Using a network of Facebook event pages, a wiki and a spreadsheet in Google Docs, the anti-censorship group Fight for the Future is planning to launch large-scale crowd-sourced protests on Saturday against what they call the "European version of SOPA," known as ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). Over 200,000 people have committed to participate in 200 cities, mostly in Europe but with scattered protests in Canada, the US and elsewhere.... Read more...
Dad Shoots up Laptop — Was it Right? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY| What happens when a young teenager disrespects her parents on Facebook? For Tommy Jordan, it meant posting a video on YouTube and Facebook, putting 10 hollow point bullets into his daughter's laptop and grounding her for the foreseeable future Read more...
Canon Elph 530 HS, 320 HS add Wi-Fi, iOS app link
Canon brought Wi-Fi to its point-and-shoot cameras for the first time on Tuesday. Both the Elph 530 HS and Elph 320 HS can both send media directly to Image Gateway, an in-between album that in turn lets users share to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. An iOS app, CameraWindow is coming in March that promises to keep compact cameras relevant: it will let owners send photos and videos directly to the Apple devices both for safekeeping and to upload to the same social sites... Read more...
Facebook photo sharing app now under new management
The leaked images of a Facebook app last summer will not result in a photo-sharing app after all, Business Insider has learned. The photos were simply meant to showcase of what such an app could look like and in fact little development work was done on the app. Also, the source revealed that Facebook is still working on improving the mobile photo-sharing experience, but the team assigned to it is different from the one in the summer.... Read more...
Facebook Is Bringing Ads to Mobile Apps [REPORT] (Mashable)
Mashable - Users of Facebook's apps -- for Android, iPad and iPhone -- may begin seeing ads as soon as early March, as the company looks to gain an addition revenue source before it goes public. Sources close to the matter say Facebook has already discussed proposals with advertising agencies, according to the Financial Times. Read more...
Facebook: CEO to take Jobs-like $1 salary, mobile a risk
The SEC filing behind Facebook's long-expected IPO has seen company founder Mark Zuckerberg take an Apple cue in his pay. The CEO earlier this month requested that, as of the start of 2013, his base pay be cut from as much as $500,000 in 2011 to just $1, much like Apple co-creator Steve Jobs. Zuckerberg is known to have taken advice from Jobs and considered his success an aspirational goal... Read more...
90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email or Social Media? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Could you live with daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, did just that. Read more...
Vevo may jump to Facebook, posts song-matching iPhone app
Music video provider Vevo might shift its library from YouTube to Facebook if leaks are accurate. The service is believed in "very preliminary" talks that would see Facebook host the content and split ad revenue, CNET understood. Read more...
"Abduction" hits Facebook, DVD, Blu-ray simultaneously (Reuters)
Reuters - Taylor Lautner is helping Facebook make history. Read more...
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