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Will Facebook Mobile Ads be Here by March?

Last week’s IPO filing was bound to see Facebook push for extra revenue, and it is. The Financial Times reports that Zuckerberg is bringing ads to mobile devices in the next two months. https://gizmodo.com/reminder-the-5-billion-facebook-ipo-wont-make-you-ric-5881223 Facebook’s public offering brings with it extra responsibility, and it seems a reaction is to find extra revenue sources. The most…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Feb 6

Captured: Accused Rapist Who Taunted Police On Facebook

Remember Dustin McCombs, the rapist suspect who taunted the police in Facebook? Not surprisingly, he was captured by U.S. Marshals in Ohio after their colleagues from the Gulf Coast Regional Task in Birmingham gave them a tip about his whereabouts, presumably using internet address location information. https://gizmodo.com/accused-rapist-trolls-police-on-facebook-5881969 Because, you know, if you are running away…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Feb 4

Kitties, Komen and The New Editor of Mainstream News

There’s a new editor in chief of mainstream news. You. About a year ago I was putting the final touches on an article for a major media outlet. I honed, I proof-read, I tweaked. My self-absorbed goal was to have to the most popular item on this big media site for at least a few…

Social Media Dave Pell Feb 3

Facebook Valued at Just Under $100 Billion

In a private market auction yesterday, Facebook was valued at $94 billion, which is squarely in the ballpark of the $100 billion valuation that financial pundits have been tossing around. Don’t read much more into it than that; there’s plenty of time for the valuation to change slightly before the actual IPO (sometime in May),…

Social Media Brian Barrett Feb 3

Woman Arrested for Selling Up to $1 Million of Fake Facebook Stock

A Wisconsin woman is facing 31 felony counts of theft and forgery for selling and trading up to a million dollars of fake Facebook stock. So much for not getting rich off of the Facebook IPO. https://gizmodo.com/reminder-the-5-billion-facebook-ipo-wont-make-you-ric-5881223 Marianne Oleson convinced several victims that she had bought around $1 million dollars of Facebook stock prior to…

Social Media Kyle Wagner Feb 3

Sharing with “Friends of Friends” on Facebook Exposes You to 150,000 People

Well this is mildly terrifying: according to a new Pew study, the Facebook privacy mode a lot of us rely on for photos and status updates is, on average, anything but private. Time to reconsider your settings, everyone. The finding is staggering—Friends of Friends can hit as many as over seven million people: Facebook users…

Social Media Sam Biddle Feb 3

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

This is Dustin McCombs. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, in Alabama, is accusing him of being a “rapist by force.” They posted his mugshot on their Facebook page’s Creep of the Week page. When Dustin McCombs learned about it, he was naturally pissed off, so he did what comes most naturally on the internet. He…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Feb 3

Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes

If, like mine, your partner thinks you have a problem because you check social media and email too often, it turns out they might be right. A new study suggests that checking our phones and computers is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes. A team from Chicago University’s Booth Business School carried out a study…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Feb 3

World Learns of Facebook’s Technical Difficulties via Twitter

Facebook was down. And now it’s apparently back up. But wait, it might still be down?! AGH!!! Thank god for Twitter.

Social Media Adrian Covert Feb 2

Facebook’s ‘Letter from Zuckerberg’: The Annotated Version

Facebook’s Form S-1 Registration Statement with the Security and Exchange Commission includes details on the IPO itself and the company’s financial condition as well as a letter from founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to current and potential shareholders – aka the whole world. It discusses the company’s business and technological philosophy and what Zuckerberg calls…

Social Media Tim Carmody - Wired Feb 2

View Facebook’s Entire History as a Timeline

There’s a lot to mull over in Facebook’s just-filed S-1. But one thing jumped out at us right away: the way it presented its corporate history in a timeline view—the same way it now presents users’ histories. https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-facebook-is-forcing-everyone-to-use-timeline-5878806 It’s both an excellent way to present a long view of dense data, and a reminder of…

Social Media Mat Honan Feb 1

The SEC’s Facebook Page Sucks

You’d think they would have gussied it up a little bit for today, right? But hey, at least 456 people Like them!

