Microsoft may be ready to exchange up to $500 million for a 5 percent stake in Facebook, while New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants the site held accountable for the actions of sexual predators.
MySpace And Facebook Visitors Drive Time Spent
U.S. Internet users between the ages of 12-17 who visit both MySpace and Facebook spend more time at each site than those who visit just one or the other according to Nielsen//NetRatings.
What’s it Mean When A Facebook App is Sold?
I should begin by clearly stating I’m no legal expert, application developer or feeling overly paranoid (oh shut up!). However, my travels today led me to discover something I wasn’t aware of before.
Facebook applications can be sold by their creators.
fbFund Gives Financial Awards To Facebook Apps
As someone who’s not too fond of Facebook applications, I must say that this development reminds me of Monty Python’s “Upper Class Twit of the Year” sketch. But it’s likely that, by paying people to develop apps, the newly founded fbFund is trying to undo such associations.
Facebook’s London Audience Increases
New York’s network on Facebook is impressive, but not the biggest out there – both Vancouver and Toronto have it beat. London’s the dominant location, however, and a Facebook employee made note of this fact over the weekend.
Yahoo Opens Mash, Exhibits Facebook Envy
Invitations to join Yahoo Mash and test out Yahoo’s newest experiment in social networking have been landing in a few inboxes.
Cool New Little Facebook Feature
So, four people unfriended me from Facebook today. Given that I have 4,995 friends that’s probably to be expected. But I have 150 waiting to get onto my friends list. But that brings me to the new feature that just appeared.
Facebook now shows me how many friends we have in common BEFORE I add you as a friend.
Facebook – the Hub for Your Personal Brand
As I’ve written in the past, Facebook is the most legitimate and productive social network for business professionals on the Web today.
Escalating Ban-Facebook Hype
Yet another survey is out saying that Facebook damages business, this time to the tune of £130 million a day.
Facebook Islam Row Highlights Free Speech Issues
Historically, in the brick-and-mortar world, we’ve had courts to settle disputes. Online, there are terms of service agreements and invisible judges determining, usually at the behest of the loudest and largest mob, who is guilty of crossing the line between conscious protest and hate speech.