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FWD.us Phone Calls Coach Recipients On What To Say, Connect Them To Their Senators - Posted June 6, 2013
FWD.us, the political advocacy group led by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO ... [AllFacebook]

OMGPOP Is History As Part Of Zynga Cuts - Posted June 4, 2013
Draw Something developer ... [AllFacebook]

REPORT: Facebook To Test Addition Of Messages To Status Update Box - Posted June 3, 2013
According to reports, Facebook will launch a test "with a small percentage of users," enabling those users to send private ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Global Head Of Brand Design Paul Adams Joins Startup Intercom - Posted May 24, 2013
Facebook Global Head of Brand Design Paul ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Makes Social Roulette App Go Black - Posted May 13, 2013
In Russian Roulette, players have a 1-in-6 chance of losing their life. In Social Roulette, users have a 1-in-6 chance of losing their Facebook account. That is, until Facebook took ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Matchmaking: Bang With Friends Launches IOS, Android Apps; YouShouldTotallyMeet Debuts - Posted May 8, 2013
Facebook users tapping the social network to get, well, really social will likely be heartened by news that ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook (Unofficially) Lands On Google Glass - Posted May 7, 2013
Although it's only available to a super-select few, Facebook already has a home on Google Glass. It's not the official Facebook application, but ... [AllFacebook]

The Wrong Path? Facebook Cuts Off Access To Find Friends API From Social Network's App - Posted May 6, 2013
Social network Path became the latest application to lose access to Facebook's ... [AllFacebook]

Court Rules In Favor Of Facebook In 'Typosquatters' Case - Posted May 1, 2013
The U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled in favor of Facebook in a case against a group of "typosquatters," who purchase ... [AllFacebook]

What Others Are Predicting About Facebook's 1Q Earnings Call - Posted April 30, 2013
Wednesday, Facebook will announce how well it did financially in the first quarter of this fiscal year... [AllFacebook]

Datalogix, Which Presents Offline Purchasing Data To Facebook, Raises $25M In Series B Funding - Posted April 25, 2013
In an effort to attract advertisers, Facebook has partnered with firms such as Datalogix to find out how the social network influences online purchasing behavior. These eff... [AllFacebook]

Android's Facebook Messenger App Gets VoIP Calling - Posted April 18, 2013
Facebook's war against the call feature of a phone continues. TechCrunch re... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Exchange Product Director Antonio Garcia-Martinez Leaves Company - Posted April 18, 2013
Facebook Exc... [AllFacebook]

Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Announcement | Twitter Mobile Updates - Posted April 4, 2013
 Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Accusations Mount Against Tech Power Broker Michael Arrington - Posted April 3, 2013
[caption id="attachment_123264" align="alignleft" width="320"] Via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] It began with a Facebook status update from an ex-girlfriend, alleging that he had beaten her. Gossip blog ... [SocialTimes.com]

Accusations Mount Against Tech Power Broker Michael Arrington - Posted April 3, 2013
[caption id="attachment_123264" align="alignleft" width="320"] Via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] It began with a Facebook status update from an ex-girlfriend, alleging that he had beaten her. Gossip blog ... [AllFacebook]

Micheal Arrington's Ex-Girlfriend Claims He Abused Her - Posted April 1, 2013
Jenn Allen, the ex-girlfriend of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, has accused him of mentally and physically abusing her. In a rambling Facebook post, ... [FishbowlLA]

Is Android Building The Unthinkable Facebook Phone? - Posted April 1, 2013
Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has constantly laughed off the thought of a ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook To Press: 'Come See Our New Home On Android' - Posted March 29, 2013
Droid does it: Facebook announced a ... [AllFacebook]

What's 'Enterprise Tech' PR All About, Anyway? - Posted March 28, 2013
Today we bring you another guest post courtesy of Pasta, a provider of public relations management solutions. Today the company launched "Pasta PR Chats," a new interview series where employees speak with public relations practitioners of all shapes and sizes--from agency folks, to PR-savvy entrepreneurs, to in-house managers. Their first interview... [PRNewser]

Dropbox Downloads Facebook's Lead Mobile Designer - Posted March 22, 2013
One of the leading minds behind Facebook's mobile-first push is leaving the company. TechCrunch reported that ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook To Introduce Replies Feature For Comments On More Popular Pages, Profiles - Posted March 21, 2013
Facebook began testing a feature it referred to as threaded comments... [AllFacebook]

