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Ecwid: Facebook Storefronts Stay The Course In 1Q - Posted May 1, 2013
Facebook commerce provider Ecwid reported continued momentum for small and midsized ret... [AllFacebook]

Spruce Media Bullish On Facebook In 1Q Report On State Of Advertising - Posted April 29, 2013
Spruce Media, a Fa... [AllFacebook]

WALL STREET: Three Analysts Tout Facebook - Posted April 26, 2013
Facebook was on the receiving end of some ... [AllFacebook]

How Should Brands Respond to Tragedy on Social Media? - Posted April 23, 2013
This post was co-written by the author and his wife, ... [AgencySpy]

EBay Will Support Targeted Ads Based on User Activity: Report - Posted April 8, 2013
EBay will begin allowing brands to target advertising to its users based on the data it collects about them, Stephen Howard-Sarin, the company's head of digital display in North America, said at an advertising conference today, according to Ad Week. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Semantic Web Jobs: PayPal - Posted April 1, 2013
PayPal, an eBay company, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. The post states, "We are seeking an expert Java developer with experience in developing web application using Spring MVC and Spring web flow. In this role, you w... [semanticweb.com]

'Fortune' Reveals World's Most Admired Companies; Facebook Makes List At No. 48 - Posted March 1, 2013
Facebook secured a spot on Fortune's 30th annual ... [AllFacebook]

Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Gay Marriage Support | Groupon Earnings - Posted February 28, 2013
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email.   Facebook Backs Same-Sex Marriage in Supreme Court Filing... [SocialTimes.com]

eBay Will Roll Out its New Visual Layout to All Users - Posted February 19, 2013
eBay is moving forward with the more visual design it first introduced in October. Today, more than 90 percent of eBay users based in the U.S. will see the new, personalized homepage as soon as they log into the site as the company rolls out the de... [SocialTimes.com]

How Facebook Can Break Into The Markets Of Craigslist And Ebay - Posted February 18, 2013
Facebook is moving to position itself as the hub of all interest-based communities (Pinterest, Spotify, Foodspotting, and Goodreads, for example) with i... [AllFacebook]

How Facebook Can Break Into The Markets Of Craigslist And Ebay - Posted February 18, 2013
Facebook is moving to position itself as the hub of all interest-based communities (Pinterest, Spotify, Foodspotting, and Goodreads, for example) with i... [Lost Remote]

Facebook Commerce Platform 8thBridge Graphite Integrated With EBay's GSI Commerce - Posted February 1, 2013
Social commerce platform 8thBridge Graphite from ... [AllFacebook]

Out for Undergraduate Technology Conference To Be Held At Facebook HQ Feb. 2 And 3 - Posted January 31, 2013
Facebook headquarters in ... [AllFacebook]

Craigslist and eBay Vow to Stop Scalping of Inauguration Tickets - Posted January 17, 2013
Craigslist and eBay have agreed to stop selling scalped tickets to the presidential inauguration, Chuck Schumer, the chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, announced today. Soon after t... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Stock Tracker: Investors Bet on Upcoming Q4 Results - Posted January 12, 2013
WEEKLY STOCK PERFORMANCE The social media sector performed well this week with an average weekly gain of 2% as investors continued to make bets ahead of upcoming earnings. In the next several weeks, several notable companies (incl... [SocialTimes.com]

The World's Greatest Brands: 2013 Edition - Posted January 2, 2013
Welcome back, dear readers! We hope everyone had a great holiday and survived t... [PRNewser]

People Are Still Using Google to Find their Social Accounts, Study Reveals - Posted December 26, 2012
Americans still use Google to find their favorite social networks, according to a report by Exp... [SocialTimes.com]

Groupon Is a Local Business Engine, Says Embattled CEO Andrew Mason - Posted December 11, 2012
[caption id="attachment_111559" align="alignleft" width="241"] Photo: Aaron Fulkerson via Wikimedia Commons[/caption]In an on-stage interview in San Francisco in which he declined to address questions about wheth... [SocialTimes.com]

Shoppers Are Talking About eBay and iPhones on Twitter - Posted December 6, 2012
More Twitter users are talking about eBay than Walmart, according to the latest data from HootSuite. This month, HootSuite is offering the public a glimpse into the minds of holiday shoppers through its 2012 Holiday Tracke... [SocialTimes.com]

Silicon Valley Has Worst Gender Balance Among Execs of Any California Industry - Posted December 5, 2012
[caption id="attachment_112541" align="alignleft" width="300"] fzd.it / Shutterstock.com[/caption]At the 400 largest companies headquartered in California, women filled less than 10 percent of top executive jobs at the close of fiscal year 2012, and Silicon Valley companies had fewest women in top jobs ... [SocialTimes.com]

