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Did CNN Live Snub Twitter in Favor of Facebook?
Did CNN Live Snub Twitter in Favor of Facebook?
CNN and Facebook are partnering to bring you live Inauguration coverage intermixed with Facebook status updates from your friends. It’s a neat idea that we happen to love, but with Twitter becoming the standard source for live updates in many people’s eyes, it begs the question: why ...
Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this year
Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this year
obsessable.com — While Facebook has seemed like king of the social networking sites for a while now , boasting... the greatest number of new sign-ups, it's been engaged in a long game of catch-up with MySpace, one that finally looks like it may win in the coming year . The past year has seen a steady increase in (more) Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this ...
Whopper Sacrifice Forced to Disable Behavior by Facebook (Updated)
Whopper Sacrifice Forced to Disable Behavior by Facebook (Updated)
insidefacebook.com — A week after the Whopper Sacrifice application made waves for its creative use of Facebook friend removals... as a way to spread the application, Facebook has forced it to disable the app, according to the developer. Facebook has clarified that it has ... (more) Whopper Sacrifice Forced to Disable Behavior by Facebook ...
INQ 1 : The Ultimate Review | Dedicated to Facebook | Dial-a
dialaphone.co.uk — Facebook is one of the top social networking websites with more than 140 million active users, each... with an average of 100 friends and 13 million which update their status daily. Founded in 2004 and with an Alexa traffic rank of 5, this level of ... (more) INQ 1 : The Ultimate Review | Dedicated to Facebook | Dial-a
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Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this year
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Grease Is the Word
John Battelle's Searchblog — When I saw this Mashable post, I almost spit my wine (yeah, I am drinking wine, hell, it's 8.50 pm) onto the screen. Here's the headline: Did CNN Live Snub Twitter in Favor of Facebook? "What the f* are we, in high school?" was my first response. Then I realized how important it is to some folks that "traditional" or "old" media like CNN validate "new" media like Facebook or Twitter. Honestly, I don't get it. And then again, I do get this: that absent a centered strategy, a network like CNN is going to cast its lot on any ...

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