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Facebook Tops 1 Billion-User Mark
Facebook said it has topped one billion monthly active users, a milestone that raises growth questions anew for the social network and whether it can profit off its giant user base. Geoffrey Fowler reports on digits.
Video - Can Facebook Profit from its Giant User Base? - WSJ.com
Facebook said it has topped one billion monthly active users, a milestone that raises growth questions anew for the social network and whether it can profit off its giant user base. Geoffrey Fowler reports on digits.
Video - Can Facebook Profit from its Giant User Base? - WSJ.com
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Facebook selling user account access to advertisers
LONDON: Social networking giant Facebook is embroiled in a new privacy row after it emerged that the firm began selling access to users accounts to business companies in a bid to bolster its profits.
Facebook is allowing companies to trawl through its 900 million users looking for email addresses and phone numbers so it can better target adverts.
According to the Daily Mail, the new move will affect consumers who have handed over personal data when they buy something, which is the majority of people given the rise of Internet shopping
Retailers will then be allowed to compare their own databases with the information on Facebook.
According to the report, another disturbing element is that the adverts could appear on a user's computer even when they are not on Facebook.
Facebook, however, claimed that there are safeguards attached to the new measures.
The firm said that phone numbers and email addresses will be replaced by hash symbols so nobody actually knows who the person is, even if they can track their behaviour.
Public interest research groups such as the Electronic Privacy Information Centre and the Centre for Digital Democracy have reportedly asked watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, to investigate the arrangement.
"Facebook did not attempt to notify users of its decision to disclose user information," they said in ajoint letter.
"Neither Facebook's Data Use Policy nor its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities adequately explains the specific types of information Facebook discloses, the manner in which the disclosure occurs, or the identities of the third parties receiving the information," they added.
Facebook selling user account access to advertisers - The Times of India
LONDON: Social networking giant Facebook is embroiled in a new privacy row after it emerged that the firm began selling access to users accounts to business companies in a bid to bolster its profits.
Facebook is allowing companies to trawl through its 900 million users looking for email addresses and phone numbers so it can better target adverts.
According to the Daily Mail, the new move will affect consumers who have handed over personal data when they buy something, which is the majority of people given the rise of Internet shopping
Retailers will then be allowed to compare their own databases with the information on Facebook.
According to the report, another disturbing element is that the adverts could appear on a user's computer even when they are not on Facebook.
Facebook, however, claimed that there are safeguards attached to the new measures.
The firm said that phone numbers and email addresses will be replaced by hash symbols so nobody actually knows who the person is, even if they can track their behaviour.
Public interest research groups such as the Electronic Privacy Information Centre and the Centre for Digital Democracy have reportedly asked watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, to investigate the arrangement.
"Facebook did not attempt to notify users of its decision to disclose user information," they said in ajoint letter.
"Neither Facebook's Data Use Policy nor its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities adequately explains the specific types of information Facebook discloses, the manner in which the disclosure occurs, or the identities of the third parties receiving the information," they added.
Facebook selling user account access to advertisers - The Times of India
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Facebook testing 'Want' button..
People are going crazy over the announcement that Facebook, in a continued effort to woo advertisers since the IPO, announced that it's testing a "Want" button.
Although someone at Facebook was itching to clarify to us that it's not really a "want button" but rather an action on the Facebook platform — since "the feature does not extend off Facebook.com through the web the way social plugins (the Like button) do."
When blogger Tom Waddington found code for the "Want" button-like device (or whatever Facebook wants to call it) in OpenGraph, he showed us what the prototype would look like:
The shopping bag was very subtle.
But we now know what the real thing will look like, and it's a little different. Here's a sample of how testing partner Pottery Barn is using the feature:
The current test also allows users to "Collect" or "Like" a product. The "Like" still has a thumbs up, and the "Collect" also adopts the star.
Dare we say, though, that it reminds us a little of this:
What Facebook's 'Want' Button Will Look Like - Business Insider
Here's What Facebook's New 'Want' Button Will Look Like
People are going crazy over the announcement that Facebook, in a continued effort to woo advertisers since the IPO, announced that it's testing a "Want" button.
Although someone at Facebook was itching to clarify to us that it's not really a "want button" but rather an action on the Facebook platform — since "the feature does not extend off Facebook.com through the web the way social plugins (the Like button) do."
When blogger Tom Waddington found code for the "Want" button-like device (or whatever Facebook wants to call it) in OpenGraph, he showed us what the prototype would look like:
The shopping bag was very subtle.
But we now know what the real thing will look like, and it's a little different. Here's a sample of how testing partner Pottery Barn is using the feature:
The current test also allows users to "Collect" or "Like" a product. The "Like" still has a thumbs up, and the "Collect" also adopts the star.
Dare we say, though, that it reminds us a little of this:
What Facebook's 'Want' Button Will Look Like - Business Insider
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RE: Facebook testing 'Want' button..
Great update bro! I'm loving DDF!
Great update bro! I'm loving DDF!
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FB supports smileys in comments now
haha ! now you can post smileys in facebook comments , cool from fb
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haha ! now you can post smileys in facebook comments , cool from fb
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RE: FB supports smileys in comments now
I haven't tested yet. Nice update.
I haven't tested yet. Nice update.
