Facebook flooded with public reaction to Davy Jones’ death at age 66

Just as quickly as the Facebook platform was used to share last summer’s
abrupt ending mid-tour to The Monkees’ reunion tour, word of Davy Jones’
death today spread across Facebook posts this afternoon like the proverbial
wildfire.

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Facebook Acquires Staff Behind File-transfer Startup

By John Ribeiro, IDG News Facebook has acquired the team behind
file-transfer startup Caffeinated Mind, which offered an on-demand
peer-to-peer file sharing system. The staff from Caffeinated Mind will work
on tools that will help Facebook employees …

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Senators target Facebook with bill that would close stock-option loophole

Facebook executives with lucrative stock options, aren’t the only ones set
to benefit from the company’s highly anticipated debut on the stock market
this spring. The social media juggernaut stands to save billions of dollars
on its tax bill, as well.

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O’Brien: Facebook’s move to Menlo Park offers economic development lessons

By Chris O’Brien If a fast-growing company like Facebook moves to town, you
might assume it’s automatically going to be a financial windfall for the
town coffers. Conventional wisdom holds that more companies with more
employees equals more tax …

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20+ Beautiful Resources That Complement Twitter Bootstrap

Twitter Bootstrap is a beautiful “web design kit” for creating cross
browser, consistent and good looking interfaces. With a flexible and
well-thought HTML/CSS/Javascript structure, it offers many of the popular
UI components, a grid system and …

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Privacy betrayed: Twitter sells multi-billion tweet archive — RT

Twitter has sold billions of archived tweets believed to have vanished
forever. A privacy row has erupted as hundreds of companies queue up to
purchase users’ personal information from the new database.

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Just bought this song on iTunes!

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Davy Jones Dies — Celebrities React on Twitter | TMZ.com

Davy Jones’ death was a crushing blow to thousands of famous people across
the Internet — including Al Roker … who spoke for millions when he
tweeted,…

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Twitter Blog: Twitter Recap: Sprite Slam Dunk Contest

At the peak moment of voting on Twitter, more than 15 percent of all Tweets
included the hashtag #SpriteSlam. The volume of Tweets sent in the first
two minutes of voting more than doubled the volume of #WhatWillGagaWear
Tweets sent …

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Facebook rolls out new advertising tools | The Raw Story

NEW YORK — Facebook rolled out new tools for advertisers Wednesday as it
prepares to go public later this year in the largest flotation ever by an
Internet company on Wall Street. Among the marketing opportunities unveiled
at an event held …

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Timeline for Facebook pages: a complete overview of new features

Facebook today unveils Timeline for pages — a combination of design
elements and moderation features that give organizations the controls they
need to maintain an effective presence on the social network. The redesign,
the largest for …

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New Facebook Brand Pages Guide: Everything You Need to Know …

Facebook’s new timeline-styled brand pages launched today and all Pages
will switch over to the new format as of March 30. Some brands have already
made the change. This guide will walk you through the new features and
offer tips to get …

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Facebook pushes advertisers to get creative and social with ads …

Facebook showed off a new suite of premium ads that enables brands to
create more engaging stories for users and finally brings marketing to
Facebook’s mobile properties. It’s part of a broad effort to generate
revenue for the social network …

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Your Average Facebook Post Only Reaches 16% Of Your Friends …

Previously, Constine was the Lead Writer of Inside Facebook, where he
covered Facebook product changes, privacy, the Ads API, Page management,
ecommerce, virtual currency, and music technology. Prior to writing for
Inside Facebook, …

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When Will Social Media Elect a President?

Twitter and Facebook will change US politics, as new technology always has.
Think Nixon or ‘Obama Girl.’ By ANDY KESSLER The Lincoln-Douglas debates of
1858 took place over seven venues, with 10000-20000 attendees and no
microphones.

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Twitter’s logo is named after Larry Bird

By Eric Freeman By Eric Freeman | Ball Don’t Lie – 1 minute 52 seconds
ago The NBA and Twitter have proved to be a natural fit for each other.
Basketball players took to the service before their counterparts in any
other sport, shows like TNT’s “Inside …

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Springsteen posts on Twitter, Facebook to help search for missing …

BOSTON — Singer Bruce Springsteen has taken to Facebook and Twitter to
help find a missing Boston College student. On both networks, Springsteen
posted a missing person poster Wednesday of 21-year-old Franco Garcia of
Newton.

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Bryce Harper quits Twitter after spring training warning

The 19-year-old slugging sensation making his highly anticipated spring
training debut with the Washington Nationals abruptly pulled the plug on
his Twitter account this week. Coincidentally, his boredom seems to have
hit just a day or two after Nats …

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If Twitter Is a Work Necessity

For midcareer executives, particularly in the media and related industries,
knowing how to use Twitter, update your timeline on Facebook, pin on
Pinterest, check in on Foursquare and upload images on Instagram are among
the digital skills that some …

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Ben Affleck announces birth of son on Facebook

By AP AP NEW YORK — Ben Affleck is using Facebook to announce the birth of
his son with wife Jennifer Garner. The actor posted on his timeline that he
and Garner are “happy” about the arrival of Samuel Garner Affleck, born
Feb. 27.

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