Recommendations from Facebook friends and Foursquare users are the backbone behind Raved, a discovery application for Apple iOS devices from Apptera.
Discovery App Raved Taps Facebook, Foursquare Friends For Recommendations
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Mediabistro Event
We're kicking off our upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here.
Build a Social Business with the Digital Producer at Anderson Cooper 360°
We're kicking off our upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here. Facebook Happy With Results Of Ceglia Hearing
The momentum swung back in Facebook’s favor in Paul Ceglia’s suit against the social network and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg in a hearing today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
Ceglia's Team Dismisses Facebook's Dismissal Request
The legal team for Paul Ceglia fired back at Facebook’s request to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit claiming that their client owns one-half of the social network, stating, among other things, that the plaintiffs were not given comparable time for discovery.
Discovery's Facebook Strategist Tells All
The vice president of social media at Discovery Communications explains how the network manages 70 different Facebook pages.
Discovery Launches New Facebook-Powered "The Colony" Campaign
Discovery Channel has launched a new campaign to promote the upcoming season of “The Colony” which will recreate what it would be like to live during a global pandemic. To promote the show, the company has created a promotion which utilizes Facebook Connect to create a custom news feed which mimics what your Facebook newsfeed would look like during a global pandemic. The campaign appears to be more educational than entertaining, but definitely clever.
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Worio Gets Search Discovery From Your Facebook News Feed
Worio, the discovery-based search engine, is integrating with Facebook in order to leverage your Facebook activity to help you find information about the topics of interest to you. By looking at the information on your Facebook profile and the activity of your news feed, Worio can provide recommendations for information you may like. The interesting part of this recommendation system is that Worio is able to take advantage of your friends’ data coming through the news feed in order to generate more search discovery tools.
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