Walmart, Toys "R" Us Saw Biggest Facebook Gains On Black Friday, Cyber Monday - Posted November 30, 2012
As millions of people opened their wallets last weekend for Black Friday and ... [AllFacebook]

Social Sites Big Winners in ComScore's First Combined Desktop, Mobile Rankings - Posted November 30, 2012
[caption id="attachment_111978" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jirsak / Shutterstock.com[/caption] Web audience measurement provider ComScore yesterday debuted t... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Newsfeed: Cyber Monday | Facebook Privacy - Posted November 26, 2012
 Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Data-Visualization Outfit SumAll Closes $6M Capital-Financing Round - Posted November 20, 2012
Data-focused software-as-a-service provider SumAll announced the completion of a $6 million series-A capital-financing round led by ... [AllFacebook]

The U.S. & California Sue EBay Over Recruiting Agreement With Intuit - Posted November 19, 2012
Wait 'til you get a load of this! When we first heard about it, we had to do a double-take, too. Actually, it's not uncommon for companies to have an unwritten agreement to not poach each other's people but this time, EBay is being accused for such practices! Here's the scoop: EBay was... [MediaJobsDaily]

Which Shopping Apps Want The Most Facebook Information? - Posted November 13, 2012
People looking to get a jump on their Christmas shopping (and be done before Black Friday) have probably noticed how several retailers offer simple connect to Facebook options. But which shops and applications require crucial information from your Facebook account? Social security firm ... [AllFacebook]

eBay Announces StubHub Ticketing, PayPal Billing for AEG Arenas - Posted November 12, 2012
eBay Inc. and AEG announced that they have signed a deal to deliver sales of sports and music tickets and branded items using StubHub ticketing, PayPal... [SocialTimes.com]

How Much Would You Pay To Have Aziz Ansari Tweet For You For 15 Minutes? - Posted October 23, 2012
As part of Comedy Central's 'Night Of Too Many Stars' Celebrity Auction, an auction to rally support and raise money to support autism school, programs and services, actor Aziz Ansari is offering to tweet for one lucky eBay bidder for 15 minutes. Ansari, best known for his role as Tom Haverford on... [SocialTimes.com]

Report: 77 Percent Of Data Generated By Facebook Mobile Apps Goes To Five Sites - Posted October 23, 2012
With more and more Facebook users accessing the social network via mobile devices, Citrix examined where mobile traffic driven by Facebook was going, finding that 77 percent of the data volume generated by the social network's mobile app... [AllFacebook]

UPDATED: Facebook PAC Donates More To Republicans; Employees Favor Democrats - Posted October 16, 2012
Facebook's political-action committee, fbPAC, continued to hit its like ... [AllFacebook]

eBay Looks Like Pinterest Now...Sort Of - Posted October 10, 2012
Auction site eBay showed off a new layout today at the "Future of Shopping" event in New York City. From the look of it, it's an e-commerce version of Pinterest, with big pictures and customizable feeds. The images are spread across the homepage, below the fold. Users can customize the results by... [SocialTimes.com]

Will Facebook Be Worth $1 Trillion? - Posted October 3, 2012
Are you tired of debating about Facebook's stock pric... [AllFacebook]

Facebook Cracks Interbrand Top 100 Global Brands - Posted October 2, 2012
Facebook's ... [AllFacebook]

Android Marketplace App Quickable Allows Sellers To Offer Special Prices To Facebook Friends - Posted September 19, 2012
What makes mobile marketplace application ... [AllFacebook]

Lobbying Group The Internet Association Reveals Full Roster, Platform - Posted September 19, 2012
Initially ... [AllFacebook]

Where to Recycle Old Mobile Phones - Posted September 10, 2012
Sending a text on a smartphone might save a tree, but what happens to your old phone when it's time for an upgrade? Before you send your hardware off to a landfill, here are a few places you can trade it in - and maybe get a little cash. Verizon's ... [SocialTimes.com]

SumAll Social Metrics Joins Facebook Analytics Fray - Posted August 28, 2012
The crowded Facebook analytics field welcomed a new entry from data visualiz... [AllFacebook]

Facebook, Google, Amazon, EBay Form Internet Lobbying Group - Posted July 25, 2012
Earlier this week, we learned that Facebook really likes Washington, D.C. Now ... [AllFacebook]

Which Industries Are Best At Facebook Engagement? - Posted June 27, 2012
How often do you post to a company's Facebook page and receive direct feedback? Your chances at getting a response are better if you're talking to a ... [AllFacebook]

Disgruntled eBay Seller Goes Viral After Death, Spreads Awareness About Cystic Fibrosis - Posted June 18, 2012
Over the weekend a video of a disgruntled eBay seller's message to buyers went viral. The video, which has racked up over 400,000 views since being posted to Reddit on Friday, features an eBay sale page for a DVD backe... [SocialTimes.com]