Netflix Finally Proposes to Facebook - Posted March 13, 2013
After a long and sometimes troubled courtship, two of the biggest names in media finally agreed upon a domestic partnership: Netflix and Facebook will join forces to let all of your "friends" who also have streaming accounts know exactly what you've watched and you're watching at any given moment. We see this... [PRNewser]

SxSW Has 'Gone Hollywood,' Gossip Press and All - Posted March 10, 2013
With the absence of breakout startups emerging from South by Southwest since Foursquare in 2009, many are wondering whether SxSW has become simply a spring break for the tech set. For instance, SocialTimes received this pitch: "Is South by Southwest the new Spring Break for... [Lost Remote]

SxSW Has 'Gone Hollywood,' Gossip Press and All - Posted March 10, 2013
With the absence of breakout startups emerging from South by Southwest since Foursquare in 2009, many are wondering whether SxSW has become simply a spring break for the tech set. For instance, SocialTimes received this pitch: "Is South by Southwest the new Spring Break for... [SocialTimes.com]

'The Startup Legitimizer': Instant PR! - Posted March 8, 2013
Sometimes the key for a startup or other new business venture looking to break out can be a single article in a big-name magazine or newspaper. What startup founder looking for "Angel investors" wouldn't want to say "did you see us in the Wall Street Journal?" Of course,... [PRNewser]

IOS Users Prefer Snapchat To Facebook's Poke - Posted March 8, 2013
Facebook launched iOS application Poke, a timed messaging service that drew heavy comp... [AllFacebook]

Speculation Emerges About News Feed Changes Facebook Will Announce Thursday - Posted March 6, 2013
What changes to its ... [AllFacebook]

Fired Groupon CEO's Farewell Message: PR Win? - Posted March 1, 2013
In case you haven't heard, long-struggling daily deals leader Groupon finally dumped its controversial CEO Andrew Mason yesterday. But we have to say that his "resignation letter" was the most amusing pseudo-press release we read this we... [PRNewser]

Is This The World's First Vine Press Release? - Posted February 28, 2013
Today we may have witnessed a first: a press release delivered via 6-second Vine mini-video. The makers of Sonar, a "social discovery app" that allows users to find others by geographical proximity (which Mediabistro profiled in this Elevator Pitch video), just received a big investment from Mic... [PRNewser]

Facebook Director Of Product Blake Ross Leaving - Posted February 22, 2013
Facebook Director of Product Blake Ross announced (in a Facebook post, not surpr... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Exec Believes Auto-Play Video Ads Could Work Without Distracting Users - Posted February 15, 2013
In December, Ad Age reported that Facebook was working on 15-second video ads that would automatically play in the n... [AllFacebook]

Next Redesign For Facebook: News Feed? - Posted February 1, 2013
Facebook has overhauled its main profile page, introducing timeline. It has changed how people will find information on the site by launching ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram's Kevin Systrom Among Crunchies Awards Winners - Posted February 1, 2013
Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Testing Detailed Emoticons In The Status Update Box - Posted January 31, 2013
In the past few months, Facebook has been using the status update box to ask about users' favorite Halloween candy and to inquire about their holiday plans. Now it's taking that process to the next step, as TechCrunch reports that Fa... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Changes PayPal Direct Deposit Policy For New Developers In Several Countries - Posted January 28, 2013
Since 2010, PayPal has been one of the main methods of payment for Facebook developers. But as Facebook grows, the company is changing its... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Yanks Data From Yandex's Mobile App, A Graph Search Competitor - Posted January 24, 2013
Thursday, Russian search engine Yandex released a mobile application, Wonder, that was something like ... [AllFacebook]

NRA's Media Team Goes Silent After Newtown Tragedy - Posted December 17, 2012
Friday's horrific violence in Newtown, Connecticut, understandably dominated every corner of the American media this weekend. Many citizens (most prominently ... [PRNewser]

Facebook Testing More Visual Mobile Sponsored Stories - Posted November 28, 2012
Some users may be seeing a new kind of ad in their mobile news feeds, as Facebook is testing a more visual approach to sponsored stories, which prompt users to like a page. TechCrunch reported that the site is showing off a a new format for sponsored stories, including a big,... [AllFacebook]

