Monday, September 17, 2012

Facebook

  • The Return of Facebook's Winklevoss Twins

    Flush with at least $65 million from the settlement of a legal battle with Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook Inc., Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are backing fellow Harvard alumnus Divya Narendra, their ally in the Facebook fight, in the investment website.

    online.wsj.com

  • QE3 Not Getting a lot of 'Likes' on Facebook

    One day after the Federal Reserve announced a new open-ended mortgage-bond buying program–a third round of what's known as quantitative easing, or QE3–the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco posed a question on its Facebook page: "What effect ...

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Here's The Real Reason Facebook Axed 'Reach Generator,' One Of Its Ad ...

    "I think it makes sense to let the ecosystem that's around Facebook sell ads (like Promoted Posts) and allow their sales team to be more 'consultants' and help brands build experiences which make sense for social," Mansell said in an email.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • NFL Referee Yanked after Facebook Outs Him as Hardcore Saints Fan

    And now, some Facebook sleuthing has led to one replacement referee's ousting as it was determined that he may have held some allegiances that could have affected the outcome of one Sunday afternoon matchup.

    www.webpronews.com

  • Facebook Joins Nasdaq Q-50 Index

    Facebook will officially become one of the 50 securities included in the Nasdaq Q-50 Index on Sept. 24, as the Nasdaq index welcomes the social media company, which has had a rough ride since its initial public offering on Nasdaq in the spring.

    www.indexuniverse.com

  • Silicon Valley isn't sharing Facebook's misery

    MENLO PARK -- Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga.

    www.mercurynews.com

  • Google, following Facebook, buys Instagram competitor

    Google, following Facebook, buys Instagram competitor. The search giant makes another move to ward off Facebook by acquiring the company behind the photo editing-and-sharing app Snapseed.

    news.cnet.com

  • Mexico's fledgling startups: Facebook-sized ambitions

    MEXICO CITY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - In a mosquito-ridden hall in downtown Mexico City, hundreds of wannabe Mark Zuckerbergs gather to build the Latin American giant's newest industry, one app at a time.

    in.reuters.com

  • Facebook Strikes Again! 'People You May Know' Section Lands Bigamist in Big ...

    If you saw the movie "The Social Network" then you kind of already know why Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook. Codes, connections, blah, blah, blah.

    blogs.babble.com

  • Facebook Overshare: 7 Things You Might Not Realize You're Telling The World

    We share heaps of personal information on Facebook: birthdays, relationship statuses, geographical location and much, much more.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Weekly changes in Facebook stock prices

    On its first day of trading, Facebook Inc.'s stock closed barely above its public offering price. It gained 23 cents, or 0.6 percent, to close at $38.23.

    www.boston.com

  • How To See What Facebook Knows About You - And What It Tells Advertisers

    ... that you see everywhere. (And then we told you how to stop that from happening.) But Facebook also stores a lot of information about you, some of which it shares with advertisers by allowing them to target you based on hashtags attached to your ...

    www.businessinsider.com

  • More time on Facebook means less time in the gym

    A new study finds that the more time you spend on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, the less active you are and more susceptible you are to packing on extra pounds.

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Some mutual fund managers still believe in Facebook

    BOSTON - Few investors have been hitting the "like" button for Facebook. The stock has lost nearly half its value since May's highly anticipated but botched initial public offering.

    www.tennessean.com

  • Facebook's Richest Employees Have a Secret Rich People Fun Club

    The Times' claim undergirds an important aspect of Facebook's IPO disaster: you can be insanely rich, lose a ton of money, and still be insanely rich.. Particularly if you're one of Facebook's first 250 employees, who share a spot on what's called the ...

    gizmodo.com

  • Facebook, Gilt Flashed My Granny Panties: Why That's A Problem (And Not For ...

    I recently succumbed to a bout of narcissism and decided to check out my own Facebook profile. I found no new flattering photos of myself (one can always hope) or new "likes" on my latest post.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • The week in tech: new iPhone, old iPhone and Facebook

    It's here! It's here! The iPhone 5 is finally here! This week in Tech was all about Apple and its new range of products, including the long-awaited iPhone 5, new versions of the iPod Touch and the iPod Nano, and more.

    www.freep.com

  • Dot Bust 2.0: Facebook and Groupon Have Reset Expectations, Startups Must ...

    Over the past few years the startup scene has experienced another golden age, reminiscent of the late 90s. Once again amazingly innovative companies are creating new markets and radically altering existing ones.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • Judge says juror has "consented" to Facebook postings release

    The Sacramento juror who posted his thoughts on Facebook about a gang beating trial he sat on two years ago moved closer today to turning over his writings to a judge who ordered him in February 2011 to make them available.

    blogs.sacbee.com

  • Street Authority: Forget Facebook, These Stocks Have Much Better Value and ...

    I'd like to declare a moratorium on Facebook (FB) IPO carping. The stock has gone from $38 to roughly $19. Everyone's upset: Facebook employees, the financial-media talking heads, individual investors, even people who have never logged on to Facebook.

    wire.kapitall.com

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