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Sprint Incorporates Facebook Into Mobile ‘Dream’ Campaign At NCM Movie Theaters

Polygraph Media Detects Analytics From Facebook Pages

The pool of Facebook analytics providers just had a little more water displaced from it, as Polygraph Media took the plunge with its Polygraph Reports offering. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Elevator Pitch: Fondu Is Yelp Meets Twitter

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler chats with Gauri Manglik, the co-founder and CEO of Fondu. Fondu is an iPhone app that allows users to share bite-size restaurant reviews with their friends (sort of like Yelp meets Twitter). For more videos, check out our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter: @mediabistroTV New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Speaks (At Harvard), But Not About The IPO

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg made her first public appearance since the social network’s troubled initial public offering, speaking to graduates of the business school at her alma mater and that of Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard University, but nary a word was spoken about the IPO. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

VEVO’s Video Audience Grew 142% In One Month Through Deeper Facebook Integration

VEVO is really liking Facebook this quarter.  The video-sharing platform saw tremendous growth between February 2012 and March 2012, and the company has the larger social network to thank for at least some of the increase in membership, traffic, and impressions. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook Testing Region-Specific Versions Of Pages

Student Suspended For Fake Suicide On Facebook

Cost To ‘Short’ Facebook Stocks Fell From 40 Percent To 6 Percent

Facebook’s Photo Focus Continues With Release Of Iphone App Camera

Facebook continued its focus (pun intended) on photos with today’s release of iPhone application Camera, which aggregates photos from users’ Facebook friends into one feed. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Yahoo! Launches Axis: A More Visual, Social, and Portable Browser

Yahoo!’s got a brand new search tool that will follow you from your desktop all the way home.  Launched Wednesday night, Yahoo! Axis is socially connected, spatially redesigned, and has some unusual features that definitely make it worth a test drive. See a demo and screenshots here. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Should Facebook Develop A Social Mobile Browser?

The IPO Effect: David Kirkpatrick Talks Facebook

UEFA Champions League Final Wins Big on Social Media [Infographic]

Soccer fans worldwide tuned in over the week of May 14th to 19th to watch the UEFA Champions league finals play out, and they didn’t just win with an estimated TV audience of 150 million viewers — they won on Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Twitter and Foursquare as well.  The games were a fantastic success, and viewers were able to connect with one another over social media the entire time.  The world of social TV is just around the corner, and stats like the ones in the infographic below prove we...

Facebook App Developers Can Restrict Access To Open Graph Stories

Facebook application developers now have the option of restricting access to their open graph stories by age, country, or content type. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Allegations Continue To Mar Facebook IPO

Alleged questionable tactics by underwriters prior to Facebook’s initial public offering last Friday continue to surface, with the latest report involving Capital Research and Management. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Case Study: Pinterest Drives More Sales Than Any Other Network [Infographic]

Pinterest has the potential to topple not only Facebook and Twitter for sales referrals, but also Amazon and Google. On the e-commerce platform Shopify, pin-driven sales have quadrupled in the last six months. This infographic shows how Shopify‘s retailers have benefited from the visual bookmarking site. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook Pages Manager Offers Push Notifications

Facebook is allowing users of its new Pages Manager iPhone application for page administrators to receive push notifications via the app when Facebook users post or comment on their pages. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook Displays Percent Of Users Who Like Pages Who Have Seen Specific Posts

Facebook continues to quietly add and tweak features behind-the-scenes, without fanfare or announcements, and the latest example is the addition of a percentage link to posts on brand pages, which enables page administrators to see what percentage of the users who like the page have seen the post. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Zao Expands Job Referral Process To Facebook Friends, LinkedIn Contacts

Companies leaning on their employees for job referrals during the hiring process is nothing new, but why leave out potential contributors such as trusted former employees, or contacts who work for partners and vendors? That was the thinking behind Zao, which makes its official debut today. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Little Monsters is Pinterest for Lady Gaga Fans

I just received my special invite to Lady Gaga’s new social network, called Little Monsters, and to say it took inspiration from Pinterest would be like saying Kesha was mildly influenced by Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.  The site has based itself on Pinterest in its entirety, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a fun, niche place for Lady Gaga fans to share interesting images and ideas.  Check out my impressions below. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

GraphicMail, Janrain Engage Enable Email Newsletter Signup Via Facebook Credentials

Hosted email marketing solution GraphicMail added social signup from Janrain Engage to its clients’ customizable newsletter signup forms, allowing them to sign in with their Facebook account information, or credentials from more than 25 other social networks, including Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, and MySpace. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

The Best Conversion Tool

It's you.   Showing up. Many opportunities come from being open to chance encounters, listening to people, participating actively, taking the time to meet people and hear about their projects -- offline. There is no social network that can replace the touch of a human hand. The best business professionals know that. I learned by watching some of the best at work. They have one thing in common. They are good at listening -- present, professional, connective. The more experienced, the better...

