Posts Tagged ‘ Facebook ’

US-based social gaming company Zynga announced its entrance into Asia on May 20 with the acquisition of XPD Media, a Beijing-based social gaming company. Zynga did not disclose the terms of the acquisition. Zynga operates social games including FarmVille and Mafia Wars on Facebook, MySpace, the Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone and other platforms, and has...
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Social networking giant Facebook is rolling out new tools enabling users to generate custom two-dimensional QR (for Quick Response) barcodes. QR codes–matrix codes designed for high-speed conversion via camera-enabled mobile phones–allow users to more efficiently store and access content like video, text and photos, and at present are most commonly found in commercial tracking...
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A lawsuit has been filed against Facebook, charging that it modified its privacy settings, reducing rather than increasing, privacy protections. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in the northern district of California. It claimed that Facebook’s messages around the changes were “misleading, confusing and disingenuous.” “Changes to the privacy settings that Facebook...
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Less than six months after reaching the 65 million mobile user milestone, Facebook announced that more than 100 million people each month are actively accessing the social networking site via mobile device. Writing on the Facebook blog, vice president of user growth, mobile and international Chamath Palihapitiya said its mobile footprint stretches across virtually...
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Facebook has unveiled a new PHP platform called HipHop for PHP that it says tremendously improves the performance of the PHP scripting language. HipHop for PHP works by transforming PHP code at the source code level into “highly optimized C++.” This source code is then compiled using g++ into a format that is executed via a...
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FarmVille is the game that is gaining all the attention on Facebook. The turn-out of visitors on Facebook is amazing, and this is due to so much fun the game has to offer players. You may not have played FarmVille even once, but surely you have either had of it before or have friends...
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Have you gotten to a point in your YoVille game on Facebook or MySpace that you want to start moving up in the levels? Are you aiming for a decoration or particular item to complete your apartment, and finding it is taking too long to get? Find out how to move up the levels...
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According to Alex Handy of the SD Times, “Facebook has rewritten the PHP runtime from scratch,” and will be making an announcement somewhere this week to that effect. However, Handy later backpedaled somewhat, and in an update to the original blog entry, said he is inclined toward thinking that Facebook will be introducing a...
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Employees use many tools to get their work done. Laptops and mobile apps are helpful, and this year they may need to plug into Facebook and Twitter. With the growing popularity of these social networks, it’s inevitable that they will be used to connect with customers and to provide services that are essential to keep your...
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The importance of social networks was underscored last week in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. It became a major topic on Facebook. It was such a big topic that Facebook mistakenly thought it was just too much spam and began dropping users who were sending out too many messages about the...
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