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On The So-Called “Gold Rush” For Facebook Vanity URLs

by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009

According to Bloomberg, about 3 million vanity URLs have been snagged over the weekend: Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking site, said more than 3 million members registered user names by yesterday morning after it offered people the chance to (…)

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Facebook Partnering With Nokia? Yeah, That’s A Good Thing.

by Tony Hung on January 20, 2008

Well it looks like Nokia may be partnering with Facebook in a fairly major way to allow placement of Facebook right onto the main menus of Nokia screens.  Pretty important stuff in terms of utility and branding. Not just in (…)

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One Last Late Thought On Facebook’s Beacon Buckling Down

by Tony Hung on December 6, 2007

Funny how being just a few days blogging is like being a *weeks* late, huh? :) Anyway, it sounds like a lot has been said about Facebook’s Beacon doing The Seemingly Right Thing by making Beacon 100% opt out, with (…)

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Facebook Bottom Line Takes Hit With Beacon Boondoggle

by Tony Hung on December 1, 2007

As the ever-pithy Henry Blodget says: “You can dismiss whiny “pundits” all you want, but when major advertisers you touted as being charter members of the program decide you jerked them around, you had better start apologizing in a hurry” (…)

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Om Malik Was Right: With Facebook, Your Opt In Status Doesn’t Make A Whit Of Difference.

by Tony Hung on December 1, 2007

In the ongoing Privacy Boondogle that is Facebook, it seems some hard work by Stefan Berteau at Computer Associates has shown that with respect to Facebook’s Beacon, it really doesn’t matter what your opt in status means with respect to (…)

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Now Defanged, Will Facebook’s Beacon Bring Home The Bacon?

by Tony Hung on November 29, 2007

Well, its official. Through a variety of efforts, it looks like Facebook has buckled to the perception that folks don’t like their activities being broadcast across the Facebook network. Mr. O’Neill has the details, but it sounds like that rather (…)

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If Facebook’s Beacon Crumbles, Will That Change Its Evaluation?

by Tony Hung on November 29, 2007

Looks like the movement by MoveOn and other privacy groups have really struck a chord with Facebook (Addendum: it looks like a few other organizations, such as Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy are filing motions (…)

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