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Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook: Report: SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp MSFT gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo Inc YHOO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft's bankers...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Web site development, Corporate law, Web technology, Facebook, Seattle, Yahoo! Inc., acquisition, Microsoft Corp., Web site, online advertising, Thomson Reuters Corp., IPO, social networking, Web, software, Internet; News items 2008-05-07
Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook-WSJ: SEATTLE (Reuters UK) - Microsoft Corp MSFT gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo YHOO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals...; Tags: Facebook, Wall Street Journal, Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.; News items 2008-05-07
Facebook at Work: What are the Legal Risks?: Facebook at Work: What are the Legal Risks?Facebook at workEmployees have no business using Facebook or any other social networking sites during working hours. The only exception being employees of the HR department, they may need access to gather info on prospective employees.RE: Facebook at Work: What are the Legal...; Tags: Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Microsoft Still Shopping; Approached Facebook: Microsoft, just a few days removed from walking away from its Yahoo bid, is reportedly sniffing around Facebook. According to Kara Swisher, Microsoft's bankers contacted Facebook to see if Mark Zuckerberg and company would be interested in selling the company. The Wall Street Journal also reported the...; Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Strategy, Web Site Development, Marketing, Management, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Facebook Connect Matches MySpace's Data Availability Initiative: Facebook has countered News Corp.-owned MySpace's announcement of its data availability initiative yesterday with, well, an announcement today revealing the exact same thing for Facebook. This newest product, pushing both social networks toward an increasingly homogeneous end, allows users to carry public profile info, photos, and friends...; Tags: Facebook, News Corp., MySpace, Internet, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Carlos Bergfeld; Blog posts 2008-05-09

It's Google vs. Facebook In Data-Portability Fight: Amid the Facebook move to block Google's Friend Connect, the search giant has responded. As expected, Google had a few issues with Facebook's privacy assessment of Google Friend Connect. There's a lot of debate on Techmeme about the issue and it's a big one as all of...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Google Friend Connect, User Privacy, Third Party App, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-16
William Morris-backed fund makes first investment: The Mailroom Fund - the new VC firm created by Accel Partners, Venrock and the William Morris Agency WMA - is pinning its hopes on social network analytics for its first investment. The fund is investing an undisclosed sum in Sometrics, a startup that tracks and analyses traffic and...; Tags: MySpace, Facebook, Venrock Associates, Accel Partners, Greycroft Partners, William Morris Agency, Social Media Networks, Adonomics, TubeMogul, Mailroom Fund, Google Inc., AT&T Corp.; News items 2008-05-16
Google Kicks Off Its Facebook Ground War: Updated: Google on Monday outlined its Google Friend Connect, a service that promises to insert social features into any application and any site. Sound familiar? It is. MySpace has its friend connect service and Facebook has its version. Add it up and you have...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Site, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Facebook at Work: What are the Legal Risks?: The legal risks associated with using social networking sites, like Facebook, at work are becoming a growing concern for many employers. With Australia having the fifth-largest number of Facebook users worldwide, the Web site is opening up a plethora of potential legal risks for companies who allow their employees to...; Tags: Facebook, Employee, Social Networking, Internet, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Campbell Fisher; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Facebook Chat: Reports of AIM's Death Greatly Exaggerated: When social networking site Facebook's instant messaging service launched for select users last week, talk of Facebook Chat wholly devouring the IM industry soon followed. The New York Post ran a piece heralding the death of legacy IM client AOL Instant Messenger, which quoted Pali Capital analyst Richard Greenfield: ...; Tags: Facebook, AOL Instant Messenger, IM, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Carlos Bergfeld; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Jeff Tinsley: Online Reconnecting: Jeff Tinsley is the founder and CEO of Reunion.com, a website that allows its users to reconnect with people from their past. Tinsley talks about the many advantages his site has over other networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and how he is able to generate such enormous traffic.; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web site, network; Videos 2008-04-21
Why Facebook and MySpace Stink for Ads: I wrote yesterday about the always-declining print ad pages and urged ad firms and clients to investigate online alternatives, but not every Internet outlet is optimal. Today there was a very smart article by Michael Estrin over at at iMedia, "Are advertisers killing Facebook?", which turned a skeptical eye...; Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Network, MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jake Swearingen; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Why Facebook and MySpace Stink for Ads: Why Facebook and MySpace Stink for AdsSocial Network AdsAlthough these platform provide an expansive audience, in keeping with comments about it being akin to a phone conversation, ads on these networks unless very unobtrusive tend to annoy.Advertisers and web developers tend to forget that with all the fancy flash animations...; Tags: advertisement, MySpace Stink, MySpace, Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Google, MySpace, Facebook Lead New Media Globalization: It's often tempting for those of who've long been active on the Web to think that the growth of new media is still being fueled by the geeks and entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. But the truth is that there is an apparently unquenchable demand for news from...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Channel management, David Weir, globalization, media, Facebook, MySpace, Web, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Google, MySpace, Facebook Lead New Media Globalization: Google, MySpace, Facebook Lead New Media GlobalizationOld and new media forget that people all over the world read their sitesso true. I often think it strange that both old and new media organizations online tend to address their readers as if all are in the US.; Tags: New-Media Globalization, New-Media, globalization, Facebook, MySpace, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-02
Monday Madness: Press Secretary Spins, Profnet vs. HelpaReporter: I couldn't resist posting a link to this amazing video from The Onion of a White House spokesman "spinning" the death of his wife via a car accident. The Onion does great satire and this is right at the top. Good spoof of the PR industry as...; Tags: Jon Greer, PR guy Peter Shankman, Profnet, public relations; Blog posts 2008-03-24
Facebook Ultimatums Push Your Team's Goals Past The Tipping Point: Group-action site The Point has just announced that they've launched an application called Ultimatums on Facebook that allows groups to create an action that's contingent upon gaining a certain level of consensus among the group. When the level of consensus is reached, the action is set in motion. ...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, Facebook, team; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Why Facebook's COO Hire Yanks Google's Chain: Here's a noteworthy move: Sheryl Sandberg, who has been a star at Google since 2001, is jumping ship to be Facebook's chief operating officer. Kara Swisher broke the news over at BoomTown and the blogs are buzzing with speculation. Google and Facebook are on a collision course:...; Tags: Social networking, Kevin Kelleher, Google Inc., Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook; Blog posts 2008-03-05
More Ideas About Using Facebook for PR: More Ideas About Using Facebook for PRFan Badges for FacebookOne quirk about Facebook for companies. If you create a Facebook page as if your company is a person - you have different options than if you create a Facebook page for your company as a group. So far Facebook only...; Tags: public relations, Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-02-22
More Ideas About Using Facebook for PR: Earlier this month, I started talking about how to use Facebook for PR. As I've been getting more and more involved with Facebook, I've noticed some other uses that you ought to know about: Creating pages: anyone can create a "page" to promote a product, service,...; Tags: Jon Greer, Facebook, public relations; Blog posts 2008-02-21