Everyone Fooled by Fake Google Press Release - Posted November 26, 2012
In an almost comic case of pretty much everybody getting it wrong, a score of major publishers ran with a big-news press release that turned out t... [PRNewser]

Facebook To Employees: Start 'Droidfooding' - Posted November 26, 2012
Facebook continues to ramp up its support for the Android platform, putting its own ta... [AllFacebook]

Amazon Enters the Brand Pages Game - Posted November 21, 2012
Just in time for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and all that related insanity, Amazon has joined Facebook in giving marketers yet another reason to obsess over data with new brand pages and analytical tools. So... [PRNewser]

Facebook's View Tags Show That Views Can Be More Valuable Than Clicks - Posted November 20, 2012
As Facebook advertisers try to find ways to get users to click on ads, new statistics show that the impression is probably more va... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Tests Photo Sync On IOS Devices - Posted November 19, 2012
In September, Facebook tested Photo Sync for Android, allowing users the choice for photos to instantly upload to Facebook (but to an album only you can see) when they are taken. TechCrunch reported Monday that the social network is bringing Photo Sync to Apple devices. This is not an automatic feature, but... [AllFacebook]

What's In 'Store' At Facebook? - Posted November 19, 2012
Much like Facebook dropped "the" from its original name not long after its creation at ... [AllFacebook]

Citigroup Fined $2M In Massachusetts Over Pre-IPO Disclosure Of Facebook Documents - Posted October 26, 2012
The state of Massachusetts fined ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Attracts Users In India With Mobile Voice Credits - Posted October 17, 2012
Facebook representatives have been traveling throughout Asia, trying to boost the social network's numbers all over the continent. Ac... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Debuts Feature That Will Change Social Networking As We Know It: Real-Time Pokes! - Posted September 27, 2012
Never mind upgrading its mobile applications and ... [AllFacebook]

Users Seeing Old Facebook Wall Posts, Not A Private Message Leak - Posted September 24, 2012
The 2000's were a simpler era. There was no timeline, ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook And Twitter, Together Forever? - Posted September 21, 2012
Are Facebook and Twitter cementing their frenemy status? It seems the two social networks are trying to direct traffic to each other, based on two screen grabs posted by ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Crows About Success Of New IOS App - Posted September 14, 2012
Facebook touted the success of the Aug. 23 release of Facebook 5.0 for iOS, saying that one-ha... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Has Nowhere to Go But Down - Posted September 12, 2012
General impressions of Mark Zuckerberg's speech at yesterday's TechCrunch ... [PRNewser]

Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Mobile, IPO, Search, And Facebook's Future - Posted September 11, 2012
Facebook is the world's most social platform, but the man who started it all hasn't spoken much recently. At TechCrunch's Disrupt ... [AllFacebook]

Mark Zuckerberg To Speak In San Francisco - Posted September 10, 2012
Ever since Facebook gave its second-quarter update, Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't really said much publicly. That will change Tuesday afternoon, wh... [AllFacebook]

What Others Are Saying About Facebook's News Feed Ad Testing - Posted August 16, 2012
Facebook's announcement that the site is testing ads that will go beyond pages' fan bases set off a flurry of reaction across the ... [AllFacebook]

Gannett Buys Facebook Ad Software Company Blinq Media - Posted August 10, 2012
Companies aren't just taking Facebook's brightest minds, they're also acquiring entities that are... [AllFacebook]

Turn Your Facebook Photo Into A Postcard ... And Send It - Posted August 9, 2012
Many Facebook users didn't like when it seemed as if the social network was trying to take over their email. But we're guessin... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Addresses Mobile Future At Crunchup - Posted August 6, 2012
As investors question whether or not Facebook can make money off the millions who access the social ... [AllFacebook]

CEO Of Payvment, Facebook E-Commerce Vendor, Steps Down - Posted July 24, 2012
Payvment has been one of Facebook's most prominent e-commerce solutions, led by CEO Christian Taylor. However, Taylor told TechCrunch Tuesday that ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Groups Now Show Who Viewed Each Post - Posted July 11, 2012
Facebook wants to let you know when messages are seen. Now it also wants to let you know when Facebook groups' posts are seen. The company announced Wednesday ... [AllFacebook]

