Monday, August 31, 2015

Amazon, Facebook and Google have the same secret - Salon


Salon

Amazon, Facebook and Google have the same secret
Salon
Most of their companies (Apple, Oracle, Google, Facebook, Amazon) have been accused of antitrust violations. But even when the antitrust cases have gone against them, the basis of these monopolies in intellectual property has limited the effectiveness ...

Kate Winslet Did Not Write This Facebook Post - TIME


TIME

Kate Winslet Did Not Write This Facebook Post
TIME
Several websites have been aggregating an Aug. 27 post on a Facebook page entitled “Kate Winslet” that encourages women to feel good about how they look without makeup — but the page is not the actress's official fan page. Though the post was created ...

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Facebook video shows cop saying 'eye contact' is reason to stop driver - CNET


CNET

Facebook video shows cop saying 'eye contact' is reason to stop driver
CNET
This seems to be a true of a video posted by John Felton to Facebook (beware of strong language in the video). It shows Felton, who is black, stopped by a Dayton, Ohio police officer two weeks ago. Felton says on the video that he is being stopped for ...

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Twitter takes on Facebook, Snapchat with improved photo tools - Gigaom


Gigaom

Twitter takes on Facebook, Snapchat with improved photo tools
Gigaom
New image and video editing tools revealed in recent tweets from various celebrities show that Twitter is, once again, bringing the fight to Facebook and Snapchat. The new tools appear to allow Twitter users to share images with text overlays, stickers ...

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Should Facebook Grow Organically or Go Shopping? - Motley Fool


Motley Fool

Should Facebook Grow Organically or Go Shopping?
Motley Fool
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has become one of the most successful technology companies in the world by growing its own platform and by making smart purchases. The social media site has steadily grown its user base while successfully integrating bold ...

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How Facebook deals with openly racist comments - Deutsche Welle


Deutsche Welle

How Facebook deals with openly racist comments
Deutsche Welle
In the course of the current refugee crisis in Germany, there has been a surge of openly hateful, racist postings and comments among German-language Facebook users. The situation has reached a point where the German government has stepped in, urging ...
Facebook must obey local censorship laws, says Germany's justice ministerArs Technica UK

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Facebook announces new tools to tackle video theft - BBC News


BBC News

Facebook announces new tools to tackle video theft
BBC News
The company said new video matching technology would alert selected content creators if their videos were reposted to Facebook without permission. In August, YouTube star Hank Green wrote a blog criticising the company over its slow response to video ...
In its quest to displace YouTube, Facebook cracks down on video piracyChristian Science Monitor
Facebook Adds Tool to Detect Unauthorized Posts of VideoWall Street Journal
Facebook Has A Video Piracy ProblemTech Times
The Inquisitr -SC Magazine
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Woman boasts setting cat on fire via Facebook - Jackson Clarion Ledger


WJTV

Woman boasts setting cat on fire via Facebook
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Photos of a burned cat have surfaced on Facebook with the woman claiming to be responsible saying she “set that [expletive deleted] on fire!” and “had to set an example.” The Clarion-Ledger received screenshots from a Facebook page belonging to a ...
Facebook post about woman burning cat sparks controversy on social mediaWJTV
VIRAL: Woman brags about burning cat on FacebookWLOX

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Bono's investment group rakes in $1.4billion from Facebook stock - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Bono's investment group rakes in $1.4billion from Facebook stock
Daily Mail
Though he's not the richest pop star in the world, U2's Bono just became millions of dollars richer, thanks to an early investment in Facebook. The rock frontman bought a 2.3 per cent share of the social media site for nearly $86million in 2009 through ...
Bono's Investment in Facebook Made Him the World's Richest Pop StarObserver
Bono made more money off Facebook than his entire music careerPage Six
U2's Bono just became a lot richer and it's not because of his musicFortune
NEWS.com.au -The Independent -International Business Times UK
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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Facebook milestone highlights expansion - Columbus Dispatch


