what will dominate the headlines? The easy answer is Apple, but that's boring, so instead prepare yourself to be talking a lot about the following topics, be in in the office, down the pub, or maybe just explaining it to people not so clever as yourself. The Cloud It has been around for a while we know, but with the launch of iCloud for Apple users and a strong push by virtually every company out there, as boring as it is, The Cloud will continue to…
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Thrusting Pelvis: The New Way Of Liking
27 Jan 2012 | 10:25 amFew years back I met a friend whom I haven’t keep in touch with for a long time at a book stand. We got off talking and he suggested we keep in contact through Facebook. After few minutes, I was explaining about privacy settings (if I am not mistaken) since he was pretty new to Facebook. We were so engrossed in the conversation I didn’t realize what was going on until a cop showed up. There were around a dozen people listening to our conversation and the cop though something was up. When I looked up I saw people grinning and someone shouted “Geeks!!” and the owner of… -
Infographic: If You Printed Facebook’s (Status Updates)
27 Jan 2012 | 8:28 amAn infographic released by printer ink retailer Cartridgesave, reveals that 62% respondents updated their Facebook status once a day, of which more than half were 2 lines long. If one should print all the status updates made in a year, you’d need as much paper as it would take to produce half a million Oxford English dictionaries, and as much cash as it would take to build two London Eyes. Would you read the book of Facebook status updates if it was available? I fear you would need a few thousand lives to complete it. Credit: Cartridgesave -
Facebook, Washington State Attorney Up Against Adscent Media For Likejacking
26 Jan 2012 | 8:28 pmFacebook team up with the Washington’s attorney general have filed separate suits against Adscent Media, an ad network accused of encouraging the spread of spam via tactics like clickjacking. In most Facebook scams, users are offered links to provocative content, and through a series of cleverly designed steps, tricked them into liking pages, and/or unwittingly surrendering personal information, subscribing to expensive services, and spreading links to their friends. Likejacking is a form of clickjacking, which takes advantage of a browser vulnerability that permits malicious actors to… -
Timeline Apps: Quick Guide To Manage Them
26 Jan 2012 | 8:52 amFacebook’s announcement regarding making Timeline mandatory might leave quite a lot of users unhappy.But, that’s what all major Facebook update has gone through. And like it or not, Timeline is here to stay. For Facebook, it’s a thing of the past and has gone ahead with launching 60 Timeline apps few days back, with the hope that its users will spend more time on the site through these apps. Timeline apps, on one hand, will make it easier for users to keep tab of things they like without leaving the site. Once you install an app, all activities associated with that app will… -
Rivio Sets Up Date Between Angry Birds and Facebook This Valentine
26 Jan 2012 | 7:24 amGame developer Rovio has set up their fruit of labor “Angry Birds” for a date with Facebook this Valentine’s Day. So, Rejoice “Angry Birds” lovers! The rest might have to get ready to show some of your Facebook friends the boot, because angry birds are flocking to your feeds soon. http://youtu.be/qS0NQ3CtKhg This very popular mobile game is finally breaking into Facebook on Feb. 14 with a big launch in Jarkarta, reports Penn Olson. “Why Jakarta? Well it’s obvious … as Jakarta is the global capital of Facebook. Holding the launch here would be…
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Add Over 60 Apps to Your Facebook Timeline
24 Jan 2012 | 9:23 pmFacebook announced last week at a press conference in San Francisco that they will be further extending their open graph, allowing what is currently about 60 apps to be tightly integrated with your timeline, with many more to come in the near future. Here’s a short video to give you a better sense of what [...] -
The Facebook Timeline – What it Means for Fan Page Owners
24 Dec 2011 | 9:46 amThe timeline feature on Facebook is rolling out for regular users as of mid to late December 2011. For regular users of the website, the timeline is a convenient way to view all of the activities they have recorded on Facebook since they created their account. Additionally, there are features added to make the profile [...] -
10 Ideas to Get More Comments on Your Facebook Posts
28 Nov 2011 | 12:03 amSo, you’ve built a Facebook presence for your company or organization, you’ve added tons of fans, and now you wonder, what’s next? Sure, you use your Facebook page to share the latest news about your company and to reach out to new customers, but most of the time your page just sits there. Look at [...] -
A Quick Comparison: Standard Ads vs Sponsored Stories
1 Nov 2011 | 4:16 pmFacebook as a marketing platform continues to grow, as the social network itself evolves. Many of the best ways to connect with your audience are only effective if you already have a large fan base. Therefore, finding ways to get potential users to click through to your profile and make that important commitment to “like” [...] -
Harness the Marketing Power of Facebook Photo Comments and Tags
24 Oct 2011 | 1:12 pmSmart website owners know that Facebook is one of the best ways to connect personally with readers and customers. However, it is easy to overlook one important feature of Facebook, the photos section. For nearly any business, using photos is a fun and creative way to connect with the current customer base and encourage them [...]
