According to NBC Washington, angry Facebook users are complaining that new features the company rolled out today are undermining what they actually want to see on their feeds, while others are saying the new settings are simply difficult to understand. Users can no longer decide whether to click Most Recent or Top News on their [...]
You may recall how a decade-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear an image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay auction for $28,000. Now, thanks to Tillamook, the Oregon-based dairy brand, you too can have your face emblazoned in a grilled cheese. This is made possible by Hello Design’s Facebook app for Tillamook, which [...]
Facebook Pages are all the rage these days, but that doesn’t mean they are pro-rage pages. No, a rage page can get you arrested in a hurry. According to Voice of America: A British court has sentenced two men to four years in prison for their failed attempts to use the social networking site Facebook [...]
Facebook wants to take Silicon Valley’s advertising throne away from Google and their boxy little text ads. To do that, the company has to do more than give speeches about revolutionizing the game, they have to prove their mettle to companies big and small who want to reach online customers camped out inside Facebook. According [...]
MasterCard is treating New Yorkers to one-of-a-kind experiences care of its new Priceless Cities campaign, which is being rolled out now in New York City. The program is meant to drive preference and affection for the MasterCard brand among cardholders by offering them an opportunity to enjoy the things they are most passionate about, whether [...]
Is your “brand voice” having a difficult time speaking in 140 character bursts? Loosen up, then. Twitter is a conversational platform, brands must become conversational. But how? Writing in Ad Age, Noah Brier argues that “brands need to start thinking about their inputs, or who they pay attention to, as much as their outputs, how [...]
According to Colleen Taylor of GigaOm, Facebook.com/business debuted Tuesday to help small businesses get the most from Facebook. The company is billing the new web page as an “online education center” that gives directions on such things as how to set up a profile page, create targeted ads and deals, and interact with customer feedback [...]
At a press conference to launch the Facebook’s new chat features yesterday, Zuck said the entrance of Google and others into the social space “validates” his company’s view that social is the wave of the future. According to Fast Company, Zuckerberg’s equanimity stems in part from the fact that his company has a new strategic [...]
I don’t play FarmVille on Facebook, but I’ll try to keep an open mind as I put this post together. Capital One, the U.S. based bank specializing in credit cards, home loans and auto loans, is running a week-long promotion on FarmVille, the hugely popular Facebook-based game from Zynga. The promo provides special rewards for [...]
Pay-per-view is coming to Facebook this June 14th and 15th when Widespread Panic performs from ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Viewers can purchase either a single night for $5 or both nights for $10, with unlimited viewing through Sunday, June 19th at midnight. Payment can be made through Facebook Credits, or [...]
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