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GamesBeat 09 preview: an interview with Facebook’s top gaming dude
GamesBeat 09 preview: an interview with Facebook’s top gaming dude
Our GamesBeat 09 conference on March 24 will explore the frontiers of gaming such as emerging gaming platforms. Facebook certainly qualifies as one of the hottest game platforms, now that it has 5,000 games. When the social network opened its platform up in 2007, it had no idea that games ...
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever." [Your Rights]
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever." [Your ...
consumerist.com — Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network,... any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore. Now, anything... (more) Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We ...
On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information
blog.facebook.com — A couple of weeks ago, we updated our terms of use to clarify a few points for... our users. A number of people have raised questions about our changes, so I'd like to address those here. I'll also take the opportunity to explain how we think about ... (more) On Facebook, People Own and Control Their Information
People Against the new Terms of Service (TOS)
facebook.com — As per Facebook's request, the following was submitted to Facebook Spokesperson Barry Schnitt after the story broke... Monday morning concerning Facebook’s most recent changes to its Terms of Service, and the resulting user backlash. 3 Big Questions for ... (more) People Against the new Terms of Service (TOS)
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Facebook games manager is eyeing your grandma
Joystiq — ... And the rest of your family, for that matter. In a recent interview with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi, program manager for games in Facebook's platform marketing division Gareth Davis had a lot to say about their burgeoning social network/"gaming platform." According to Davis, the network has accrued more than 5,000 games since opening up their platform in 2007 and those games are coming from small fish and enormous whales alike. Davis says the demographics for game players are changing as well, "Our fastest growing demographic now is over 30. Now it's ...

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