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The Nonprofit Facebook Guy
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What Does Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing Mean?
27 Jan 2012 | 10:08 amFrictionless sharing is Facebook’s new model for more digestible (both psychologically and technically) social sharing. In other words, Facebook has redefined sharing. There are two components to frictionless sharing: Gestures That Make Sense – Facebook is now allowing app developers to use gestures other than“like” for news feed stories. In the example above, it says that I just [...] -
How can I use Facebook Sponsored Stories to promote my Facebook Page?
26 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pmSponsored Stories can help you reach your target audience on Facebook by leveraging word-of-mouth recommendations more effectively. For example, Like Story Ads can be targeted to friends of current fans. These friends of fans may have similar interests in what your organization stands for, but haven’t “expressed” them yet by liking your Page. Sponsored Stories [...] -
Get your burning Facebook questions answered this Friday
25 Jan 2012 | 7:10 amI’ll be conducting a completely free Q&A session on Facebook this Friday at 1:00PM (EST). All you have to do is post your questions on the Nonprofit Facebook Guy’s UStream tab in the comments section. At 1:00PM on Friday, I’ll be answering these questions one by one. Post yours before Friday! -
Facebook Places now include sub-categories
20 Jan 2012 | 7:02 amFacebook Places Pages now include sub-categories, with more granular information about your Place. You can select multiple sub-categories, allowing Facebook users to more easily find your organization on their mobile device or laptop. You can add sub-categories to your Place under the “Basic Information” tab of your Places Page. -
How to leave a video message on Facebook AFTER you die
19 Jan 2012 | 6:05 amWhat happens to your facebook profile if you die? if I die is the first Facebook application that enables you to create a video or a text message that will be published after you die.
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Facebook Indie Games
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Your Plain English, 4 Step, 5 Minute Game Marketing Plan
21 Jan 2012 | 2:57 pmJust answer these four questions about your players and your game. Write them down somewhere, expand them over time. Keep it simple but take it seriously. 1. How do they find it? What's going to get your players aware of your game in the first place? Are the techniques you have powerful enough to alert enough potential players about your game? Most people need to hear about something several times before they try it, so watch out! 2. Why do they try it? What's going to get somebody who hears about your game to download it to their device, try it out on Kongregate, or give it permission on… -
Mark Pinkus "has a reputation for being an a--hole". You read it here first!
12 Dec 2011 | 4:30 amFascinating bio of Mark Pinkus ahead of IPO. He's not as young as you'd expect. His background isn't really in games (surprise surprise). And he's one hell of a focused individual. When the Support.com board brought in former Hewlett- Packard Co. (HPQ) executive Radha Basu as the new CEO, Pincus asked engineers to work on weekends so he could give them projects not authorized by Basu, said one of the people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named. After Support.com, Pincus focused on investing in new startups, including Brightmail Inc., Napster Inc. and Friendster… -
What if Zynga made games for good? Fast Co.Exist finds out.
