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Buddy Media CEO Michael Lazerow: If You Buy Facebook Stock, You’re In For The Long Haul

Julie Andrews — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:01:01 +0000

Social enterprise software giant Buddy Media Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Lazerow was at no loss for words this morning when it came to dissecting Facebook’s impact on advertising.

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All That For 23 Cents? Facebook IPO Starts Off Strong, Sputters Late On First Trading Day

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:15:07 +0000

$0.23: That was the share-price gain for perhaps the most-hyped initial public offering in history, as Facebook shares began trading a half-hour late, at 11:30 a.m. ET, at $42.05 apiece, well above the set opening price of $38, but pretty much went downhill from there.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rings In IPO, With A Hackers’ Touch

Julie Andrews — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:43 +0000

With a soldering iron; a couple of capacitors, resistors, and relays from RadioShack; and quite a bit of dissembling and tinkering, a handful of Facebook software engineers (and friends) hacked the Nasdaq bell (see video below), earning themselves a full-fledged badge of geekiness.

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Facebook Tagged With $15B Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit On Eve Of IPO

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:57 +0000

What has this world come to when Facebook can’t even enjoy its initial public offering? On the eve of the long-awaited IPO, the social network was the target of a $15 billion class-action suit that consolidated 21 claims of invasion of privacy by tracking Internet usage.

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Facebook-Related Jobs Listed On Mediabistro

Nadine Cheung — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:58:44 +0000

This week, Wooga has several openings available. The Berlin-based company is hiring a localization QA analyst, a marketing manager, a game improvement specialist, a player experience manager, and a product manager for Bubble Island. Get all the details below and find more just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com.

Localization QA Analyst Wooga (Berlin, Germany)
Marketing Manager Wooga (Berlin, Germany)
Game Improvement Specialist Wooga (Berlin, Germany)
Player Experience Manager Wooga (Berlin, Germany)
Product Manger – Bubble Island Wooga (Berlin, Germany)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

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Facebook Still Dominates Google Plus On Android

Julie Andrews — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:48:59 +0000

Recently, by way of sponsored stories in Facebook users’ newsfeeds, the social network has begun dipping advertising toes into its mobile endeavors. Smart move: According to new research released by NPD Group — which tracks consumer usage across broadband access, content, and devices — over the past six months, Facebook has firmly held onto its spot as the top-performing social-network on Google’s Android platform, MediaPost reported.

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SecondMarket Bids Goodbye To Facebook With Interactive Timeline

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:41:34 +0000

Private trading platform SecondMarket had been one of the primary sources for trading stock in Facebook prior to the social network’s initial public offering , and it created a farewell message in the form of an interactive timeline depicting the history of the stock.

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CNBC Tracking Worth Of Major Facebook Shareholders’ Stakes In Real-Time

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:34:01 +0000

Now that trading of Facebook stock is under way, CNBC launched a real-time tool that updates the worth of major stake-holders in the social network, based on its stock price.

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Tumblr Referrals From Facebook Up 2.5X Following Upgrade For Timeline

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:37:50 +0000

Since upgrading for timeline and launching with open graph in April, Tumblr has seen its referral traffic from Facebook rise by more than 2.5 times.

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Facebook Testing Timeline Profile Design Tweak

David Cohen — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:12:42 +0000

Some Facebook users are seeing a test of a new design for Facebook’s timeline profiles, in which the profile picture moves slightly to the left, and information that usually appears below the cover image is superimposed over the cover image in white type.

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