CNET - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Facebook Reportedly Pulls Support Of Cybersecurity Bill CISPA Facebook is no longer a fan of a controversial bill that would drastically change cybersecurity. According to CNET, the social network pulled its support of H.R. 624, better known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Opponents of the bill, which would give online entities the option to share data with the U.S. government, claim that it would destroy online privacy.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-pulls-support-cispa_b112980#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-pulls-support-cispa_b112980 http://allfacebook.com/?p=112980 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:06:33 +0000 HOAXES: Liking Facebook Pages Will Not Yield Ipad Minis, Beats Electronics Headphones, GHD Hair Straighteners OK, folks, let’s try this again: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Now, keeping that in mind, will liking a Facebook page result in a free iPad Mini, a free pair of high-end headphones from Beats Electronics, or a free hair straightener from GHD?

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/hoaxes-ipad-minis-beats-electronics-ghd_b112590#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/hoaxes-ipad-minis-beats-electronics-ghd_b112590 http://allfacebook.com/?p=112590 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:31:03 +0000 Facebook Testing $4 Discounts On Gifts Facebook’s latest attempt to promote its gifts feature involves a test of discounts of as high as 80 percent.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/discounts-on-gifts_b111801#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/discounts-on-gifts_b111801 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111801 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:48:45 +0000 Through Chirpify, Tim McGraw’s Facebook Fans Bought Albums By Commenting Facebook has been trying to give users options for social commerce, such as proposing a “want” feature. Chirpify took it one step further. The social commerce platform recently teamed up with country singer Tim McGraw for an interesting promotion. Facebook users who already have Chirpify accounts were able to purchase McGraw’s newest album simply by commenting, “buy.”

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/tim-mcgraw-chirpify-facebook_b111769#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/tim-mcgraw-chirpify-facebook_b111769 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111769 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:02:25 +0000 A Deeper Look At Facebook’s Graph Search Not long after Facebook announced graph search, many people were mystified as to what the product was and how it could be used. Facebook invited a few journalists behind the curtain Thursday to discover just what makes graph search tick. The answer, naturally, is Unicorn.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/a-deeper-look-at-facebooks-graph-search_b111394#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/a-deeper-look-at-facebooks-graph-search_b111394 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111394 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:56:35 +0000 Instagram Users Blocked Over The Weekend The privacy policy changes Instagram put into effect Saturday apparently claimed a few victims, as CNET reported that several users of the Facebook-owned photo-sharing application complained of being locked out of their accounts over the weekend.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/instagram-users-blocked_b109096#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/instagram-users-blocked_b109096 http://allfacebook.com/?p=109096 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:39:52 +0000 Imagining The Possibilities Of Facebook’s External Ad Network Facebook has been sitting on a gold mine: users’ information. Up until now, the company has used this to target ads within the site. But now, Facebook could soon launch an external ad network, using data from within the social network. For instance, information from your interests and likes could be used to create targeted ads on websites away from Facebook. It’s not yet known exactly what this could look like, but Emergence Capital General Partner Kevin Spain talked with AllFacebook about how it would change online advertising.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-external-ad-network-kevin-spain_b105751#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-external-ad-network-kevin-spain_b105751 http://allfacebook.com/?p=105751 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:39:45 +0000 Facebook’s Partnership With Datalogix Brings Privacy Concerns Facebook has compiled myriad data about what users are doing on the site. What about when they go to another corner of the Web? The company has partnered with Datalogix in an effort to see if people who see ads on the social network end up actually buying the products. There’s already a movement for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the deal.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-datalogix_b100563#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-datalogix_b100563 http://allfacebook.com/?p=100563 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:21:49 +0000 How Badly Did The Second Quarter Report Hurt Mark Zuckerberg’s Wallet? News of Facebook’s second quarter report didn’t just hurt the company’s stock, it left a bit of a dent in Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wallet. CNET reported today that since the market closed on Wednesday, Zuckerberg is down nearly $3 billion.

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