Convenience Store Decisions
The research constitutes a social media marketing breakthrough because it establishes the accountability link long sought by brands that have showered dollars on social media outlets while attempting to prove the return on investment to C-suite skeptics.
Citi Analyst Fired After Facebook Disclosure
Wall Street Journal
Massachusetts' securities regulator fined Citigroup Inc. $2 million for failing to supervise technology analyst Mark Mahaney and an unnamed junior research analyst who improperly disclosed confidential information about Facebook Inc.'s initial public ...
Wall Street Journal
Paul Ceglia, who sued Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for half the company ...
CBS News
A New York entrepreneur suing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a 50 percent ownership stake in the social media giant was arrested Friday on charges that he falsified records and destroyed evidence in a multibillion scheme to defraud both Facebook ...
Residents say accused killer of Autumn Pasquale attended vigil, 'liked ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Later on, they said, the 15-year-old apparently "liked" a Facebook page dedicated to the rescue effort. And just hours before Autumn's body was found late Monday, Robinson apparently posted a single name on the Facebook wall of the girl's older brother.
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Facebook profile of cop Gilberto Valle showed he stewed over Nassau officer's ...
New York Daily News
A glance at the Facebook profile of twisted cop Gilberto Valle reveals a man fed up with the criminal justice system and eager to leave the NYPD. But there was no hint of his alleged Hannibal Lecter plot to kidnap, cook and eat women. Valle's most ...
New York Daily News
Facebook Leaves the Privacy Barn Door Open to App Developers
Search Engine Journal
Yesterday afternoon, Miranda Miller of Search Engine Watch broke the news about how some Facebook app developers are exploiting the private information of social media users. In her article, she relates the story of Bogomil Shopov an internet marketer ...
Facebook's Oldest Users Jostle for Title
ABC News (blog)
The website he created as a social network for college students is now the site of a brewing battle between two centenarians over who can lay claim to being the oldest among Facebook's more than 1 billion monthly users. Logged on in one corner is ...
ABC News (blog)
Will Facebook Employees Line Up To Cash Out?
CNBC.com (blog)
Those shares are part of a larger block of more than 1 billion shares being “unlocked” by Facebook in the coming weeks and available for sale on the public market. For a company whose public trading float stands at roughly 630 million shares, according ...
CNBC.com (blog)
Twitter Impersonator Targets Child Actor
ABC News
He would frequently post photos of himself, sharing publicity shots with his 100 followers, but also more intimate photos friends and family members had taken and first posted on their own Facebook pages. Over time, however, some of the tweets became...
ABC News
How Twitter may have tipped the election for Romney
Fox News
Instead, their eyes were perpetually glued to their iPads, Blackberrys and iPhones reading what other people were saying about the debate in Twitter Feeds and Facebook posts. That instantaneous scoring distorted the reality of the debates for the ...
Twitter Launches “90% Accurate” Gender Targeting For Advertisers
WebProNews
Twitter does not have the kinds of targeting capabilities Facebook has when it comes to advertising. Twitter simply does not know as much about its users as Facebook does. It's not really the way Twitter operates. However, as the company works to ...
Facebook, Twitter Help Teens Develop, Says Study [VIDEO]
By Joann Pan
A recent study shows teen interactions on social media networks are growing more intimate, personal and affecting youth development.
Mashable » Social Media
Facebook Praises Zynga
By Alex Wilhelm
Alex Wilhelm is a San Francisco-based writer. You can find Alex on Twitter, and on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb.com. http://twitter.com/NibodhaTechnolo Nibodha Technologies. Sad to see the Zynga story, we ...
The Next Web
Citi Analyst Terminated After Facebook Disclosure - Matthias Rieker ...
By Matthias Rieker and Liz Moyer
Massachusetts' securities regulator fined Citigroup Inc. $2 million for failing to supervise technology analyst Mark Mahaney and an unnamed junior research analyst who improperly disclosed confidential information about Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering and unpublished revenue estimates for Google Inc.'s YouTube. ... How a Videogame God Inspired a Twitter Doppelgänger — And Resurrected His Career. Jason Tanz, Editor, Wired Magazine. Alexander Taub ...
AllThingsD
Facebook works on game quality, social to keep users from calling it ...
By Eliza Kern
For Facebook, the name of the game is getting more social gaming hits, using word of mouth and the new App Center to recommend games to friends that will turn users to players to payers, as company executives said Thursday to reporters ...
GigaOM
Bulgarian Blogger Purchases 1.1 Million Facebook Names, URLs ...
