Inside Facebook has a terrific interview with $uperRewards, one of the two major CPA ad networks for social networks (and increasingly outside of social networks as well). [Offerpal is the other major CPA ad network for social networks]. In the interview the $uperRewards team give some great stats and advice [...]
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August 29th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney writes: I read this morning about a new book by Judy Estrin, former CTO of Cisco, called Closing the Innovation Gap. In it, she apparently cites a long list of reasons why real innovation is drying up in Silicon Valley. This includes such sins as entrepreneurs starting companies [...]
Regulatory restrictions make it tough for pharma companies to hawk drugs in many corners of the online media universe. But the industry is taking some baby steps onto sites that can prove tricky for a regulated industry. GlaxoSmithKline's CEO made an appearance on YouTube earlier this summer to recruit new [...]
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August 29th, 2008 |
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Yes, I love calling Facebook the Twitter and FriendFeed killer but I seriously think they may have one-upped the competition on their latest release: the Live Feed. You can sit and watch in real-time what is taking place with your friends across their profiles in an unfiltered manner. This is [...]
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August 29th, 2008 |
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Paste magazine reports movie producer Scott Rudin has hired famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to make Facebook's story into a movie. And just when we thought the return of "Beverly Hills, 90210" was the weirdest idea for upcoming entertainment.[...]
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August 29th, 2008 |
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Facebook, the most popular social-networking site, will be the subject of a movie written by Aaron Sorkin, creator of TV's "The West Wing," for Sony Corp. The movie will focus on the early days of Palo Alto's Facebook, which was founded by Mark Zuckerberg,[...]
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August 29th, 2008 |
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A blog post today to Facebook developers highlighted that they have yet to remove infinite sessions and also that all users are slated to have access to the new profile in "mid-September", a little behind schedule for Facebook. The new Facebook profile roll-out has taken significantly longer for Facebook but [...]
The economy is giving many in digital a greater headache than previously thought, while Google is giving publishers a leg up, and Facebook may have given users more than they bargained for.[...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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Sam Gustin says: Three top media sites have gotten a face-lift this week, ahead of the "back-to-school" rush.CNET.com, now part of CBS Interactive, Techcrunch.com, the popular tech blog, and Poynter.org, the website of the journalism school based in Florida, have all unveiled snazzy new designs. (Techcrunch's Michael Arrington has said [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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I was talking to an executive at a major label the other day. We were talking about startups and he noted that they either sue these companies out of business or legitimize them out of business. That is not far from the truth. How many legitimate, standalone digital businesses can [...]
By Steven Zeitchik We don't know exactly how many jokes will be attempted about Aaron Sorkin's Facebook movie (though we're betting that writing on walls will figure in a number of them). What we do know is that it seems like kind of a goofy idea. First question in this [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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If you are more interested in what your friends are up to then what photos they are uploading and what their relationship status, you may be pleased to hear that Facebook has upgraded your friends' statuses. Now rather than just showing recent friend activities, the most recent status updates of [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney writes: A Wall Street Journal story seems to imply that keeping songs off iTunes is the equivalent of plugging a leak. Instead of buying songs off Apple's dominant service, fans are forced to slog to a store and buy the physical CD, so CD sales are better than [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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- The West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin is developing a movie about Facebook, to be produced by Scott Rudin, for Sony Pictures. [Portfolio.com]- The major record companies are looking for alternatives to Apple's iTunes music store. We've heard this before. [WSJ, PaidContent]- Consumers increasingly want computers wiped free of packaged [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney notes: About a year ago, Yahoo bought a company called BuzzTracker, which was started by an old friend of mine, Alan Warms. BuzzTracker searches through millions of blog postings to find most-blogged stories -- in other words, the topics that are getting the most buzz. It still operates [...]
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August 28th, 2008 |
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We hit a big milestone today -- 100 million people around the world are now using Facebook. This is a really gratifying moment for us because it means a lot that you have decided that Facebook is a good, trusted place for you to share your lives with your friends. [...]
Credit & Collections Manager Facebook is seeking to fill a newly created position of Credit and Collections Manager in their corporate accounting team. The [...]
