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Foursquare Day Sets Record With 3M+ Checkins
This year’s Foursquare Day festivities drew an impressive crowd of users on Saturday (4/16); together, their checkins exceeded 3 million in number during that 24-hour period.
The number of checkins on Saturday set a new record for Foursquare, which only reached the milestone 100 million total checkins ...
Facebook Acquires Snaptu to Bring Social Networking to Feature Phones
Facebook has acquired Israeli startup Snaptu, a creator of simple mobile applications for feature phones, for an estimated $70 million.
Snaptu’s technology is designed to bring web service such as Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn to almost any phone through a series of applications it has designed. ...
Angry Birds Game Coming to Facebook
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed says the immensely popular Angry Birds game is coming to Facebook next month with “completely new aspects to it that just haven’t been experienced in any other platform.”
According to All Facebook, Hed used the word “collaborative” to describe aspects of the game, adding ...
Facebook in Real Life: Startup Finds the Art & the Ego in Social Interactions
Name: Social Printshop
Quick Pitch: Social Printshop is an early-stage startup working to significantly alter the web’s relationship with the physical realm. Its first product, the Facebook Friend Poster, is the equivalent of a real-life Facebook Wall.
Genius Idea: Capitalizing on social interactions
Benjamin ...
Facebook Responds to FTC Privacy Investigation
Facebook says it agrees with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s findings that a privacy framework must be “dynamic.” In the social networking site’s official response to the FTC’s report into its privacy policies, which surfaced Thursday, Facebook says it can “create a framework that is ...
Justin Bieber, MTV & Facebook Take On Cyberbullying
Justin Bieber has teamed up with MTV and Facebook to take a stand against cyberbullying.
The teen star called for young people to post an action to MTV’s Draw Your Line, a virtual map and support forum that tracks efforts to stop digital abuse. To spur participation, Bieber is offering a chance to ...
Social Networking Americans’ Valentine’s Day Plans
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and lovers from coast to coast are getting ready. Here’s an infographic built using data from 400 Facebook and MySpace users that might give you insight into love in America, circa 2011.
It’s a good thing we posted this infographic today, because 36% ...
Facebook Launches Pages Redesign
Facebook has begun rolling out a full redesign of Facebook Pages. The changes will make the Pages look and operate more like user profiles.
The new Pages redesign was first seen in December, when Facebook accidentally launched it and quickly took it down. The update not only removed tabs, but it gave ...
HOW TO: Customize the New Facebook Profile
ust when you thought you had mastered your Facebook account, the company redesigned profile layouts, giving you a lot to think about in terms of what you want to showcase and share with others.
If you’re wondering how to make the most of these changes — and how to modify sections to have a little ...
Get Travel Tips From Facebook Friends on TripAdvisor
Facebook has teamed up with travel website TripAdvisor to let users get advice and reviews from friends when planning trips. Once a user is logged into Facebook, the TripAdvisor site shows a list of Facebook friends, along with the places they’ve visited.
TripAdvisor’s new Facebook integration makes ...