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[Report] It’s a Social World: Top 10 Need-to-Knows About Social Networking and Where It’s Headed

By comScore With the widespread adoption of the Internet around the world came the rise of social networking as a global phenomenon. In March 2007, Social Networking as a category had a global audience of less than 500 million users, representing just 56 percent of the world’s online population. In those days, as Thomas Friedman put it, “‘Twitter’ was a
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VOIP via Facebook in Canada Market

In 2011, Facebook launched its video calling services using Skype as its technology partner which allows one to one calling using a Skype Rest API. Now Facebook has chosen Canadian users to beta test a new mobile feature with VOIP (voice over internet protocol) that enables free calls over a wireless network rather than the  costly mobile data plans. Facebook’s
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Sometimes the Best Response is None

  Facebook is a place where you will have friends of many different political and religious and cultural stripes. If you choose to have a lot of friends, or few, no doubt you will encounter some who will espouse their views about subjects that are polarizing for you. A friend of mine posted this and thought it the best way
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The Good and Bad of Milk

Recently a friend on Facebook shared a photo. Turns out the photo is part of a larger contest from Farmers Dairy. I am one of those brand loyalists with my milk and Farmers is not my dairy brand, having been raised on Scotsburn. Turning to Facebook to see how the two stack up I noticed a big difference. I should
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Edit Page Status Update [Video]

Edit Status Updates in Facebook – by @todmaffin Please take a moment to subscribe to Tod Maffin’s YouTube Channel  

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In 2011 Facebook Accounted for 25% of Digital Display Ads. 2012?

“Among the many beneficiaries of the growth and innovation in display advertising are web publishers. The leading U.S. publisher of display ads in 2011 was Facebook with more than 1.3 trillion impressions (27.9 percent market share), more than double that of #2 publisher Yahoo! Sites at 529 billion impressions. Microsoft Sites followed as the third largest display ad publisher with
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Guest Commentary: Facebook Guidelines.

  A good friend of mine posted what I think has to be a response to the latest hoax which has some thinking that Facebook going public means that earlier copyright agreement are negated. CBSNews notes that ” Facebook members own the intellectual property (IP) that is uploaded to the social network, but depending on their privacy and applications settings,
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Being part of the video shoot, you can be in the video too.

@thestanfields interactive video for “Death & Taxes” uses Facebook Connect Canadian celtic rock band The Stanfields (not the underwear) has released an interactive video that gets you involved in the mix by bringing your own Facebook content into the video through Facebook Connect. I had the privilege of being in the actual video itself having been approached by someone who
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What’s Yer Number?

Facebook will periodically ask you to review your phone number. Entering your number into Facebook does not give it to the world it you prefer not to. Just adjust your settings. On the other hand, it is a great way to ensure that you can log back into your account if you loose your password.

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Rememberance is Social and Important

Veterans Affairs Canada has created a new Facebook app called I Remember which is a remembrance montage for its Canada Remembers page. Use the montage to view photos, videos, stories and messages from followers about Veterans, friends, family and other Canadians who have served in conflict and in peace, including messages of support to the men and women in uniform
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