Archive for januar, 2010

Facebook Breaks Ground in Oregon With a Bang – The Facebook crew broke ground at the location for their new data center in Prineville, Oregon last Thursday with the traditional hard hats and shovels accessorized with Facebook logos. Then, the real fun came, as you can see in this video, when the 6,000 pounds of… »

JetBlue, the economy airline, launched their All-You-Can-Jet Fan Sweepstakes Facebook promotion last month in an effort to drive up the number of their fans to compete with the million-plus followers the company has on Twitter.
The sweepstakes started on December 9, 2009 and ends on  January 31. Before the promotion the company had 60,000 fans, now… »

Einstein Bros Bagels just introduced an interesting marketing scheme: Give Bagels away to every  person who signs up as a Fan on Facebook!  I encourage you to become a fan today and get yourself a free breakfast.  Since January 24th, the fan page has grown from 41,278 Fans to 343,169 fans:  That is 301,000 new… »

More than 100,000 people on Facebook have declared today National Lady Gaga Day. It’s difficult to be sure what this day entails exactly, but presumably elaborate costumes will be part of it. Point is, it’s gone sort of viral. Gaga is everywhere now.
Student Sarah Jane Elliott founded the Facebook event, and as we’re writing this… »

While advertising offers companies from TrialPay to Offerpal and Super Rewards have been carving out the market in North America, Deal United has — like regional rivals including SponsorPay and SupersonicAds, tried to provide more relevant ads to online software vendors, gaming sites and other services. By working with advertisers and publishers in specific European… »

Facebook has just announced a new push to get people reading news on the site — a detailed blog post, including the suggestion that users create “News” lists on their homepages, showing the latest news items from the publication Pages that users are fans of.
This isn’t a new feature, just a good suggestion for how… »

Despite what you may be reading on Facebook today, your friend isn’t trying to exact revenge on his super hot cheating ex-girlfriend. It’s a worm. So DO NOT click that suspicious — albeit very tempting — Facebook status update.

The new Facebook worm is spreading virally — you can do a Facebook search for “ex-girlfriend cheated”… »

Almost half of the online Baby Boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964) update their Facebook or other social networks regularly.  According to eMarketer Online senior Analyst Lisa E. Philips, “About 47% of online boomers maintain a profile on at least one social network, according to several sources. Their contacts include family, friends and co-workers… »

Here’s a puzzle for you: How can Zynga be behind three of this week’s top emerging Facebook apps still under a million users, when none of Zynga’s apps are on the list? The description for Cafe World Cash says it all: “Please note that this application is not connected to Cafe World by Zynga.” Sure,… »

You know those emails you get every time someone comments on a status update you already commented on? It can definitely get annoying. Facebook applications previously had similar functionality, however as of yesterday afternoon, comment notifications have been shut off. For most users it’s probably not a huge deal, however some developers… »