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Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook settles Timelines trademark suit   —  Facebook and Timelines Inc. have reached a settlement in the trademark case against the social network, according to a document Facebook filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  Timelines Inc. operates Timelines.com …
May 3, 2013, 4:20 PMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook simplifies process for apps to incorporate Open Graph actions   —  Facebook today announced some changes to make it easier for developers to add Open Graph actions to their apps, including making it possible for apps to publish common actions without any configuration.
Apr 8, 2013, 11:50 PMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook ‘focused on basics’ for News Feed and mobile ads   —  There's a vision many people have when they think about mobile advertising.  Hyperlocal, real-time, something that incorporates features like text, push notifications, QR codes and GPS.  —  Facebook News Feed product manager Jeff Kanter …
Mar 12, 2013, 4:40 AMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook tests new version of Offers to increase conversions, give users control when they share with friends   —  Facebook is testing a new version of its Offers product, which gives users the option to shop immediately or get a reminder before the promotion ends.
Feb 19, 2013, 7:25 AMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook ‘Lookalike Audiences’ help advertisers reach users similar to current customers, others in their database   —  Facebook is testing a new feature called “Lookalike Audiences” that helps advertisers target users similar to those in their Custom Audience databases, a spokesperson from the company tells us.
Feb 5, 2013, 7:20 AMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook begins testing ‘Collections’ posts again with more retailers   —  Facebook today began the second phase of testing a new “Collections” feature that lets pages post about their products and lets users save items they want, a spokesperson tells us.  —  Collections posts are similar …
Dec 19, 2012, 4:45 PMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook to remove attribution when pages post via third-party apps   —  Facebook today let developers know that it will be removing attribution from page posts that are made through third-party applications like HootSuite.  —  Previously, these page posts would appear in the feed and on pages' Timelines with a “via [app name]” link.
Dec 18, 2012, 9:30 PMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook to add design team to NYC office   —  Facebook today announced its plans to establish a design team in its New York City office, which currently has about 150 employees mostly focused on sales, advertising and engineering.  —  Designers, of which Facebook currently has about 90 …
Dec 4, 2012, 5:25 PMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
FB shares close at $28, highest since July   —  Facebook shares closed today at $28, up more than 16 percent this week and hitting a new high not seen since July.  —  Shares have been on the rise now that major lockup periods have passed and a number of analysts have improved their ratings for the stock.
Dec 1, 2012, 12:55 AMIn context
Brittany Darwell / Inside Facebook:
Facebook test makes comments on page posts more like web plugin, including in-line replies and ranking algorithm   —  Facebook has given us an update on its latest test for page post comments: in addition to a new option to reply to specific comments, the entire thread will be sorted …
Nov 12, 2012, 11:35 PMIn context

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Windows Store Weekly  —  This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry  —  In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls  —  For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop  —  Smartphones have transformed our daily lives.  A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).