Facebook f8 Tickets Go On Sale
Facebook has begun sending out invitations to the f8 developer event to press members and other important attendees this evening. Registration is also completely open for all attendees, with the cost being $325 for general admission and $50 for students. The registration page also illustrates how Eventbrite’s newly integrated Facebook service functions. If you [...]

Greenpeace Calls For Facebook To Use 100% Renewable Energy
A new Facebook group set up by Greenpeace is calling for Facebook to use 100 percent renewable energy within their data centers. This is a reinvigorated movement from the initial backlash against Facebook’s environmental policies at the beginning of February. The latest group has over 150,000 members, far more than any previous group [...]

Facebook Considers Suing Daily Mail Over Slanderous Article
Facebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail UK for inaccurately publishing a piece about Facebook on Wednesday, according to the Guardian. Daily Mail’s article claimed that whenever a “14 year old girl” joins Facebook she is approached by older men within seconds, who want to perform a “sex act in front of them”. The [...]

LivingSocial Doubles Down With $25 Million Funding Round
D.C.-based LivingSocial has raided $25 million in a series B round, with an emphasis on their LivingSocial Deals product as a continued source of revenue growth. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, with Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution, LLC participating as well. The company is also announcing the expansion of [...]

4 Ways To Monitor Your Facebook Page Traffic
While Facebook already provides a page insights tool for Page administrators to track traffic to their page, there is still a lot of information which is unknown. So how can administrators determine how well their landing tab is performing? There are a number of techniques to monitor your Facebook Page traffic, four of [...]

Wireless Ink Sues Facebook Over Patent Infringement
WSJ is reporting that Facebook and Google have been sued by Wireless Ink Corp, a Long Island based company for patent infringement. Wireless Ink is accusing Facebook and Google’s mobile websites of infringing upon Wireless Ink’s patent that was sought in 2004 and finally granted to them in 2009. Wireless Ink’s patent was for a process [...]

If You Want Traffic From Facebook, Post Content On The Weekend
According to a new report from Dan Zarrella, the weekend is the best time to post content on Facebook as articles posted then are shared the most. One explanation for the phenomenon was that more than half of companies block Facebook. While I’ve noticed that Twitter is the exact opposite, this report definitely [...]

Facebook Expands Ad Conversion Tracking Beta Test
We’ve been receiving messages from users over the past 24 hours that they’ve been granted access to Facebook ad conversion beta test. Last month we covered the beta testing of the Facebook ad conversion tracking tool and now we have access to the implementation guide that Facebook is providing advertisers with. There are three things [...]

Facebook Prepares To Release Location Service At f8
According to Nick Bilton of the New York Times, Facebook is aiming to “take the wraps off a new location-based feature in late April at f8″. This confirms details that were first provided by Jessica Vascellaro of the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. Given that location-based services are increasingly the center of [...]

Facebook Users Rush To Bracket Apps In Anticipation Of March Madness
Eager to start picking their brackets, Facebook users have begun flocking to the leading bracket applications by the thousands since the beginning of the month. The three most popular applications are developed by Citizen Sports, Watercooler, and CBSSports.com each have distinct business objectives from one another. The applications have driven over 500,000 visitors [...]

Report: Facebook to Add Location Info to Updates - PC Magazine

Telegraph.co.uk

Report: Facebook to Add Location Info to Updates PC Magazine In the list of complaint users have against the popular social-networking site Facebook, limits on the ability to share personal information ... Now, Share your Location on FacebookTechtree.com Facebook, Twitter Ready Location-Based FeaturesPC World Next Month, Facebook Will Know Where You AreFOXNews Search Engine Watch (blog) -The Aquinian -eWeek all 161 news articles »

Facebook FTW! Betty White to Host Saturday Night Live! - E! Online (blog)

Telegraph.co.uk

Facebook FTW! Betty White to Host Saturday Night Live! E! Online (blog) The rallying cries on Facebook proved too loud for Lorne Michaels to ignore, and Betty White will be hosting the sketch comedy show on May 8, NBC tells USA ... The power of Facebook: Betty White to host SNLHouston Chronicle (blog) Betty White Set to Host "Saturday Night Live" After Facebook CampaignShortNews.com St. Olaf to New York: White to Host 'SNL'New York Times HitFix -Examiner.com -The Associated Press all 654 news articles »