Pitching Pointers from Mobile Media Mavens - Posted June 6, 2012
As mobile's momentum continues, the pace of articles, conferences and new apps has intensified. At PCNY's event on Tuesday, panelists discussed the maze of mobile options. Editors and reporters covering the mobile beat at ... [PRNewser]

Tim Armstrong Refutes Engadget, TechCrunch Sale - Posted May 9, 2012
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has refuted a rumor from earlier today that AOL is planning to... [Fishbowl NY]

Tim Armstrong Refutes Engadget, TechCrunch Sale - Posted May 9, 2012
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has refuted a rumor from earlier today that AOL is planning to... [FishbowlNY]

Rumor: AOL is Selling Engadget and TechCrunch - Posted May 9, 2012
According to ... [Fishbowl NY]

Rumor: AOL is Selling Engadget and TechCrunch - Posted May 9, 2012
According to ... [FishbowlNY]

Gravity Gets The Interest Graph Going; Partners Include Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch - Posted March 26, 2012
Just a little over a year ago The Semantic Web Blog introduced our readers to Gravity in this article. The project, spearheaded by former MySpace execs, is f... [semanticweb.com]

Revolving Door: TechCrunch, 'Spin,' BuzzFeed, and More - Posted February 27, 2012
News just broke about an hour ago ago that TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld is leaving the company and Eric Eldon is moving up the masthead. Schonfeld too... [PRNewser]

A TechCrunch Departure - Posted February 24, 2012
TechCrunch has lost Jason Kincaid, one of the site's more popular writers. Kincaid has been with TechCrunch since 2008. Earlier today he ... [Fishbowl NY]

A TechCrunch Departure - Posted February 24, 2012
TechCrunch has lost Jason Kincaid, one of the site's more popular writers. Kincaid has been with TechCrunch since 2008. Earlier today he ... [FishbowlNY]

Facebook and eBay Introduce Commerce Platform - Posted October 17, 2011
Facebook is adopting eBay's commerce platform to create new social shopping experiences for hundreds of millions of consumers, according to a report from CNET. Together, eBay is integrating Facebook's new Open Graph ... [SocialTimes.com]

Arrington Officially Out, But AOL's Issues Remain - Posted September 12, 2011
[caption id="attachment_27053" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="A picture of Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt, tweeted by Alexia Tsotsis"][/caption] Michael Arrington is officially out at TechCrunch and ... [PRNewser]

TechCrunch Reporters Speak Out About CrunchFund - Posted September 6, 2011
[caption id="attachment_26775" align="alignright" width="225" caption="TechCrunch's Michael Arrington"][/caption] TechCrunch writers are speaking out about the news that... [PRNewser]

#TCDisrupt: Find the Perfect App With Quixey - Posted May 23, 2011
TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off today in NYC bringing in local talent and talent from afar. "Startup Alley" or rather a long line of mini-startup booths where eager founders show off their product. Lots of guys in the mobile planning space, lots of programs around optimizing personal information, but so far a... [SocialTimes.com]

Publicist Request Leads to AOL Drama - Posted March 16, 2011
TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis wrote a post about a Facebook game tied to Jake Gyllenhaal's new flick The Source Code. ... [AgencySpy]

Moviefone Defends Asking TechCrunch Writer to Appease Movie Studio by Altering Story - Posted March 16, 2011
We might never have noticed Alexia Tsotsis' post on AOL's TechCrunch about marketing strategy for the film The Source Code if a publicist at Summit Pictures hadn't tried to dictate editorial content. But they did. Said publicist complained about the "snarky" post to the employee at AOL's Moviefone, who had connected Tsotsis... [FishbowlLA]

Arianna Huffington on TechCrunch, Engadget: Hands Off - Posted March 4, 2011
Aol CEO Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington, who will be president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group once the me... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: A Taxing Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Tops Bloggers' Shared News Links - Posted February 3, 2011
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report his wife's earnings over a five-year period was the subject of the most news links shared via bloggers, while a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

TechCrunch Columnist Paul Carr, Wine Library TV Host Gary Vaynerchuk Spar in Part Two of The Webby Debates - Posted November 30, 2010
Part two of The Webby Debates, hosted on CNNMoney.com and moderated by that site's Laurie Segall, featured TechCrunch columnist Paul Carr... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