How To Get Fido To Tweet [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 10, 2012
It might not be called a "woof", but Fido has taken to tweeting nonetheless. People sure love their pets, and they're broadcasting this love on social media. We're seeing cats tweeting about their love of catnip, dogs updating Facebook when they get back from a walk, and gerbils posting p... [AllTwitter]

NEA Launches 'Blue Horse' Charity Auction to Benefit Arts Education - Posted October 21, 2011
The National Education Association (NEA) has teamed up with the NEA Foundation to host "The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Charity Auction." The proceeds derived from the Internet auction will benefit the NEA Foundation's "Art Inspires Learning, Learning Inspires Art" initiative. This project funds arts ... [GalleyCat]

eBay's X.commerce Now Runs on Drupal - Posted October 18, 2011
A new article reports, "eBay is the latest tech giant to embrace ... [semanticweb.com]

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]

Infolinks Introduces Self-Service Semantic Advertising - Posted August 22, 2011
Online advertising that leverages semantic technology is expanding to the do-it-yourself model. Infolinks today is launching its self-service in-text advertising marketplace. The company says the service is designed to speed advertisers' ability to create in-text ad campaigns, which work in the Infolin... [AllTwitter]

eBay Engages Facebook While Considering Twitter and YouTube - Posted June 21, 2011
Christopher Payne, eBay Marketplaces vice president, said the company's philosophy will be to try "a whole bunch of things" in the social media. With that said, eBay is thinking about using Twitter and YouTube to take advantage of the increase in social media activities among shoppers while it launches new social... [SocialTimes.com]

Research Finds Women Really Like Gaming Apps - Posted June 8, 2011
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I Sold it on eBay! - Posted May 16, 2011
Hat fanciers 'round the world, get your credit cards out. As of Monday morning, there will be just five days left to bid on ... [PRNewser]

Working Out the Kinks In Sentiment Analysis -- And Focusing on the Opportunities, Too - Posted April 13, 2011
What's the most important requirement for sentiment analytics to succeed? Make that question plural, and let's start our answers with something that the tools in this area themselves have no influence on: Good quality data. During yesterday's second annual Sentiment Analysis Symposium in New York Ci... [semanticweb.com]

Survey Finds 75% of College Students Stick to Print Textbooks - Posted January 7, 2011
According to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s "Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education" survey, 75 percent of college students prefer print textbooks over digital versions. eBookNewser noted that 12 percent of t... [GalleyCat]

Wal-Mart, Target Top Women at NBCU Index - Posted October 25, 2010
Women at NBCU, the female-targeted marketing and research initiative at NBC Universal, has released the September results of its "Brand Power Index," with retailers ... [PRNewser]

Edelman Launches Integrated Marketing Unit - Posted October 4, 2010
Today, Edelman launched an integrated marketing unit that offers graphic design services, direct consumer advertising, event production and mobile marketing, and other branding and marketing services. Called ... [PRNewser]

Enterprise 3.0: Semweb Commercialization Options - Posted January 16, 2008
Back when I was an industry analyst (VP, E-Business Strategies at the META Group, since acquired by Gartner), I often had to critique emerging markets.  Unlike venture capitalists, industry analysts are privy to product roadmaps from publicly-traded companies, including the industry giants (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, IBM).  And unlike i-bankers, they are... [semanticweb.com]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 26, 2007
Quickie Movie Reviews: Kenneth Turan likes There Will Be Blood Kevin Crust turns his nose up at Bucket List (but ... [FishbowlLA]

Social Graphology | Online Communities and the Small Business - Posted December 4, 2007
In a recent blog post, Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, wrote about a new paradigm. In the early days of the internet it was the computers and the wires that were important; more recently it was the documents that were the important things, the centres of focus... [semanticweb.com]

Fergie's Hummer Fetches $63K on eBay - Posted September 14, 2007
Pop songbird Fergie turned to eBay to ditch her gas-guzzling Hummer. And she did it in the name of charity with all proceeds going to Global Green USA following on the heels of her participation in Live Earth last summer. So far, the bidding is up to $63,999 and more than 660,... [FishbowlLA]

Amazon Offers Early Galleys, Online Payments - Posted August 6, 2007
Though Amazon tried this idea once before without much success, the company has decided that sending out ARCs to hand-picked customer reviewers is a good thing, Ergo, Amazon Vine, which will "help our vendors generate awareness for new and pre-release products by connecting them with the voice of the Amazon community:... [GalleyCat]

Postal Changes Means Bad News for Used Booksellers - Posted April 9, 2007
The New York Times' Bob Tedeschi reports on an upcoming change by the United States Postal Service that may have a dramatic impact on how used booksellers do business. That's because as of mid-May, it would no longer transport goods internationally via cargo ships for individual customers. Th... [GalleyCat]