By Liz Klimas
I'm an author, so in addition to my personal page I have an author page–because I “have” to, even though I prefer Twitter. My name, my email where I can be contacted, and my facebook URL are already things you can find because I put it out ...
TheBlaze.com - Stories
Prosecutor's new filing: Zimmerman defense using social media for 'spin'
Orlando Sentinel
In support of his latest request for a gag order, the lead prosecutor in the George Zimmerman murder case filed paperwork today attacking a wide array of public statements made by the defense via traditional and social media. Prosecutor Bernie de la ...
Consumers Demand Service Through Social Media
Destination CRM
According to a new study from NM Incite, a social media consumer insights provider and joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey, nearly half (47 percent) of U.S. social media users today actively seek customer service through social media. NM Incite ...
Panda's Game 1 fireworks light up social media
MLB.com
Pablo Sandoval's historic performance in Game 1 of the World Series had fans across the world buzzing on social media, as San Francisco's 8-3 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night generated the second-most social media comments in postseason ...
Social media in election: Michelle Obama and Ann Romney tweet it out
VOXXI
Social media these days allows notable personalities to connect directly with the public. In an election year, the power of social media is even more notable, and this year, campaigns for public office have tried to harness that power and influence to ...
Pinterest breaks through to the top 50 websites
Examiner.com
Pinterest attracted approximately 25.3 million visitors for the month alone and continued its surge in the social media sphere. In comparison to other larger and older websites the numbers were dwarfed, yet the accomplishment signals a growing interest...
Examiner.com
Why Your Company's Social Media Policy May Be Illegal Part II – But Employees ...
Long Island Business News
The value of a good social media policy for a company cannot be overstated. For months now, case after case has shown that issues can arise where a company does not have social mediaguidelines or policies. One such issue is who owns social media ...
Bolivia weighs regulating social media
CNN
The vice president's comments have drawn sharp criticism from some free speech advocates. But lawmakers from Morales' Movement for Socialism party say they hope to push a proposed law regulating social media through the country's Congress. More on ...
How Social Media Is Introducing NBA Fans to a Budding Star
By Sam Laird
Damian Lillard wasn't a highly touted high school player and he didn't attend a powerhouse college program like Duke or Kentucky. But the kid. Can. Ball.
Mashable!
Social Media: the Open Door to Brand Loyalty | Social Media Today
By caitlinz10
When it comes to business success, customer loyalty is everything. Every company out there dreams of having dedicated clients who also share positive reviews with other potential consumers. Luckily, social media provides the perfect ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
How do companies cope with social media criticism? | SmartPlanet
By Charlie Osborne
Nestle's digital team is part of a growing trend taking place in businesses worldwide — monitoringsocial media for brand damage control.
All Content on SmartPlanet
NJ Senate Approves Bills On Social Media, Employers « CBS New ...
By skschust
The State Senate passed two bills that would make it illegal for employers or colleges to demand passwords from applicants or students.
CBS New York
With Social Media, Honesty Is Always the Best Policy | Social Media ...
By steve olenski
While brand managers and brand marketers don't necessarily need to dress like Abraham Lincoln - although the stovepipe hat may come back in fashion at some point - they would be wise to adhere to one of his most famous sayings: ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
Google+ Hangouts Make Their Way To The Space Station
Social News Daily
Google+ Hangouts have gone above and beyond their original intention and this time have made their way to the International Space Station. Hangouts are a group video chat up to 10 people and Hangouts On Air are a group video chat that's live streamed ...
10 in 10: Google Plus | Google and Your Business
By Jacinth Sohi
Editor's note: For the 10th month of the year, we'll be sharing 10 tips each week for using a different Google product. Our final post features 10 ways your business can get the most out of usingGoogle+. Previously we've featured tips on Gmail, ...
Google and Your Business
Pinterest lets select 'top-level' domains verify their accounts
CNET (blog)
Pinterest is now letting users announce to the world they're legit. The social network announced today that it is launching a new feature for users to "verify" that they own the Web site posted on their Pinterest profile. The pinning site is joining ...
Facebook Took About Two Weeks To Change Its Mind About Killing Pinterest
Business Insider
Collections, a feature which let Facebook users place items that interested them in visual lists, similar to a service provided by Pinterest, has temporarily shut down, Josh Constine reports at TechCrunch. A small number of businesses got to add ...
Business Insider
Pinterest for Dudes
TIME
Over the past year a handful of sites have come up with a manly twist on Pinterest. Instead of ogling pretty table settings and wedding photos, visitors to such sites as Dudepins, Dartitup, Gentlemint and Manteresting see montages of gadgets, fast cars...
