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Facebook, Attorneys General Announce Online Safety Campaign

Facebook, Attorneys General Announce Online Safety Campaign

Below is the Announcement from Facebook regarding their new Online Safety Campaign. At Facebook, we work hard to make sure people understand how to control their information and stay safe online. The most important components of this approach are a real name culture, where people’s actions are

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Facebook App Center Launches Today in US

Facebook App Center Launches Today in US

Today Facebook is launching the Facebook App Center to make it easier to find apps you can enjoy with your Facebook friends. The new Facebook App Center features mobile and web apps, such as Draw Something, Pinterest, and Nike+ GPS, and new apps including Jetpack Joyride, Ghosts

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Consumers Using Pinterest to Engage With Retailers More Than Facebook, Twitter

Consumers Using Pinterest to Engage With Retailers More Than Facebook, Twitter

One-Third of Smartphone Owners Who Shop Online Share Their Location With Retailers Never before has social media been so attractive to consumers, literally. According to the 2012 Social and Mobile Commerce Study, a joint research project by Shop.org, comScore and The Partnering Group, the visually-appealing social media

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It’s a Social World (Infographic)

It's a Social World (Infographic)

Social Shopping 2012 Survey and Infographic According to a recent Social Shopping Survery done by SteelHouse, Pinterest users are far more likely to purchase items they see posted on Pinterest compared to the purchasing behavior of Facebook users viewing items they’ve seen on the news feed or

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Facebook Camera Launches

Facebook Camera Launches

Today, Facebbook is launching Camera, a new mobile app that makes using Facebook photos faster and easier. See Your friends’ Facebook photos all in one place When you launch the camera app, you’ll see a feed of just great photos from the people you care about. You

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Facebook Military Tools Launches Today for U.S. Veterans

Facebook Military Tools Launches Today for U.S. Veterans

Today, Facebook announced new military crisis content, developed in partnership with Blue Star Families and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Social media use is prevalent throughout military families. Blue Star Families announced their 2012 Annual Survey Results, which showed that more than 90% of respondents reported using

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4 Ways Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition Works for Brands

4 Ways Facebook's Instagram Acquisition Works for Brands

Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram is a blessing for brands. Love the deal or hate it (I’m talking to all you early adopters and hipsters), it is time for brands to start building a strategy for the photo-sharing and story telling application. Yes, I know—another social

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Facebook IPO Price Announced Today at $28 to $35 Per Share.

Facebook IPO Price Announced Today at $28 to $35 Per Share.

Facebook IPO Price Facebook, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg,  announced this afternoon the opening price for its initial public offering at $28 to $35 per share. Facebook will offer 157,415,352 shares of Class A common stock in the near future.  At the time of it’s IPO, which

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Facebook Announces They Have 901 Million Users

Facebook Announces They Have 901 Million Users

Facebook Users March 2012 Facebook disclosed on Monday in it’s amended S-1 filing that it has 901 million facebook users as of March 31, 2012, making it very likely that Facebook will pass the 1 billion users mark in the next 6 months.  This is an increase

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Facebook Announces Update to Facebook for Android

Facebook Announces Update to Facebook for Android

Facebook for Android 1.9 includes performance improvements as well as shortcuts to share photos and messages faster. Now you can share photos and messages right from your home screen. Messenger and Camera shortcuts will appear in your app tray after updating your Facebook for Android app. Android

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