Thursday, November 8, 2012

Facebook

  • Facebook Down: The Great 60 Second Outage Of 2012 (TWEETS)

    The Huffington Post has reached out to Facebook for an explanation as to why the service became unavailable for some users, and we'll update the story when we hear back.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Did Facebook Give Democrats the Upper Hand?

    You went about your day, clicked around Facebook, and you may have voted. Now your behavior is data that social scientists will scrutinize in the months ahead, asking one of the core questions of democracy: What makes people vote?

    www.theatlantic.com

  • Facebook EdgeRank: The Truth About Page Feed Reach and Promoted Posts

    There have been a lot of articles circulating through the blogosphere over the last several days about whether or not Facebook intentionally adjusted the EdgeRank algorithm to get brand pages to spend more money on promoting posts to their fans. Blogs ...

    www.searchenginejournal.com

  • Is facebook down? Yes.

    Interesting to note that recently hacktivist group Anonymous announced it will take down Facebook and release Zynga's games for free download on 5 November if the latter does not backtrack on alleged plans to lay off 1,000 employees and outsource work.

    www.forbes.com

  • The Facebook bump

    While Brown had more Facebook fans than Warren, Warren's campaign did a superior job of engaging her fan base. On Election Day, 32 percent of Warren's social network - over 100,000 fans - were liking, commenting, and sharing news about her ...

    www.politico.com

  • Lamont Lowe, Oklahoma Teacher, Apologizes For Explosive, Hateful Post ...

    In July, a Bradenton, Fla. parent found a Facebook discussion among teachers of G.D. Rogers Garden Elementary School in which one educator calls a student the "evolutionary link between orangutans and humans.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Social media turn election night into a conversation

    Just as during the presidential debates when the fate of Big Bird and "binders full of women" prompted an outpouring of comments on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, election night unfolded as much on the Web as it did on TV. Had they not tuned into the ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Facebook, Twitter Lead Small Business Social Media Focus

    Small businesses are increasingly adopting social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to boost their business, but struggle to devote adequate time and resources to their efforts, resulting in more companies paying for social media tools ...

    www.eweek.com

  • Facebook gives cash to N. Calif. town over traffic concerns

    Facebook also will pay Menlo Park at least $8.5 million over the next 10 years to offset the loss of local sales taxes formerly generated by Sun Microsystems, the computer software company that used to occupy the space Facebook now calls home. Menlo ...

    californiawatch.org

  • Top 10 most trusted Facebook apps

    Can you trust your Facebook apps? If you're like many long-time Facebook users, you may not even remember what apps you've installed, let alone know what permissions you've granted to them.

    www.foxnews.com

  • Post-Election Ideas for Updating Your Now-Lonely Facebook Page

    The election is over, and there's a black hole that needs filling. Facebook pages all over this great land need updating.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Facebook testing free Wi-Fi at retailers

    Businesses such as retail stores and coffee shops near Facebook's California headquarters in Menlo Park are using a router provided free of charge to test out the Wi-Fi program, a Facebook spokeswoman told The Times. When customers come in to a ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Court: 15-year old delinquent has right to Facebook, Twitter

    A 15-year old juvenile delinquent can't be completely prohibited from using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, a California state appeals court says.

    news.cnet.com

  • Facebook Buzz Is Up Post Sandy

    Trying to share power during Sandy As access to basic utilities winked and sputtered out, the need for vital news, information and simple fellowship kept residents of our Sandy ravaged Eastern seaboard glued to their Smartphones.

    www.forbes.com

  • Tip: Facebook, email are prime targets for spam

    Question: A couple of my Facebook friends have posted a link to a program that says it can tell me who visits my profile. Is this real?

    www.houmatoday.com

  • Rihanna to conduct Facebook Live interview today

    To kick off the Nov. 19 release of her new album, "Unapologetic," Rihanna will conduct a Facebook Live interview at Facebook's New York office. She will discuss what it's like to have the largest audience of any person on Facebook (62,328,507 fans) and ...

    www.sltrib.com

  • Facebook and Open Compute want a biodegradable server chassis

    Does your data center compost? This question may become more relevant if an Open Compute Foundation project that's sponsored by Facebook ends up a success. The goal is to build a biodegradable server chassis to replace existing steel enclosures.

    gigaom.com

  • Secret Service investigates woman's Facebook post about Obama

    A Turlock woman who used a racial slur to describe President Barack Obama on Facebook and wrote "maybe he will get assassinated" is being investigated by the United States Secret Service.

    latimesblogs.latimes.com

  • Facebook sees Election Day surge

    That single post was the most retweeted in the history of Twitter (more than 700,000 times), and on Facebook it raked in an astounding 3.5 million likes and almost 500,000 people shared it on their own Timelines.

    www.wcvb.com

  • FedEx Keeps Friends Connected with the Launch of an Innovative, New ...

    Once a shipment is complete, people have the option to post to their friend's timeline that they're shipping a package to them and can include a customized message.

    www.dailyfinance.com

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