TIME
Pinbooster Launches Its Pay-To-Pin Ad Platform For Pinterest
TechCrunch
This week, Pinterest cracked the top 50 most trafficked websites in the U.S. with its now 25.3 million stateside visitors, but the social photo-sharing site has yet to determine how it will monetize all those pins. However, that hasn't stopped other ...
Burda Raises Stake and Bids for Rest of Xing, 'LinkedIn of Germany'
CIO
IDG News Service — German publisher Burda Digital has increased its stake in professional social network Xing to 38.89 percent, triggering a disclosure requirement and a mandatory offer to minority stakeholders. Burda is offering A!44 per share ...
Spruce Up Your Halloween 2012 Celebrations With Pinterest
Patch.com
Whether you're scraping for a last-minute Halloween costume, or simply want to spruce up your annual gathering, Pinterest is a great resource. The majority of the site's images link back to an original source for handy tips or online ordering. Find ...
Leading Investment Service Previews Earnings for LinkedIn, OpenTable, Yelp ...
Sacramento Bee
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 26, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Bull Market Report ("BMR") (http://www.bullmarket.com), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with earnings previews of ...
Startup Spotlight: CanWeNetwork app finds LinkedIn connections for you
Upstart (blog)
by Chris Calnan, Upstart Business Journal October 26, 2012 | 8:01am EDT. An Austin, Texas-based company has launched a matchmaking tool that uses LinkedIn's (NYSE: LNKD) database to introduce like-minded businesspeople to each other. Officials at ...
Update: Facebook Plans To Build Out Pinterest-Style Collections ...
By Josh Constine
Very Pinteresting, in fact. Last night I asked Facebook why its Collections feature had disappeared, and it confirmed "the test is now complete". Bu..
TechCrunch
Orlando Sentinel
In support of his latest request for a gag order, the lead prosecutor in the George Zimmerman murder case filed paperwork today attacking a wide array of public statements made by the defense via traditional and social media. Prosecutor Bernie de la ...
Consumers Demand Service Through Social Media
Destination CRM
According to a new study from NM Incite, a social media consumer insights provider and joint venture between Nielsen and McKinsey, nearly half (47 percent) of U.S. social media users today actively seek customer service through social media. NM Incite ...
Panda's Game 1 fireworks light up social media
MLB.com
Pablo Sandoval's historic performance in Game 1 of the World Series had fans across the world buzzing on social media, as San Francisco's 8-3 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night generated the second-most social media comments in postseason ...
Social media in election: Michelle Obama and Ann Romney tweet it out
VOXXI
Social media these days allows notable personalities to connect directly with the public. In an election year, the power of social media is even more notable, and this year, campaigns for public office have tried to harness that power and influence to ...
Pinterest breaks through to the top 50 websites
Examiner.com
Pinterest attracted approximately 25.3 million visitors for the month alone and continued its surge in the social media sphere. In comparison to other larger and older websites the numbers were dwarfed, yet the accomplishment signals a growing interest...
Examiner.com
Why Your Company's Social Media Policy May Be Illegal Part II – But Employees ...
Long Island Business News
The value of a good social media policy for a company cannot be overstated. For months now, case after case has shown that issues can arise where a company does not have social mediaguidelines or policies. One such issue is who owns social media ...
Bolivia weighs regulating social media
CNN
The vice president's comments have drawn sharp criticism from some free speech advocates. But lawmakers from Morales' Movement for Socialism party say they hope to push a proposed law regulating social media through the country's Congress. More on ...
How Social Media Is Introducing NBA Fans to a Budding Star
By Sam Laird
Damian Lillard wasn't a highly touted high school player and he didn't attend a powerhouse college program like Duke or Kentucky. But the kid. Can. Ball.
Mashable!
Social Media: the Open Door to Brand Loyalty | Social Media Today
By caitlinz10
When it comes to business success, customer loyalty is everything. Every company out there dreams of having dedicated clients who also share positive reviews with other potential consumers. Luckily, social media provides the perfect ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
How do companies cope with social media criticism? | SmartPlanet
By Charlie Osborne
Nestle's digital team is part of a growing trend taking place in businesses worldwide — monitoringsocial media for brand damage control.
All Content on SmartPlanet
NJ Senate Approves Bills On Social Media, Employers « CBS New ...
By skschust
The State Senate passed two bills that would make it illegal for employers or colleges to demand passwords from applicants or students.
