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Users Like Google+ Better Than Facebook
 Users Like Google+ 
 Better Than Facebook 
survey says
Jul 17, 2012 10:48 AM CDT

Users Like Google+ Better Than Facebook

But Facebook still has more users—way more users

(Newser) - Finally, some good news for Google+. The most recent American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) finds that users are much happier with the Google social network than they are with Facebook. Facebook scored 61 out of 100 in customer satisfaction (down from 66 last year), while Google+ scored 78. Of course,...

Get Ready for New Ads in Your Facebook App

Other companies' apps will be touted in your mobile News Feed

(Newser) - Could this be the way to solve Facebook's mobile revenue woes ? The company will soon offer a new kind of mobile advertising that will place ads for apps in users' mobile News Feeds, based on other apps that user has on his phone, reports the Wall Street Journal...

Next to Join Facebook: Kids Under 13?

Site explores online child-safety measures

(Newser) - Facebook has long banned kids under 13, but that could be about to change: The site is investigating ways to let children join—with built-in parental supervision. For instance, kids' accounts might be tied to those of their parents; mom and dad could get control over what apps kids can...

New Issue for Facebook: Young Kids Not Interested?

Site called 'mom thing' by some as they turn to Twitter, Tumblr

(Newser) - Sure, it's got 900 million users—but there's a key demographic that may be slipping away from Facebook's grasp. Young teens tell the Los Angeles Times that the social network no longer boasts much of a coolness factor; indeed, it may have become a "mom thing"...

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30
 Facebook Stock Falls Below $30 
May 29, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30

Social network sees 20% plunge since IPO

(Newser) - Facebook shares continue to plummet: They've now dropped more than 20% from their $38 IPO price, falling below $30 today to their lowest point yet, reports Reuters . At about 12:45pm EDT they were trading at $29.44. But among tech stocks, $30 per share still gives it a...

11 Things You Need to Stop Doing on Twitter

Here's a tip: No one cares about your food

(Newser) - If you want to avoid driving away all the Twitter followers you've accumulated, you may want to take a look at this list from Katie Heaney on BuzzFeed of 11 things that will really, really annoy them:
  • Using your followers as Google: If you want to know what restaurant
...

Facebook Tries Charging Users to Promote Posts

Test running in New Zealand only

(Newser) - Want to make sure your friends see your latest uber-important Facebook update? Now you can—if you live in New Zealand and are willing to drop a couple bucks. Facebook is testing a service in the country that allows users to pay between about 40 cents and $2 to highlight...

64% of Tweets Are Totally Boring

 64% of Tweets 
 Are Totally Boring 
study says
Apr 20, 2012 10:18 AM CDT

64% of Tweets Are Totally Boring

We only actually like 36% of what shows up in our stream: study

(Newser) - A new study in the Harvard Business Review confirms what you probably already know if you've spent any time on Twitter: Just 36% of tweets are actually worth reading. Another 39% are "just OK," and a full quarter aren't worth your time. That's according to...

Google+ Basically a Ghost Town
 Google+ Basically a Ghost Town 
Feb 28, 2012 12:06 PM CST

Google+ Basically a Ghost Town

Visitors to the social network spend three minutes there a month

(Newser) - Google+ launched with ambitions of competing with Facebook, and if you listen to CEO Larry Page, it's on pace to do just that, with 90 million users registering since June. But there's one big problem, the Wall Street Journal observes: Those 90 million users aren't actually doing...

Great Facebook Profiles Make for Great Employees
Great Facebook Profiles
Make for Great Employees
in case you missed it
Feb 25, 2012 11:53 AM CST

Great Facebook Profiles Make for Great Employees

Your profile can predict how well you'll perform: study

(Newser) - Want to know how successful you'll be at your job? Consider asking someone to analyze your Facebook profile. In a new study, a university professor and two students rated the profiles of 56 employed college students, grading them on characteristics such as "dependability" and "emotional stability."...