Shareholders Sue Facebook | Disqus Adds New Features | Oracle Acquires Vitrue

 Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Facebook Faces Shareholder Lawsuits (AP) Facebook’s fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company’s stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social network’s botched initial public offering. Several shareholders who bought stock in the IPO have filed lawsuits against Facebook, its executives and Morgan Stanley, the IPO’s lead underwriter. Reuters Meanwhile, Facebook is considering a...

Watch This Incredible Video Inspired by Today’s Google Doodle

Synthesizer creator Robert Moog, who would have been 78 years old today, is having the best birthday ever. Not long after Google’s artists created an interactive Moog synthesizer doodle for the homepage, a fan responded with a crazy cover of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic” using Google’s tool, which he posted on YouTube. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook Marketing Platform Vitrue Scooped Up By Oracle

Facebook and social marketing and engagement platform Vitrue apparently marketed and engaged a giant in the computer hardware and software industry, as Oracle announced Wednesday that it agreed to acquire the company. Terms were not disclosed. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Report: Facebook IPO Underwriters Gain $100M From Efforts To Stabilize Stock

Not bad for a day’s work: According to published reports, the underwriters of Facebook’s initial public offering made about $100 million for their efforts to stabilize the scuffling stock. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Report: NYSE Swoops In On Facebook In Attempt To Take Advantage Of Nasdaq Issues

Syfy’s New ‘Defiance’ Series Will Make MMOG Players Part of the Action [Video]

Part sci-fi drama, part massively multiplayer online game, Defiance gives the phrase “social TV” a whole new meaning. Premiering in Spring 2013, the the entertainment hybrid is a collaboration between game publisher Trion Worlds and the Syfy cable network. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Defiance. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Facebook, Morgan Stanley Face Lawsuit, Investigation Over Alleged Selective Sharing Of Lower Revenue Projections

Were certain big-name investors made privy to information that should have been disseminated more widely? Such are the latest allegations with regard to last Friday’s Facebook initial public offering, which have led to a lawsuit filed against the social network and banks including Morgan Stanley today, following the call for an investigation yesterday by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best...

Picture This: Photo Features Could Boost Google Plus In Battle Vs. Facebook

Google Plus appears to be working on closing the gap that exists between what some call a sparsely populated semblance of a social network and Facebook. It is harnessing innovative spirit and brainpower to enhance its photo technology, potentially making itself a (well, an eventual, let’s be real) social-network opponent to Facebook. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

4 Reasons Your Stuff Should Be In The Cloud

Cloud services are getting bigger and bigger, with media heavyweights like Amazon and Google throwing their versions into the competition. Although Google’s entry isn’t necessarily indicative of the next big thing — Buzz, anyone? — the cloud appears to be here to stay, mostly because of the safety it provides. “The cloud has eliminated many of the worries about data integrity, security and availability,” said Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founder of crowdSPRING, a crowdsourcing marketplace. Kimbarovsky...

‘Promote Your Page’ Button Appears On Some Facebook Pages

Facebook Pages Become Stars With Timeline Movie Maker

What Happens To Your Twitter When You Die? Creating A Social Media Will

Mary Long from our sister site AllTwitter has looked at how a person can create a plan for what will happen to their social media accounts after they pass away.  It’s a morbid thought but one that may be important to those of us who have a lot of private or personal information on there.   Check out Mary’s ideas, as well as a review of some tips from the US government over at AllTwitter. Read more here (Last will and testament image from Shutterstock) New Career Opportunities Daily: The best...

Don’t Self-Censor On Facebook: Audience Filter

Today’s Internet serves many functions, operating as a public forum for self-expression, an intimate support group among friends, and even a platform for professional development. As your use of social networks such as Facebook grows in the professional context, the key is to not succumb to censoring yourself. Your peers, bosses, or prospective employers may deem it appropriate to tailor your online voice to a more conservative public, but won’t your friends wonder why you got so lame all of a...