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Friday, November 16, 2012
Open Compute Foundation Taps Cole Crawford As COO
The Open Compute Foundation welcomed a new chief operating officer: Cole Crawford, who has been involved in the open-source sector since 1992, holding positions at OpenStack and Nebula, as well as advising the Linux Foundation. Facebook formed the OCF in October 2011 to lead the development of energy efficient hardware infrastructure and guide development of the Open Compute Project. Crawford began working with the OCP when he volunteered to serve as chair of... read more>>
Portuguese Is Facebook's Fastest-Growing Language
English is still the most widely spoken language on Facebook, but a new challenger is rising. According to statistics from Socialbakers, a growing number of new users speak Portuguese, the third-most-popular language on the social network. Socialbakers tracked the growth of users' primary languaged from May 2010 through November 2012 to find that an overwhelming amount of new users speak Portuguese. In terms of overall numbers, English is still king among new... read more>>
Social Media Jobs: King.com, Fast Company, 'Alternative Press'
This week, King.com is hiring an analytics engineer, a data scientist, and a C++ game programmer. Meanwhile, Fast Company needs an associate art director for tablet and print, and Alternative Press is seeking a digital content editor. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro. Analytics Engineer King.com (Stockholm, Sweden) Data Scientist King.com (Stockholm, Sweden) C++ Game Programmer King.com (Stockholm, Sweden) Associate Art Director for Tablet and Print... read more>>
Facebook Rolling Out Self-Service Conversion-Measurement Feature For Advertisers
Facebook is taking steps to provide more clarity to direct-response marketers on the effectiveness of their ad campaigns on the social network, announcing the extended beta test of a self-service conversion-measurement feature that it plans to roll out at the end of November. Optimized CPM (cost per thousand impressions) bidding will also be tweaked by Facebook to better mesh with its conversion data, allowing marketers to serve more relevant ads and increase... read more>>
Report: Judge Closer To Approving Facebook's Revised Settlement In Sponsored Stories Suit
Did a $10 bill change the mind of U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg? Quite possibly, but not in an illegal way: At a hearing in San Francisco Thursday, Seeborg looked more favorably upon Facebook's revised settlement proposal in a class-action lawsuit over the use of users' images in sponsored stories, and the judge said he would rule "very shortly." In August, Seeborg took issue with the settlement proposal Facebook announced in... read more>>
Facebook Rolls Gifts Out To More Users, Announces New Partners At FAO Schwarz Event
Tis the season for giving, and Facebook is on board, announcing at its rescheduled event at iconic toy store FAO Schwarz in New York Thursday night that its Gifts feature is being rolled out to more users, and introducing several new retail partners. Retailers now on board with Gifts include babyGap, Fab.com, Brookstone, Dean & Deluca, L'Occitane, Lindt, ProFlowers, Random House, and NARS Cosmetics. In addition, for Facebook users who like to sample... read more>>
Boomerang Makes Social Gifting A Local Experience
Social gifting, which is becoming wildly popular on Facebook, has largely been conducted through gift cards and major retailers. Boomerang wants to make social gifting a local experience. The Chicago-based program is expanding to New York, Indianapolis, and Austin, Texas, offering small businesses and local retailers a chance to get in on the social gifting fun. Boomerang takes a user's Facebook location and interest data to suggest an experience-based present. Say you... read more>>
Frigidaire Facebook App Shows How Much Time Can Be Saved With Appliances
As the holiday season approaches, many Facebook users will be spending a lot of time cooking and cleaning. Appliance company Frigidaire wants to reach out to its Facebook fans, showing them how much time can be saved by using its products. The brand is also utilizing a Facebook application for a sweepstakes to win Frigidaire gifts. Frigidaire's Facebook fans can enter the sweepstakes for prizes, including a range and a double oven.... read more>>
It's Official: Facebook Apps Have A Share Button
Users asked for it, and Facebook responded. The social network announced Thursday that tits native applications for iOS and Android devices now include a share button. Both apps also got upgrades Thursday, with emoticons coming to Apple and better photo tagging coming to Android. We reported Wednesday (as first noticed by sister site Inside Facebook) that Facebook introduced the share function to its mobile site, m.facebook.com. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllFacebook... read more>>
BandPage Connect Plugs Bands Into Promoters, Fans, Facebook
BandPage, which allows bands to easily manage their online and Facebook presences, has made it easier for musicians to share music and information with their fans and for promoters to post information about bands they're hosting. Through BandPage Connect, musicians can instantly share their information with major social music platforms free of charge. This way, a band can easily post information to Facebook, a WordPress blog, Earbits, Pledge Music, and other... read more>>
Is Billionaire Mark Cuban's Anger At Facebook Misguided?
Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, is quite displeased with Facebook's page algorithm. Angered that only a fraction of Mavericks fans are seeing posts, Cuban is getting serious about moving more of his business from Facebook to Twitter and other social media sites. However, analytics platform PageLever feels that Cuban's claims don't exactly hold much weight. A couple of weeks ago, Cuban announced to his 1.36 million... read more>>
Facebook Introduces Developer Alerts
In an effort to keep developers informed about critical events related to their applications, Facebook Thursday announced the launch of developer alerts via Facebook notifications and email for those listed as administrators or developers of apps. The social network said in a post on its developer blog that alerts will be sent in the following instances: If apps are using functionality that Facebook is altering or removing, alerts will be issued 90 days,... read more>>
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