Windows only: Previously mentioned free Microsoft Outlook plug-in Xobni is a must-have for anyone looking to get more from Outlook, and today the plug-in gets even better. That's because Xobni now integrates Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Skype, and Hoover company profiles directly in the Xobni sidebar (you can see each new feature in action in the video above).
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Had your fill of zombies and pirates? Despair when you're given another egg to hatch or offered a fish for your virtual tank?
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Italian gypsy issue at the heart of online controversy
Facebook is a great place for hooking up people with similar interests – anything from blue cheese appreciation societies to fans of kabaddi and sumo can be found on the site.
However, from yesterday, boneheaded members of Italian neo-Nazi organisations are most definitely not welcome after Facebook management kicked out several such groups.
Facebook just added another extremely useful feature for users, and in doing so took out a slew of applications that do that same thing. You can now get a weekly email telling you, simply, which friends have birthdays coming up.
That’s good news for all of us who want more birthday information. It’s bad news for Birthday Alert and its clones that already do that on Facebook. Birthday Alert has 180,820 active monthly users.
Chances are, if you're not on Facebook already, then you're likely to be getting on it pretty soon. Whether it's your kids or your next door neighbor (or those old friends you just reunited with at your high school reunion), folks around you have been hounding you to sign up, set up a profile, and start "social-networking" with all your friends, and their friends, and so on.
Firm's 'Engagement Ads' Amplify Its Push to Curry Favor With Madison Avenue
Despite its surging Internet audience, Facebook Inc. has yet to prove it can wring steady revenue out of advertisers. Now it's trying a new tactic to woo Madison Avenue.
The Palo Alto, Calif., company is rolling out a new ad format called "engagement ads" that further blurs the line between marketing and social networking.
Bangkok Airways, a leading regional airline in Asia, announced a successful start to their initial Facebook marketing campaign. The recently launched Facebook group has registered more than 1,000 members within the first month of operation and continues to attract more people.
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Tools like Facebook and Twitter are great fits for real estate industry, some observers say.
While many businesses still are testing the waters of social media, an Austin-area real estate agent and his social media-savvy wife have dived in headfirst.
Benn Rosales and Lani Anglin-Rosales run Single Pointe Realty, which uses social media tools to connect to customers, and Agent Genius, a startup online real estate magazine that focuses on social media tools and industry trends.
On August 26th, 2008 Facebook, Inc. reached the milestone of 100,000,000 active users. Since then, its growth has continued to grow exponentially into emerging markets and additional countries. At the same time, the company has remained a relatively untapped oasis for internet marketers.
