Speech by company executive contradicts denial by Trump campaign that claimed the company used its own data and Facebook data to help the campaignCambridge Analytica used its own database and voter information collected from Facebook and news publishers in its effort to help elect Donald Trump, despite a claim by a top campaign official who has downplayed the company’s role in the election. Related: Did Cambridge Analytica influence the Brexit vote and the US election? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If the announcement of Facebook paying $19 billion in cash and stock for WhatsApp surprised you then maybe you’d forgotten this prediction I published on January 8th: #6 -- Facebook transforms itself (or tries to) with a huge acquisition. I wrote long ago that we’d never see Facebook in the Dow... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that rely on Facebook to drive large portions of their traffic are at constant risk of having the rug pulled out from under their feet. A recent algorithm tweak may have done just that. The post Facebook Withdrawal: Viral Publishers See Traffic Plunge appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As they now become digital publishers, newspaper organizations have a glut of audience insight into what both readers want and advertisers want to know. “Newspapers … are among the most trusted brands for providing valuable a ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Duchess of Cambridge has written the foreword for a book which reveals “what life as an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years today, the social networking giant has notched up some interesting numbers along the way• How Facebook became the world's biggest social network1.23bn monthly usersBy the end of 2013, Facebook boasted 1.23bn monthly active users worldwide, adding 170m in just one year. According to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook is positioning Paper as a way for publishers to better reach -- and, hopefully, monetize -- mobile readers, Paper may make publishers too dependent on Facebook for traffic. The meteoric rise of sites like Elite Daily, Upworthy and Viral Nova shows how social-savvy publishers can... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the US government finally relented on letting technology companies publish more detail about national security requests; today, some bigger firms are taking advantage of the looser rules. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo have updated ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By understanding our tastes and habits, Facebook could steal billions of dollars in ads from traditional media and get Madison Avenue out of the stone age.Facebook has never been a company lacking in foolish ambition--witness Facebook Home, Beacon, Places, and other monumental undertakings. But... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter is diving even deeper into data. The social media platform is now giving publishers and brands more insights into how their tweets perform. Today, the company introduced analytics for Twitter Cards, which allow companies to track how media-filled tweets perform—such as how many users... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has been in the news over the past few days after a report suggested that the social network is spreading in a similar way to a virus. Like all epidemics, the report suggests, the rate of infection will ultimately drop off, leading to the suggestion that by 2017 the social network will... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Facebook spokesperson told Digiday that the program will not port Facebook-style ad units to other apps, however. Instead, it will simply use its data to target whatever formats those app publishers currently sell. The post Facebook Tries a Mobile Ad Network appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands have spent the past couple of years complaining the content they publish is rarely actually seen by users that like their pages. That's party because Facebook wants those brands to pay for ads, but also because it doesn't want them alienating users with annoying updates asking people to... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is testing mobile ads that appear on apps other than its own, the company said. In a post today, Facebook says the test is for a mobile ad network it is creating. It marks an important step for the social network, showing its sponsored content outside its own properties is key to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The change is subtle, but its message is clear: Facebook has entered the news business.It's no secret that Facebook is changing what appears in your feed dramatically. Whereas memes used to rule supreme--making basically anything shared by George Takei go viral--Facebook has reweighted its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online hysteria about Facebook reading text that is deleted before it is posted might not be entirely unfoundedAs Mark Twain observed: "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." And that was a long time before the web. Which brings us to a meme that was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plus TV arbitrage, Canada investigates Google over antitrust, ARM server maker shuts, and moreA burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamFacebook self-censorship: what happens to the posts you don't publish? >> SlateWe spend a lot of time thinking about what... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The turn-the-page Web catalog—tested widely in the 2000s as an alternative to e-commerce sites—once looked like an emerging shopping platform led by now-defunct tech providers such as RichFX. But the concept died on the proverbial vine. With the massive proliferation of tablets, however, the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Union’s top legal advisor ruled on Thursday that laws requiring communications providers to retain all data, even to combat crime, are incompatible with fundamental rights. Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in a published opinion that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The guy who runs Facebook's most valuable real estate explains why the company just changed its rules. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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