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NextGuide’s new website turns your friends’ Facebook likes into your TV guide – GigaOM


NextGuide's new website turns your friends' Facebook likes into your TV guide
GigaOM
But the app also feels a lot more social, thanks to its Facebook integration: Users can easily browse the movies and TV shows any of their Facebook friends have liked on the social network, no matter whether these contacts are using NextGuide or not.

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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 4:01 pm

FIR against Facebook for not discontinuing ‘hate’ page – Times of India


Times of India

FIR against Facebook for not discontinuing 'hate' page
Times of India
LUCKNOW: An FIR was registered on Monday against owners of social networking website Facebook for not removing an online community page created by some people who have been using it to "glorify" cow slaughter. IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and his
Facebook Inc abetting hatred among religions, claim social activists – PardaPhashParda Phash

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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 3:01 pm

Facebook, One Year Later: What Really Happened in the Biggest IPO Flop Ever – The Atlantic


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Facebook, One Year Later: What Really Happened in the Biggest IPO Flop Ever
The Atlantic
After Facebook's disastrous debut, the preferred clients of big banks walked away with huge profits. How? Public documents and interviews with dozens of investment bankers and research analysts reveal that the Street caught wind of something the public
Viewpoint: Facebook Should Be Paying UsTIME
Facebook Home not the big hit anticipatedColumbus Dispatch
How Facebook Makes Money through Mobile Advertising: A Brief Talk from Wall Street Journal (press release)
Mashable -All Things Digital -Siliconrepublic.com
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 2:33 pm

How Is a Facebook-Like Site Actually Created From Scratch? – Forbes


How Is a Facebook-Like Site Actually Created From Scratch?
Forbes
Facebook Facebook's front end is primarily delivered via PHP (using hundreds of custom libraries), running on something similar or equal to HipHop for PHP (HHVM), a PHP compiling system which rivals native C[++]'s ability to execute code quickly and

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 2:09 pm

Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army’s ‘Last’ Afghanistan Brigade – Wired


Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army's 'Last' Afghanistan Brigade
Wired
The latest robots and high-tech electronic warfare, silently watching over soldiers as they sleep. Rickety but vital helicopters whose pilots devise new tactics to make up for aging hardware. Hand-carried devices that promise to end age-old battlefield

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 10:32 am

How the World’s Other Big Tech IPOs Since Facebook Have Fared – Bloomberg


Bloomberg

How the World's Other Big Tech IPOs Since Facebook Have Fared
Bloomberg
Given Facebook's one-year anniversary as a public company last week, the Global Tech team sought to answer: Did the other tech IPOs from around the world during that time span perform as poorly? Despite raising a whopping $16 billion, Facebook hasn't

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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 10:11 am

Why Your Facebook Account Is More Secure Than Your Bank Account – DailyFinance


Why Your Facebook Account Is More Secure Than Your Bank Account
DailyFinance
"When we have better security for our Facebook and Gmail, maybe it's time for the banks to step up," says Chester Wisniewski, security researcher for Sophos. "Consumers are genuinely surprised that it's easier to log into your bank than it is your

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 9:00 am

Do not click! These are the Facebook hoaxes you need to avoid – Digital Trends


Digital Trends

Do not click! These are the Facebook hoaxes you need to avoid
Digital Trends
Now that Facebook has billions of users, it also has billions lots of spam and hoax posts making the rounds. Unfortunately, these posts can look like normal status updates, and one click can spam your entire social network and give a scam a viral life.
10% of Facebook pages are not devoted to humansInSerbia News

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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 8:49 am

Microsoft Updates Xbox as Apple to Facebook Gain in Games – Bloomberg


Microsoft Updates Xbox as Apple to Facebook Gain in Games
Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp (MSFT). is revamping the Xbox to fend off a breed of competitors ranging from Apple Inc (AAPL). to Facebook Inc. (FB) Those companies were nowhere in gaming when the software maker debuted its last version five years ago. Now these

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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 4:18 am

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
Boston Globe
rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market from. Nasdaq via Associated Press/File 2012. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market from Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., a year ago.
Facebook aiming to be ad giantAlbany Times Union
How Facebook Has Changed Since Going Public 1 Year Ago – MashableMashable
Facebook Inc (FB): Can The Stock Make A Comeback?ETF Daily News
The Trentonian -San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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Posted on 20 May 2013 | 4:17 am

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Facebook: 3 Graphs to Understand Year 1

Looking back in order to look forward.        

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 2:44 pm

Facebook, One Year Later: What Really Happened in the Biggest IPO Flop Ever

Reuters Uma Swaminathan tuned the television set in the living room of her ranch style home in the suburbs of East Brunswick, N.J. to CNBC. It was 9:00 a.m. on May 18, 2012, a day the retired schoolteacher …

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 1:43 pm

In Facebook We Trust: What Really Happened Behind the Biggest IPO Flop of Our Time

Reuters Uma Swaminathan tuned the television set in the living room of her ranch style home in the suburbs of East Brunswick, N.J. to CNBC. It was 9:00 a.m. on May 18, 2012, a day the retired schoolteacher …

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 1:43 pm

How Facebook Makes Money through Mobile Advertising: A Brief Talk from SooBest

NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Here is a brief talk on "How Facebook Makes Money through Mobile Advertising" from B2C SooBest, an online retailer with a wide range of products such as …

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 1:00 pm

How the World's Other Big Tech IPOs Since Facebook Have Fared

Given Facebook's one-year anniversary as a public company last week, the Global Tech team sought to answer: Did the other tech IPOs from around the world during that time span perform as poorly?

Posted on 20 May 2013 | 10:23 am

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 2:22 pm

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than …

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 1:21 pm

One Year After The IPO, Is Facebook Already Becoming A New Economy Dog?

A year ago yesterday  Facebook made its initial public offering, so a retrospective might be in order.  I was so skeptical of  the launch that  I offered readers two rather more conventional stocks which I suggested had better appreciation prospects.  I am pleased to say my assessments have been vindicated.

Posted on 19 May 2013 | 12:50 pm

Facebook IPO: a bittersweet one-year anniversary

One year after the disastrous Facebook IPO, the company is making strides in mobile ad revenue, but its stock price is still far below its original IPO price. Also this week: Consumer sentiment hits six-year high; retail sales rise unexpectedly; and the world has a new (old) richest person. 

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 8:12 pm

Fugitive to police on Facebook: Catch me if you can. They do

Taunting the police on Facebook has limited benefits — as one wanted man in the U.K. discovers when it takes police just 12 hours to catch up with him. They leave him a taunting message on Facebook in return. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Posted on 18 May 2013 | 6:42 pm