29 Nov 2011 | 9:06 amThe demographic most addicted to Zynga games is also most likely to support charity. So why not make charitable games? Sojo can't see any good reason why not and is launching WeTopia today. One important element is using games to make tragic news stories stick around longer. News has to be new, but games can build awareness over a longer period: Sojo Studios founder Lincoln Brown first became inspired to create a game with a mission after noticing that the media coverage of Haiti’s devastating earthquake died down just a few months after the tragedy. That lack of coverage corresponded… -
Urinal games? OK, but what FBIndie needs is something that will help get the flow going...
28 Nov 2011 | 10:56 amBBC News reports new urinal games that you control by aiming for different parts of the bowl. Unfortunately it doesn't support a multiplayer "who can get highest" competition. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15923438 (It runs Windows 7, of course.) Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Trouble at Farm: Zynga struggles to make players and staff stick around.
28 Nov 2011 | 9:35 amBusinessweek reports growing pains at Zynga -- the "thrill is gone" from virtual worlds. Mafia Wars 2 bombed, for example: Mafia Wars 2 had all the makings of a blockbuster. Its development team, which grew to 80 people, worked for nearly a year on the game, heralded in an October media launch at the company’s new headquarters. (The lobby contains a 1970s Winnebago and a tunnel lit with color-pulsing LED tubes.) The game peaked at more than 2.5 million daily active users in October. Since early November, the virtual organized crime adventure has shed more than 900,000 players,…
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NANIGANS BLOG
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Facebook Advertising Trends: CPCs Increased 80% During the Holidays
24 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pmOnline retail sales reached a new $37.2 billion record high this holiday shopping season. That’s up a sizable 15% from 2010. With social networks cited by consumers as their leading online shopping portal (topping both retail and comparison sites), it’s no surprise that many advertisers turned to Facebook this year to place ads and take advantage of the social network’s 800 million active users, engagement and targeting parameters. The result of this increased demand for Facebook ads was higher cost per clicks (CPCs). It is a trend we saw over the course of November and… -
NFL Playoff Weekend: It’s a Patriots Nation, According to Facebook
21 Jan 2012 | 4:39 pmThis Sunday televisions across America will be set to watch the NFL conference finals, with the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens facing off followed by the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. Who are Americans cheering for this weekend? We turned to Facebook data from the Nanigans Ad Engine to find out, creating the below infographic: In the map on the infographic, color indicates which team is most popular on Facebook within each state. And as you can see by the majority of red, America is a Patriots nation. West coast states, naturally, have a larger portion of their… -
Facebook’s Shift to Professional Networking: Implications for Advertisers
17 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pmMillennial Branding, a fellow Boston-based company, released a study examining Generation-Y’s use of Facebook in relation to their careers — pooling information from 4M profiles. Although they report a low number of users leveraging Facebook as a professional tool, these numbers are on the rise — as is the amount of career information listed on Facebook as a whole. With Facebook’s reach and continued growth in time spent on the site, some argue it could encroach on LinkedIn’s status as being the preeminent professional networking site. And as more people add career… -
3 New Facebook Apps That Differentiate: Citi, Mercedes and KLM Airlines
13 Jan 2012 | 9:18 amWith the new year has come a rush of new technologies and products as companies battle to capture the attention of consumers. More than ever before, companies are recognizing the vast potential that social has to offer, and are actively integrating Facebook Apps into their products in an effort to differentiate themselves and forge deeper relationships with their customers. From financial institutions to car manufacturers, companies are focusing their efforts on incorporating one of America’s new favorite past times into their product offerings—social connections. While companies once… -
Facebook Predicts the New Hampshire Primary Winner
10 Jan 2012 | 12:39 pmCulminating with two Republican debates over the weekend, one of which was hosted by Facebook, there has been some serious campaigning over the last few months in our neighboring state of New Hampshire. The first in a series of nationwide Republican party elections, the New Hampshire primary garners considerable press coverage and is viewed by many as a strong indicator of how candidates will perform over the course of the entire campaign. With New Hampshire voters flocking to the polls throughout today, we turned to Facebook and our Ad Engine to predict the winner, as judged by interest in…