Women More Likely to Unfriend
 Women More 
 Likely to Unfriend 
study says
Feb 25, 2012 11:23 AM CST

Women More Likely to Unfriend

They're also a lot more cautious with their content

(Newser) - Women are the less fair sex when it comes to social networking. Ladies are a little more likely to delete friends on sites like Facebook and Twitter than gentlemen are, and a lot more likely to keep their pages private, reports AFP . A Pew Research Center study found that 67%...

Blame Yourself for Facebook's Lack of Privacy

Site is all about sharing, so stop expecting a 'silver bullet' fix: Farhad Manjoo

(Newser) - Facebook is submitting to a government crackdown on privacy, and Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges “a bunch of mistakes” on that front. But the site’s privacy issues are as much our own fault as Zuck’s, writes Farhad Manjoo in Slate . The “idea that we can control the audience...

What Job-Seekers Shouldn't Post on Facebook

...and what employers want to see

(Newser) - We’ve all heard the horror stories of Facebook profiles that keep people from being hired. Indeed, 91% of employers screen potential employees using the service, a survey finds. So just what is it, exactly, that employers don’t want to see? The survey , by online reputation-protection service Reppler , reveals...

New Facebook Buttons Coming: Watched Read, Listened
 New Facebook Buttons: 
 Read, Watched, Listened 
says source
Sep 20, 2011 7:56 AM CDT

New Facebook Buttons: Read, Watched, Listened

Facebook will reveal buttons this week, says source

(Newser) - Facebook is taking its "Like" concept to the next level, and will launch new buttons—Read, Listened, and Watched—at its developer conference this week, a source tells TechCrunch . The buttons will appear on users' walls, allowing them to proclaim that they Read, Listened, or Watched content in their...

Cellphones Killing Our Ability to Find Ourselves

If you can't get away from it all, you can't know yourself at all

(Newser) - The Internet has ruined the the freshman year roommate experience , and the wireless world's path of destruction doesn't end there, writes Dalton Conley for Bloomberg . He reminisces about his lonely, wonderful, confusing journey through Europe as an 18-year-old—the kind of experience today's uber-connected kids can't...

Inside the Army's Rules for Twitter, Facebook

Guess what? A lot of them should be followed by the general public

(Newser) - The US Army has some rules for social media use—but even if you’re not a soldier, you might do well to adhere to some of those rules. From the Atlantic Wire :
  • On Facebook: DO “spell check every post prior to posting; the Army’s reputation is at
...

Restaurant Boots Woman Over 'Twerp' Tweet

Comment about bartender prompts owner to send her packing

(Newser) - Watch what you tweet: A diner was kicked out of a Houston restaurant for calling the bartender a “twerp” on her Twitter feed, the establishment’s owner tells KPRC Houston . When a manager with the night off saw the comment, he called the restaurant and asked the woman to...

Facebook Should Worry About Google+ Games

Social network to offer Angry Birds, Sudoku, more

(Newser) - With 25 million users, Google+ is still far behind Facebook's 750 million, but yesterday Google introduced a powerful new addition that could quickly make it a more formidable social networking threat: games. There's no FarmVille or CityVille—two of the most popular games that are exclusive to Facebook—...

Facebook Changing News Feed Again

Get ready for even more of your actions to be shared

(Newser) - Get ready for lots of groaning to show up on your Facebook news feed: The social network is once again looking to make major changes to what you see on its home page. Currently, Facebook filters the information that shows up in your news feed, so you don't see...

Why I Celebrated My &#39;Facebook Birthday&#39; 3 Times
Why I Celebrated My 'Facebook Birthday' 3 Times
david plotz
Aug 2, 2011 12:23 PM CDT

Why I Celebrated My 'Facebook Birthday' 3 Times

Experiment proved greetings are fake: David Plotz

(Newser) - Nothing illustrates the "fakery" of Facebook and its so-called friendships quite as much as the "Facebook Birthday," that one day each year when you are bombarded by "exclamation-point-polluted" Wall posts from people you barely know. That's why Slate's David Plotz decided to engage in...

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