With over 350 million users, Facebook is expected to bring in $605 million in ad revenue, while MySpace should be at $385 million, eMarketer reports. Total social network ad spending is expected to see growth of 7.1% in 2010
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According toan analysis by Experian Hitwise, “Facebook” was the top-searched term in the US in 2009, accounting for 0.67% of all internet searches.
Facebook moved up from the 10th spot in 2008 to the top spot in 2009. MySpace was the second searched term in 2009, followed by Craigslist, YouTube. Yahoo Mail was fourth. Social networking–related [...]
If you’re sharing info on your news feed with Facebook Connect, it’s visible to either all your friends or none of them, something that Facebook can and should change.
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Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies (DST) has purchased additional Facebook stock pushing its stake in the company to over 5%. in addition to making a $200 million investment in Spring, 2009
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Here is my list of Top 5 Tech Trends for 2010.
Mobile Services and Apps
Real time products and services
Location Based Apps
Cloud Computing
Tablet computers
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Twitter, fueled by smartphones and online bursts of 140 characters, soared to lofty heights over the past year while Facebook eclipsed MySpace to become the world’s leading social network.
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A threat against a Dallas student has been found on a Facebook fan page for Heisman Trophy finalist Ndamukong Suh (en-DOM-ah-ken sue) of Nebraska. Kevin Janse of the Dallas police says the threat was reported to Lincoln, Neb., police, who notified authorities there. Janse says officers interviewed the student Friday at Jesuit College Preparatory School [...]
Gambling, guns, tobacco and … milk? Facebook bans the promotion of all four, but a food industry group says it should ease up on the one that comes out of cows and gives you healthy bones.
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Since I wrote about Facebook ’s privacy changes on Wednesday, there has been more criticism of some of the changes.
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Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages.
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