CBS New York
With Social Media, Honesty Is Always the Best Policy | Social Media ...
By steve olenski
While brand managers and brand marketers don't necessarily need to dress like Abraham Lincoln - although the stovepipe hat may come back in fashion at some point - they would be wise to adhere to one of his most famous sayings: ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
Social News Daily
Google+ Hangouts have gone above and beyond their original intention and this time have made their way to the International Space Station. Hangouts are a group video chat up to 10 people and Hangouts On Air are a group video chat that's live streamed ...
10 in 10: Google Plus | Google and Your Business
By Jacinth Sohi
Editor's note: For the 10th month of the year, we'll be sharing 10 tips each week for using a different Google product. Our final post features 10 ways your business can get the most out of usingGoogle+. Previously we've featured tips on Gmail, ...
Google and Your Business
Pinterest lets select 'top-level' domains verify their accounts
CNET (blog)
Pinterest is now letting users announce to the world they're legit. The social network announced today that it is launching a new feature for users to "verify" that they own the Web site posted on their Pinterest profile. The pinning site is joining ...
Facebook Took About Two Weeks To Change Its Mind About Killing Pinterest
Business Insider
Collections, a feature which let Facebook users place items that interested them in visual lists, similar to a service provided by Pinterest, has temporarily shut down, Josh Constine reports at TechCrunch. A small number of businesses got to add ...
Business Insider
Pinterest for Dudes
TIME
Over the past year a handful of sites have come up with a manly twist on Pinterest. Instead of ogling pretty table settings and wedding photos, visitors to such sites as Dudepins, Dartitup, Gentlemint and Manteresting see montages of gadgets, fast cars...
TIME
Pinbooster Launches Its Pay-To-Pin Ad Platform For Pinterest
TechCrunch
This week, Pinterest cracked the top 50 most trafficked websites in the U.S. with its now 25.3 million stateside visitors, but the social photo-sharing site has yet to determine how it will monetize all those pins. However, that hasn't stopped other ...
Burda Raises Stake and Bids for Rest of Xing, 'LinkedIn of Germany'
CIO
IDG News Service — German publisher Burda Digital has increased its stake in professional social network Xing to 38.89 percent, triggering a disclosure requirement and a mandatory offer to minority stakeholders. Burda is offering A!44 per share ...
Spruce Up Your Halloween 2012 Celebrations With Pinterest
Patch.com
Whether you're scraping for a last-minute Halloween costume, or simply want to spruce up your annual gathering, Pinterest is a great resource. The majority of the site's images link back to an original source for handy tips or online ordering. Find ...
Leading Investment Service Previews Earnings for LinkedIn, OpenTable, Yelp ...
Sacramento Bee
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 26, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Bull Market Report ("BMR") (http://www.bullmarket.com), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, has provided subscribers with earnings previews of ...
Startup Spotlight: CanWeNetwork app finds LinkedIn connections for you
Upstart (blog)
by Chris Calnan, Upstart Business Journal October 26, 2012 | 8:01am EDT. An Austin, Texas-based company has launched a matchmaking tool that uses LinkedIn's (NYSE: LNKD) database to introduce like-minded businesspeople to each other. Officials at ...
Update: Facebook Plans To Build Out Pinterest-Style Collections ...
By Josh Constine
Very Pinteresting, in fact. Last night I asked Facebook why its Collections feature had disappeared, and it confirmed "the test is now complete". Bu..
TechCrunch
Pinterest announces website verification, much like Twitter and ...
By Emil Protalinski
Pinterest today announced it is launching website verification, which, as its name implies, lets you verify that you own the website listed on your Pinterest profile. The company says it is rolling out the features on the Web version of its site this ...
The Next Web
Pinterest Launches Website Verification | WebProNews
By Chris Crum
Pinterest announced that it is launching website verification, in order to let users verify when they are the owner of the site associated with their Pinterest profile. As Pinterest becomes a bigger player in ecommerce, this feature is going to be all ...
Top News - WebProNews
Pinterest Adds Website Verification to Profile Pages
By Samantha Murphy
Pinterest is rolling out a feature called website verification to profile pages, making it easier for users to find out more about who they are following.
Mashable » Social Media
Pinterest Hits Top 50 US Websites With 25.3 Million Visitors ...
By Rollin Bishop
Pinterest is quickly showing every other social media platform how it's done. comScore, an Internet analytics company, noted back in February that Pinterest was the fastest independent site to hit 10 million monthly unique visitors they'd ever measured.
Geekosystem