TechCrunch Introduces Community Manager Elin Blesener - Posted November 29, 2010
TechCrunch announced the addition of Elin Blesener as community manager, ta... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Jason Calacanis to 'Launch' Challenge to Michael Arrington - Posted October 5, 2010
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Diller Likes AOL While National Journal's Latest Hire Talks Decline, Plus Other News of the Day - Posted September 29, 2010
- Well the Wall Street Journal is sure enjoying a recent jump in its advertising revenue, and it wants to make it clear that the New York Times isn't matching it. According to a company memo ... [MediaJobsDaily]

More Reaction to AOL's Purchase of TechCrunch - Posted September 29, 2010
Reaction continues to pour in on AOL's deal to acquire TechCrunch, including more insight from TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, who spoke with CNN's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington on Why He Sold Out to AOL - Posted September 28, 2010
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington offered his take on ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AOL Announces TechCrunch Acquisition, on TechCrunch - Posted September 28, 2010
After days of speculation, AOL's acquisition of Michael Arrington's TechCrunch ... [PRNewser]

Done Deal: AOL Acquires TechCrunch - Posted September 28, 2010
The rumors have now been officially confirmed by AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong: AOL is the proud new... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Jason Calacanis Tears Into TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington in Several Tweets - Posted September 28, 2010
There has yet to be any kind of official announcement on the rumored acquisition of ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

AOL Reportedly in Talks to Purchase TechCrunch - Posted September 28, 2010
AOL might be looking to add another huge blog to its new list of sites. GigaOm reports that the media company is close to purchasing TechCrunch, the famed technology blog started by Michael Arrington in 2005. According to the report, the announcement could come very soon. ... [MediaJobsDaily]

AOL Near Deal to Buy TechCrunch? - Posted September 27, 2010
AOL is nearing a deal to acquire online blogging network TechCrunch, with an announcement possible at the latter's Disrupt SF conference in San Francisco, which began Monday an... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Saudi Arabia to Require Licenses for Bloggers - Posted September 24, 2010
American journalists and bloggers might often complain about the lack of order to the Web, but feel lucky we don't have to sign up for a government license just to express our opinions online. That's what Saudi Arabian bloggers will soon have to do, reports TechCrunch. Saudi Information and Culture Ministry spokesman... [MediaJobsDaily]

MySpace VP of Communications Joins Brew Media Relations - Posted September 22, 2010
Tracy Akselrud has left MySpace for a position with Brew Media Relations. As ... [PRNewser]

TechCrunch's Arrington: Don't Ask Me To Do Dinner - Posted September 20, 2010
Inc. magazine gave TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington a chance to sound off on his work style in their "The Way I Work Feature." For those in tech PR, it's no surprise that Mr. Arrington's site has quic... [PRNewser]

Gordon Brown: superfast broadband vital to prevent 'digital divide' - The Guardian - Posted March 22, 2010
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Evri Announces Acquisition of Twine, Relaunches Consumer Site - PR-USA.net (press release) - Posted March 14, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

TechCrunch: Cognitive Match Secures Another $2.5m For Realtime Matching - NewsFactor Network - Posted February 5, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

WNYC Hosts Debate on Merits Of Citizen Journalism and Technology - Posted November 11, 2009
Last week's tragedy at Fort Hood, so close to Veteran's Day, left the public scared and confused -- not only because of the senseless nature of the crime which left 13 dead, but because some of the information that leaked out about the event from the ground ... [Fishbowl NY]

WNYC Hosts Debate on Merits Of Citizen Journalism and Technology - Posted November 11, 2009
Last week's tragedy at Fort Hood, so close to Veteran's Day, left the public scared and confused -- not only because of the senseless nature of the crime which left 13 dead, but because some of the information that leaked out about the event from the ground ... [FishbowlNY]

Hey TechCrunch, Enough With the Embargoes Already - Posted September 24, 2009
TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington is sick of being told by companies when the blog can break their news (also know as an embargo). Arrington first wrote about his disdain of embargoes ... [PRNewser]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 10, 2008
Power To The Bloggers: Jessica Guynn profiles TechCrunch creator/blogger ... [FishbowlLA]

NFL Says Watch Your Mouth - Posted August 29, 2007
The NFL has officially banned all unauthorized use of the phrase armchair quarterback. Also, off sides, end zone, punt on 3rd down, and most other figures of speech drawn from ... [FishbowlLA]