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Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesStudy: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance
Los Angeles Times
By Deborah Netburn Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Facebook can be used to predict academic success, job performanceZDNet (blog)
Your Facebook Profile Can Predict Job Performance, Study SaysPC Magazine
Could Your Facebook Profile Predict Job Performance?Wall Street Journal (blog)
TIME -GMA News
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 8:55 pm
Apple Mimics Facebook With High Desert Data Center – Wired News
Apple Mimics Facebook With High Desert Data Center
Wired News
By Cade Metz Apple has confirmed that it will build a data center in Prineville, Oregon — next door to the massive computing facility Facebook opened last year — and according to the Prineville city engineer, Apple is planning to build a facility …
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 7:59 pm
Google Seen Poised To Overtake Facebook In Display Ads – Wall Street Journal
AdAge.comGoogle Seen Poised To Overtake Facebook In Display Ads
Wall Street Journal
By John Letzing Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Google Inc.'s (GOOG) display-advertising business is growing faster than anticipated and is on track to surpass that of Facebook next year, according to research published Wednesday.
Google Poised to Overtake Facebook in US Display Ads Next YearBusinessWeek
Facebook to Lose Display-Ad Lead in 2013–to Google?Forbes
Google to pass Facebook in US display ad revenue, report saysLos Angeles Times
Fox Business
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 7:38 pm
Facebook says Paul Ceglia concealed ‘Get Zuck’ email account – Los Angeles Times
Facebook says Paul Ceglia concealed 'Get Zuck' email account
Los Angeles Times
By Jessica Guynn More fireworks, this time set off by Facebook in the case of the New York man who would own Facebook. Last week Facebook prevailed in getting a judge to get Paul Ceglia to pay Facebook $75766 in legal bills.
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 6:03 pm
Facebook, China Have Too Much in Common (Correct): William Pesek – San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook, China Have Too Much in Common (Correct): William Pesek
San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook Inc.'s founder will soon have to "like" China, where his website is banned. A post-initial-public-offering Facebook will have shareholders demanding that it tap China's 1.3 billion people, and now. Such is life when your business model is …
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 5:42 pm
Animal Rights Activists Charged in Murder Fur Hire Plot – ABC News
Daily MailAnimal Rights Activists Charged in Murder Fur Hire Plot
ABC News
"I would like to create an online community on Facebook which would allow me to find someone who is willing to kill someone who is wearing fur toward the end of October 2011 or early November 2011 or possibly in January 2012 or February 2012 at the …
Animal rights activist 'set up Facebook account to appeal for hit man to kill …Daily Mail
Woman tries to hire hit man to kill fur-wearer: FBIReuters
Animal-welfare activist tried to hire someone to kill fur-wearer: PoliceToronto Star
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 5:06 pm
Facebook: 2X Google’s Page Views, 1/10th the Revenue – Huffington Post
ForbesFacebook: 2X Google's Page Views, 1/10th the Revenue
Huffington Post
Facebook users spend 56 percent more time online than Google, viewing twice as many pages. So why is the Facebook revenue 1/10th of Google's, at $3.7 billion and $37.9 billion, respectively? Is the Facebook IPO worth $100 billion?
Is There Any Upside Left For Facebook?Forbes
Chuck Jaffe: It doesn't matter if your funds own FacebookThe Seattle Times
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:48 pm
Gamestop to J.C. Penney Shut Facebook Stores: Retail – San Francisco Chronicle
ForbesGamestop to J.C. Penney Shut Facebook Stores: Retail
San Francisco Chronicle
17 (Bloomberg) — Last April, Gamestop Corp. opened a store on Facebook to generate sales among the 3.5 million-plus customers who'd declared themselves "fans" of the video game retailer. Six months later, the store was quietly shuttered.
Why Pinterest Trumps Facebook at Social Commerce, For NowForbes
Facebook storefonts fail, but f-commerce isn'ta failureZDNet (blog)
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:15 pm
Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losers – CNET
Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losers
CNET
The reality, however, is that it hates Facebook. Apple's distaste for Facebook became apparent with last week's preview release to developers of Mountain Lion, the newest version of Apple's OS for computers. The OS includes a slew of new apps (Game …
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 12:18 pm
Self portrait, mixed (social) media – Philadelphia Inquirer
ZDNet (blog)Self portrait, mixed (social) media
Philadelphia Inquirer
How important is it to separate the Facebook you from the LinkedIn you? It depends. By Catherine Laughlin Ryan Derfler models , left, and works for the Mural Arts Program, but doesn't mind blending the interests online. By day, director of business …
Facebook is for Brands, Twitter is for News, LinkedIn is for High-TechSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)
How To Get From CRM To SocialInformationWeek
Facebook stores fail f-commerce goals by selling not socialisingZDNet (blog)
PCWorld -MarketWatch (press release) -The Guardian
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 8:05 am
Facebook – Yahoo! News Search Results
Facebook profiles predict job success
If you think just keeping your Facebook page free of drunken photos will help you land a job, think again. Facebook facts that make you look worldly and popular may say more about you to a hiring manager than anything else.
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 8:27 pm
Ulla Popken Launches Facebook Store Powered by MarketLive
PETALUMA, CA– – MarketLive, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class eCommerce technology and services, today announced that plus-size women's apparel cataloger, Ulla Popken, has launched a new …
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 7:43 pm
How Facebook Outsources Its Nudity Patrol Without Exposing Your Identity
Facebook would like to be the Disneyland of the Internet — a happy place to go to have fun with your friends that's safe, shiny and clean (more on that later). Thus there are rules: No nudity or pornography, no bullying, no hating, no violence… Facebook asks users to flag any images that violate those rules, and the site gets "millions of reports" from users every day, says a spokesperson …
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 6:51 pm
Facebook to Lose Display-Ad Lead in 2013–to Google?
Just when it looked like Facebook was set to run away with the rest of the online advertising business that Google hasn't already stolen, now comes a new forecast that essentially cements that impression. Contrary to expectations, however, Facebook may not lead the race for long.
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 5:45 pm
Google Is Poised to Overtake Facebook in U.S. Display Advertising by 2013
Facebook Inc. (FB) will lose its lead to Google Inc. (GOOG) in U.S. display-ad revenue next year as the social- networking service’s advertising growth slows, according to research firm EMarketer Inc.
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 5:23 pm
Facebook Filling Up Timeline App Bandwagon
Facebook recently announced the addition of 12 more apps to Facebook Timeline, including the likes of The Daily Show, Huffington Post, Mashable and MSNBC.com.
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 2:12 pm
Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losers
When big companies fight, it's rarely the big companies themselves that take the biggest hit. Originally posted at The Social Analyst
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 12:44 pm
Facebook to Launch New Premium Ads Next Week: Report
Facebook has made no secret of its plans to amp up its advertising offerings this year. According to "leaked" documents on GigaOm and posted on Scribd by Peter Corbett of ad agency iStrategyLabs, the No. 1 social network will introduce at a previously scheduled Feb. 29 event for marketers in New York new premium ad products to provide brands more ways to advertise to more of Facebook's 800 …
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 6:05 am
Why are Brands Shutting Their Facebook Stores?
Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last year.
Posted on 21 February 2012 | 11:22 pm
Facebook adds interactive image-tagging technology: A tool for convenience or annoyance?
With Facebook making new updates with or without our requests and Timeline looming over those who are waiting till the last second before the switch is mandated to their profiles, the social network giant is adding another technology to help confuse users even more. With its partnership to Finnish startup ThingLink, ThingLink Tabs for Facebook will allow users to create a page with interactive …
Posted on 21 February 2012 | 3:54 pm
