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Link: Facebook Investors Cash Out →

These are early investors, and most of them not employees. Employees have a bit more time before they can sell their stock, and Mark seems to think that this is just enough time that the company needs to make the … Continue reading

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Link: Double Down on Facebook (In the UK) →

Though I expected credits and payments to be a good move to generate revenue, a casino game seems just… shady. Not to mention far from the image of Facebook which “connects people.”

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Link: Facebook’s First Earnings Report →

Today Facebook announced it’s first earnings report after its May IPO. In after hours trading the stock is down to a new low just under $25. They company also announced they have 955 million users. They are getting mighty close … Continue reading

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Link: “Want” →

It seems far from the original intent of Facebook, but this is what happens when a company has to answer to investors.

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Link: How LinkedIn Has Turned Your Resume Into A Cash Machine →

A great profile of LinkedIn, with some juicy data points, on Forbes: There’s no better way to understand LinkedIn’s quiet savvy, in the midst of Facebook’s noisy clatter, than to compare the two sites’ financial efficiency. With ComScore Web-usage data … Continue reading

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Link: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up →

“Good luck with that.”

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Link: Why Facebook Needs Two Photo Apps →

Dan Frommer: The majority of my Facebook friends don’t use Instagram, and I’m not Facebook friends with the majority of the people I follow on Instagram. Heck, I don’t know many of the people I follow on Instagram. And like … Continue reading

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Link: The Facebook Fallacy →

Michael Wolff: At the heart of the Internet business is one of the great business fallacies of our time: that the Web, with all its targeting abilities, can be a more efficient, and hence more profitable, advertising medium than traditional … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook IPO Troubles →

Regulators are concerned, in part, that banks may have shared information with certain clients, rather than broadly with investors. On Tuesday, William Galvin, Massachusetts’ secretary of state, subpoenaed Morgan Stanley over discussions with investors about Facebook’s I.P.O. The Financial Industry … Continue reading

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Link: Pipe →

Cool idea. No software other than a Facebook app, and you can share a file up to 1GB with your friends.

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Link: Facebook “App Center” →

I wonder how paid apps will work. Knowing the relationship between Facebook and Apple, I doubt this will be an issue. Right?

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Link: Facebook encouraging organ donations →

This is the power of data aggregation: The Facebook tool works like this: Users go to their timelines, where under Life Event they will see a health and wellness section. Zuckerberg said: “You put in, ‘I decided to be an … Continue reading

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Link: Bill Proposed to Ban Employer Facebook Snooping →

It’s a pretty insane practice as it is. If an employer wants your password, you probably shouldn’t work for them.

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Link: Why Voting Rights Is Awesome →

WSJ reporting on the Instagram acquisition: Companies generally prefer to bring in ranks of lawyers and bankers to scrutinize a deal before proceeding, a process that can eat up days or weeks. Mr. Zuckerberg ditched all that. By the time … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook to Acquire Instagram →

Kevin, CEO: Every day that passes, we see more experiences being shared through Instagram in ways that we never thought possible. It’s because of our dedicated and talented team that we’ve gotten this far, and with the support and cross-pollination … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook Will Soon Use Page Content as Ads →

E.B. Boyd for Fast Company: Facebook is making the new ads social by default, meaning they will automatically show users when their friends have already Liked the advertiser. And the new formats will draw their content exclusively from posts to … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook Pushes Ads on Photos →

As pointed out by the Huffington Post: The new design moves caption, comments and advertisements to the right-hand side of the picture. Previously, users could view captions and post comments directly below the photo. I thought the new design puts … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook’s Only Weakness →

Sebastian Anthony, ExtremeTech: Facebook is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, it has to provide a compelling mobile experience because its users demand it; but by doing so, it leeches traffic away from the … Continue reading

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Link: Bing’s Deal with Social →

Amidst the recent controversy of Google indexing it’s Plus results amongst other search results, Bing developer Stefan Weitz speaks out on AllThingsD about the deals that Microsoft has with Facebook and Twitter: Us partnering is the only way we’re going … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook Filing for IPO Today →

Looks like it’s finally happening…

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Link: The Facebook Effect →

Spotify has 3 million paying subscribers, which is up from 2.5 million “64 days” ago. The reason?: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg highlighted Spotify’s success, saying that Facebook has helped add more than 7 million users of the service.

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Link: The Discreet Shift to Twitter →

Frédéric Filloux: It now seems Facebook’s usage is undergoing a split. Active Facebookers become increasingly engaged, spend more time doing more stuff, while “reasonable” users (above 25) become more reluctant and careful.

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Link: Facebook Acquires Gowalla →

Gowalla was always under the shadow of Foursquare, but never really gained had the same relationships that the larger company did. It was likely for talent purposes, but I suspect that the move to “liking” locations on mobile is a … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook Targeting IPO 2012 →

According to the WSJ Facebook is targeting its IPO for some time between April and June of 2012. The company is hoping to be valued over $100 billion.

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Link: “Ruining Sharing” →

A nice op-ed piece regarding the privacy of the increasingly social web from Kevin Kelleher, Reuters: New features on social media sites often require users to change their behavior, and the grumbling usually subsides in time. But Facebook’s latest features seem … Continue reading

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