Social Media Joe Brown Feb 1

Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO: FB Should Trade This Spring

As expected, Facebook just filed its $5 billion mega-IPO. We’re sorting through the details now, but some important stats already stand out: 845 million users, 100 billion friendships, and a whole lot of money heading Zuck’s way. Stock market, meet FB. https://gizmodo.com/reminder-the-5-billion-facebook-ipo-wont-make-you-ric-5881223 Of those 845 million users, 483 million were active on a day to…

Social Media Brian Barrett Feb 1

Reminder: The $5 Billion Facebook IPO Won’t Make You Rich

It’s widely reported that Facebook is going to file for an IPO today, and likely that the offering will be in the $5 billion range. Time to start digging up your backyard bullion stash, right? Wrong. For the average guy the Facebook IPO is strictly Like, don’t touch. What’s an IPO, Anyway? IPO stands for…

Social Media Brian Barrett Feb 1

Facebook Movie Maker Glorifies the Lamest You

Facebook Timeline is already cinematic—a whooshing biographical column of your entire life, writ enormous. So turning it into a movie is the next natural step. Too bad Facebook’s directing debut makes you look so dull. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-fa-5843354 The process is simple: hand over your privacy rights to TimelineMovieMaker.com and then let it scrape your profile for…

Social Media Sam Biddle Jan 31

Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As The Entire County It’s In

Data centers are power-hungry, and Facebook’s Oregon center in Crook County is no exception, using 28MW. While that’s fairly standard, it has doubled the power use of the county. The entirety of Crook County uses just under 30MW. Add to that the fact that this is only Facebook’s first phase of data centers in this…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Jan 31

What Should Facebook’s Stock Symbol Be?

Guys! Can you hear Mark Zuckerberg splish-splashing in his giant gold bullion-filled tub? It’s IPO time—Facebook’s going public, and a bunch of rich people are about to become even richer. But shall this Ultimate Stock be labeled? https://gizmodo.com/wsj-100-billion-facebook-ipo-happening-next-week-5879996 Witty Twitter stranger Andrew Teman pitched the following clever suggestion: If #Facebook has a sense of humor,…

Social Media Sam Biddle Jan 30

The Record-Breaking Facebook Post With 1 Million Comments

A post on Facebook has received over a million comments, which is believed to be a first. Sadly, it was achieved by 107 fans of the game Frontierville who hit the 1,001,291 comment mark with a lot of two-letter posts. The record attempt has been submitted to Guinness for appraisal, but as yet there’s been…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Jan 30

Webmail Giants Team Up To Stop Phishing Scams

Cooperation is a rare thing in the cut-throat world of technology, but some of the world’s biggest email providers are teaming up to help cut the incidence of phishing scams. The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, AOL and plenty more are backing something called Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC).…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 30

Tales of Password-Hacking Woe

It’s the social media sites that do you in. A Close Friend—capital C, capital F—posts a link to a video that piques your interest. Click. Suddenly you’re asked to sign back into Facebook. What happens next? You give some hacker or spambot your password, and your whole digital life is at risk. We’re making a…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin Jan 27

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Captured: Accused Rapist Who Taunted Police On Facebook

Kitties, Komen and The New Editor of Mainstream News

Facebook Valued at Just Under $100 Billion

Woman Arrested for Selling Up to $1 Million of Fake Facebook Stock

Sharing with “Friends of Friends” on Facebook Exposes You to 150,000 People

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes

World Learns of Facebook’s Technical Difficulties via Twitter

Facebook’s ‘Letter from Zuckerberg’: The Annotated Version

View Facebook’s Entire History as a Timeline

The SEC’s Facebook Page Sucks

Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO: FB Should Trade This Spring

Reminder: The $5 Billion Facebook IPO Won’t Make You Rich

Facebook Movie Maker Glorifies the Lamest You

Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As The Entire County It’s In

What Should Facebook’s Stock Symbol Be?

The Record-Breaking Facebook Post With 1 Million Comments

Webmail Giants Team Up To Stop Phishing Scams

Tales of Password-Hacking Woe

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