Columbus Dispatch

Facebook milestone highlights expansion
Columbus Dispatch
The milestone, reached a week ago today, was mostly symbolic for Facebook, which boasts nearly 1.5 billion users who log in at least once a month. But CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who founded the network in his Harvard dorm room 11 years ago, reflected on the ...
Business notebook: Facebook hits milestone of 1 billion servedSoutheast Missourian
One billion people use Facebook on a single dayInternational Business Times AU
1 billion people used Facebook on MondayTechnoBuffalo
Waterloo Record -Times of Malta -IBNLive
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Facebook Adds Tool to Detect Unauthorized Posts of Video - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Facebook Adds Tool to Detect Unauthorized Posts of Video
Wall Street Journal
Facebook said in a blog post that it is working with a group of video creators on the initiative, including the multichannel network Fullscreen, which has been particularly critical of Facebook on this issue; the viral-video specialist Jukin Media; and ...
Facebook Gets Tough on Online Video PiracyTop Tech News

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5 details you shouldn't give Facebook - Fox News


Fox News

5 details you shouldn't give Facebook
Fox News
The whole point of Facebook is to share your life with other people. You probably have more than a few friends who fall into the over-sharing category. But don't snicker. You may be one, too, and not even know it. Here are five personal tidbits ...

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Here's what it's like to use Facebook's virtual assistant, 'M' - The Next Web


The Next Web

Here's what it's like to use Facebook's virtual assistant, 'M'
The Next Web
Based on that answer, it's been trained in the very same PR speak that Facebook gave after it announced the tool. If you ask M point blank whether it's humans or robots typing, it gives the exact same answer, regardless of wording. Facebook told WIRED ...

Cutting the Cord: Rabbit TV brings free streaming video to Facebook - USA TODAY


Cutting the Cord: Rabbit TV brings free streaming video to Facebook
USA TODAY
Rabbit TV is hopping onto Facebook. The streaming video service hopes to ride a growing wave of video on the social-networking site with its new, free Rabbit TV Lite app. Look up the app and you'll get access.

New Petition Asking Facebook to Allow Religious Titles in Names - Town Hall


Town Hall

New Petition Asking Facebook to Allow Religious Titles in Names
Town Hall
A new campaign is asking Facebook to reconsider its prohibition of religious titles in official names on the site. Currently, members of religious life who include titles such as "Father" or "Monsignor" in their Facebook names are at risk of being ...

Facebook M: 10 Things We Wish It Could Do - InformationWeek


InformationWeek

Facebook M: 10 Things We Wish It Could Do
InformationWeek
Facebook is testing out a new digital assistant called Facebook M. This is a big deal. According to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 1 billion users worldwide were active on the site in a single day. This is a first for the site, and it happened on ...
Facebook M is Trained and Monitored by Humans, Facebook RevealsNeurogadget
Facebook's Billion User Day (And Big Commerce Play)PYMNTS.com
Facebook Wants To Be Your Personal AssistantRefinery29
TechCrunch -UPI.com -USA TODAY
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Volunteers use Facebook to reunite lost, found pets with owners as wildfire ... - Q13 FOX


Q13 FOX

Volunteers use Facebook to reunite lost, found pets with owners as wildfire ...
Q13 FOX
CHELAN, Wash. — A Facebook page has been launched for people affected by the Chelan and Okanogan wildfires who may be searching for their pets. The page is called Chelan and Okanogan Wildfires Lost and Found Pets-NDARRT. Admins of the ...

Arlington man found guilty of sex assault posted to Facebook - WFAA


Arlington man found guilty of sex assault posted to Facebook
WFAA
An Arlington man was found guilty Thursday of a 2013 sexual assault that was posted to Facebook. He was sentence to four years in prison. Christian Fuentes, then 19, and two of his friends were accused of sexually assaulting a female former coworker ...