How Did MySpace Become Number One on Android? - ReadWriteWeb (blog)

Reuters

How Did MySpace Become Number One on Android? ReadWriteWeb (blog) After all, (with no offense to MySpace intended), there are more Facebook users than MySpace users in the world. It's just a simple fact. ... MySpace redesigns websiteNews 10NBC MySpace Revamps Site To Rekindle GrowtheBrandz MySpace Out-Androids Facebook: Most Downloaded Social AppPhandroid.com PC World -San Francisco Chronicle -Nowt News all 412 news articles »

Facebook and Google sued for mobile social networking patent infringement - Unwired View

Unwired View

Facebook and Google sued for mobile social networking patent infringement Unwired View Both Google and Facebook were recently sued by a New York-based company called Wireless Ink Corp. The company (owner of Winksite) claims that Google and ... Google, Facebook cop for preposterous patent potshotRegister Facebook, Google sued over mobile social networking patentsIntoMobile (blog) Google, Facebook Sued Over Mobile Social Networking PatentThe Next Web Newsday (subscription) -Printer Ink Cartridges (blog) -TMCnet all 120 news articles »

Newspaper faces court over Facebook sleaze error - NetworkWorld.com

The Guardian

Newspaper faces court over Facebook sleaze error NetworkWorld.com British newspaper The Daily Mail could be in hot water with Facebook after incorrectly naming the site in an article on sexual ... Facebook calls on ex-detective to name social networking siteThe Guardian Daily Mail May Get Sued by FacebookTopNews United States Facebook Could Sue DailyMail Over Libellous ArticleITProPortal ShutterVoice: Breaking News for Personal Technology & IT -Journalism.co.uk -TechRadar UK all 61 news articles »

Rape and Murder of Teenage Girl puts Pressure on Facebook to provide a Panic ... - NY Breaking News.com

New Zealand Herald

Rape and Murder of Teenage Girl puts Pressure on Facebook to provide a Panic ... NY Breaking News.com As a consequence of the tragic death of a teenage girl caused by a man she met on facebook, a very popular social networking site, Facebook is receiving a ... Facebook Criticized for Loose Online Privacy NormsTopNews United States Facebook under pressure to adopt “panic button” to call the policeEcommerce Journal Facebook Under ScrutinyWMDT TopNews United Kingdom (blog) -The Press Association -WKYC-TV all 162 news articles »

Will too many Facebook friends be the downfall of social media? - Media Asia

BusinessBlogs (blog)

Will too many Facebook friends be the downfall of social media? Media Asia On Facebook, there are people you communicate with regularly - what McDonald calls 'thick connections'. Then there are those mates from school you accept as ... Facebook, Twitter Updates Spell Trouble in Small WorkplaceWall Street Journal Social Media Marketing Business Advantages of Facebook vs. Twitter Part 4Release-news.com (press release) Ecommerce companies favor Facebook and Twitter for marketingEDL Consulting Hamilton Spectator -Mediapost.com -OfficialWire (press release) all 176 news articles »

Twitter Withers Next to Facebook's 'Net Effect' - Internet Evolution

Twitter Withers Next to Facebook's 'Net Effect' Internet Evolution In an email, a spokeswoman for Barracuda told me the company has yet to survey Facebook because the system is closed, making it a complicated process. ... and more »

FACEBOOK MARKS FOURTH WIN FOR AUSTIN CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN 2010 - dBusinessNews Austin (press release)

FACEBOOK MARKS FOURTH WIN FOR AUSTIN CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN 2010 dBusinessNews Austin (press release) AUSTIN – Yesterday, the Austin City Council approved economic incentives paving the way for Facebook to officially move forward with plans to develop ... Facebook says it's ready to hire in AustinAustin American-Statesman (blog) Facebook Launches in AustinKVUE Austin hosting Facebook welcome eventAustin Business Journal Community Impact Newspaper -Austin American-Statesman (blog) all 10 news articles »

Saturday Night with Betty White - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

CBC.ca

Saturday Night with Betty White Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Thanks to a successful Facebook campaign, Betty will join the ranks of SNL alums and add another notch in her comedy belt. In addition to a recent lifetime ... Betty White To Host "SNL" In MayAHN | All Headline News Betty White to host Saturday Night LiveCBC.ca Betty White will be very busy in MayLos Angeles Times (blog) BlackBook Magazine all 60 news articles »