Microsoft’s Ballmer Plays Down ‘Faddish’ Facebook, Plays Up Ad-Supported Software
If Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) wanted to buy a stake in Facebook (as last week’s WSJ indicated), perhaps comments from the Redmond company’s CEO… Read more »
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Plays Down ‘Faddish’ Facebook, Plays Up Ad-Supported Software
If Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) wanted to buy a stake in Facebook (as last week’s WSJ indicated), perhaps comments from the Redmond company’s CEO… Read more »
Facebook To Localise In Other Languages – Report
Facebook is translating its site to languages other than English as part of “an ambitious overseas expansion”, according to anonymous source… Read more »
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What If Facebook Taketh Away?
By Rafat Ali
An interesting feature story on Wired News, about the emerging ad networks built on Facebook’s platform, and how their future is heavily rel… Read more »
Facebook Or Bebo? Which Is Really The UK’s Top Social Network?
Today, numerous news outlets ran new data showing Facebook has become the UK’s most popular social network. Huh? I thought Bebo claimed that… Read more »
New York AG Andrew Cuomo Investigating Facebook Over Sexual Predators
By Joseph Weisenthal
At the same time as the headlines over a possible Microsoft investment, Facebook is in the news for something it might have avoided had it s… Read more »
Microsoft Negotiating For Equity Stake In Facebook: Report
We heard a couple of days ago that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Facebook were working on a major extension of their current deal. Now the Wall… Read more »
French, German Social Net Fans Love Skyrock, But Facebook Is A Bit Player
Half of all French and 45 percent of Germans do it. That’s social networking. ComScore (NSDQ: SCOR) data for July has given an insight in to… Read more »
Merrill Lynch Conference: Levinsohn Touts MySpace As Facebook Rises; Google Contract Will Be Signed
By David Kaplan
During the Q&A portion of his presentation at Merrill Lynch’s Media & Entertainment conference in Marina Del Rey, CA, Peter Levinsohn, presi… Read more »
Facebook Creates $10 Million Fund To Developers To Create Apps
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Facebook has launched FB Fund, a $10 million fund from Founders Fund and Accel Partners that will help fund developers and startups apps tha… Read more »
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Ad Industry Roundup: Facebook; Ad-Blocking; Yahoo; blinkx; comScore;
By David Kaplan
– Facebook Flyer Ads Shift To CPC Ad Model: Facebook Flyers, the social net’s self-service targeted ad solution, has not scored very high i… Read more »
iLike and MySpace In Battle of the Bands
By Joseph Weisenthal
Monday, we published paidContent:UK Editor Robert Andrews’ interview with MySpace SVP Jamie Kantrowitz about rising competition from Faceboo… Read more »
Chernin: News Corp. Won't Sever Ties With Apple Buts Wants To Talk About Pricing
By David Kaplan
News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) isn’t inclined to follow JV partner NBCU’s (NYSE: GE) lead when it comes to serving a non-renewal notice for video do… Read more »
Facebook Raising Warchest For Acquisitions
By Rafat Ali
So reports Kara, citing sources: Facebook is raising its second institutional round, as an expected-to-be high valuation…the money raised… Read more »
Facebook: 'We Could Be World's Biggest Site'; Considers Sensitive Ads
Facebook has picked the location for its forthcoming London office – it’s Soho Square – and, following a year in which the ex US college net… Read more »
Interview: Jamie Kantrowitz, SVP Marketing & Content, Europe, MySpace: 'Facebook Won't Kill Us'
For months, MySpace has played down the phenomenal growth of rival Facebook. The former university network this summer posted annual UK grow… Read more »
As Classmates Readies IPO, Investors Speculate On Which Social Net Will Be Next
By David Kaplan
If deemed successful by Wall St. standards, Classmates.com’s planned $125 million IPO could serve as a bellwether for other social nets, ush… Read more »
Going Orgasmic Over Facebook's Targeted Ad Plans
By Rafat Ali
WSJ goes orgasmic over some plans from Facebook to add targeted advertising on its site inside users’ profile pages. The gist of it: display… Read more »
Facebook Genealogy App Company iFamily Gets Funding
By Rafat Ali
iFamily, a Facebook application developer and app company, based in NYC, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from CountryRoad Capi… Read more »
UPDATED: TripAdvisor Denies Buying Facebook App
By Rafat Ali
Updated: Well, Expedia/TripAdvisor denied this report…at least they say the report is untrue. We’ll take their word for it, for now.
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Facebook Does The Management Shuffle; Van Natta No Longer COO
Kara Swisher has the blow-by-blow on some intricate changes in the Facebook management structure. Seems Own Van Natta is no longer COO but h… Read more »
MySpace’s Original Content Push: Foil Against Facebook?
By Rafat Ali
Read the post below first for the context, and then this: one thing that seems to be happening is that MySpace is now going full steam ahead… Read more »
What Can Myspace Do In Face of Facebook?
By Rafat Ali
Everyone and their mother-in-law now has advice for MySpace on what it should do in the face of rise of Facebook..Bear Stearns analysts Spen… Read more »
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