Jayde Kendall's accused murderer Brenden Bennett's chilling Facebook posts - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Jayde Kendall's accused murderer Brenden Bennett's chilling Facebook posts
Daily Mail
Brenden Bennetts was charged with murder and interfering with a corpse after the 16-year-old's body was discovered in a paddock at Upper Tenthill, about 17km of Gatton on Thursday. In disturbing posts on his Facebook page, the 18-year-old man allegedly ...
Teenager charged with Jayde Kendall murder wrote disturbing posts on FacebookYahoo7 News

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

5 Reasons To Schedule Your Facebook Posts - Business 2 Community


Business 2 Community

5 Reasons To Schedule Your Facebook Posts
Business 2 Community
Content scheduling allows you to focus on other areas of your business, and still keep your social media accounts up-to-date. You can schedule posts in advance to your Facebook pages using DrumUp, and you no longer have to worry about having the posts ...

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You can do that on Facebook? - Hattiesburg American


Hattiesburg American

You can do that on Facebook?
Hattiesburg American
NEW YORK – Did you know you can add a pronunciation guide to your name on Facebook? Overlay colorful text on the photos you post? How about mark the end of a relationship without your 500 closest friends getting notified? Many of these tips and tricks ...

1 billion people used Facebook on Monday - TechnoBuffalo


TechnoBuffalo

1 billion people used Facebook on Monday
TechnoBuffalo
If you're reading this, there's a good chance you used Facebook on Monday. In fact, one out of every 7 people on the planet used the social network on August, 24, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said recently. That's incredible, and it shows just how far the ...
Facebook: The Drop Is an Opportunity - Yaggyaseni MittraInvestorGuide
A billion people logged in to Facebook on MondayWaterloo Record
Facebook users flood Mark Zuckerberg with thank you'sMarketWatch
IBNLive
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Facebook launches 'M' virtual assistant for messenger app - UPI.com


UPI.com

Facebook launches 'M' virtual assistant for messenger app
UPI.com
Hundreds of Facebook users, who have been anticipating the personal assistant for some time, finally got a look at the new feature Friday. Right now, the beta run is limited to few hundred users in the San Francisco Bay area -- just north of the ...
Facebook's Billion User Day (And Big Commerce Play)PYMNTS.com
Facebook Wants To Be Your Personal AssistantRefinery29
Facebook's M Is Not The Droid You've Been Looking ForTechCrunch
CIO -InformationWeek -USA TODAY
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To stop next Spam King, Facebook program helps firms share security info - CNET


CNET

To stop next Spam King, Facebook program helps firms share security info
CNET
Facebook believes it's come up with a way to stop the next Spam King before he even starts. It's called ThreatExchange, and it's a program where companies around the world pool their collective knowledge about hacking attacks to help warn one another ...

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Pay It Forward Facebook under fire - The News-Press


Pay It Forward Facebook under fire
The News-Press
This saying has been used by a number of businesses and organizations, including a group we once lauded in our paper, Pay it Forward Cape Coral, which operated on Facebook. When Anthony Kuhlenschmidt started the group, one of my colleagues wrote ...

Mark Zuckerberg had 1000000000 sheeple on Facebook, Monday - Computerworld


Computerworld

Mark Zuckerberg had 1000000000 sheeple on Facebook, Monday
Computerworld
For the first time, Mark Zuckerberg says, Facebook recorded more than a billion active users in a 24-hour period. Monday saw about 15% of the world's population login to Facebook (presumably to watch cat videos, argue about politics, stalk ex-lovers ...
Facebook Claims 1 Billion Users In 1 DayInformationWeek
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg And Sheryl Sandberg Bring Data To LifeForbes
1 Billion: Facebook Sets New Record for Daily UsersTech Times
The Register -The Guardian -Business Insider
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Farhad and Mike's Week in Tech: Facebook Assistant - New York Times


New York Times

Farhad and Mike's Week in Tech: Facebook Assistant
New York Times
One thing I do want to talk about that received some attention on Wednesday: Facebook's “M” project. It's a smart digital assistant, built directly into Facebook's messaging app, and it's supposed to help people perform menial, everyday tasks like ...