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Can Facebook Revive Taylor Lautner Dud ‘Abduction’?
The Taylor Lautner action thriller Abduction was something of a bust at the box office in September, grossing just $28.1 million at the U.S. and Canadian box offices and mustering only a 4 percent score on movie-critics aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Now Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) is hoping Facebook can give the flick some new life.
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Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why’s Samsung Winning The Toss?
Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market—over half of all smartphones being used today—but that rising tide is not lifting all boats. Sales figures out today from the two largest Android device makers, Samsung and HTC, present two different pictures, with Samsung posting record profits and HTC’s declining. Here’s a few thoughts on why that might be the case.
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How A New Court Ruling Upends Facebook’s Sponsored Story Strategy
A court decision in October said Facebook users couldn’t sue over being placed in ads because their endorsements had no economic value. Now the same court appears to have reversed itself, a development that could spell trouble for the social network’s grand advertising plans.
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Facebook’s Sock On The Door
Facebookâs new Timeline has been hailed as a digital mirror of our lives but it also provides a new window into the company itself. The view can be troubling.
Look at the marketing images that Facebook has released to tout Timeline and you’ll notice a pattern.
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Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops
The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having their bubble burst today: its shares opened above its initial offer price range, before quickly dipping down again.
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The Impact of Facebook Tabs
There are a few best practices that can be instituted in creating an effective Facebook page that garners customer engagement. I’ve always heard that pushing content to a Tab within Facebook instead of featuring information on the main page is a bad i… Continue reading
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The Merging of Twitter and Facebook
Twitter is becoming Facebook, and Facebook is becoming Twitter? Twitter just announced the launch of its newly redesigned interface, which makes the service a lot more similar to Facebook. Offering brand pages, Twitter account profiles resembling thos… Continue reading
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Creative Condom Ad sends Facebook Friend Request from future son
A new advertising campaign sends friend requests from potential future offspring. The campaign works by searching for male Facebook users, creates a new profile with the original users name tagged with a “Jr.” at the end and then sends an unsolicited f… Continue reading
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Why do people continually compare Facebook with LinkedIn?
A recent analysis on Mashable.com (http://mashable.com/2011/12/03/linkedin-boot-camp-infographic/) compared the “user-friendliness” of LinkedIn to Facebook. I don’t quite understand why people and the media have a focus on comparing two social media s… Continue reading
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Spotify Launching Integrated Apps Within Its Platform
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the stage at Spotify’s first-ever press conference to expand the music streaming service’s Facebook integration to a wider world of social networks and devices, arguing that sharing is the only thing that can save the music industry and stop piracy.
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