Keyword research is a beacon Did Facebook friends engage more when you took a slightly angry POV on a topic, or did they engage more neutral, fact-based version? Andy Betts: Welcome to Iceland and RIMC.
In particular, I think that a small number of high profile mistakes, like Beacon four years ago and poor execution as we transitioned our privacy model two years ago, have often overshadowed much of the good work we've done.
Carr, whose company is receiving funding from Michael Arrington's CrunchFund, isn't the first to move here to pursue a new venture under the Las Vegas tech umbrella, but the move is a beacon shining to the outside world that something big is...
The Internet has become a beacon of information and influence: the good and the not so good. Access to health care information centered on our friends and family network; we relied on our mothers, family caregivers, and friends to provide care and...
Beacon follows user purchase behaviors around the Web and in one instance alerted a girlfriend that her boyfriend had purchased an engagement ring on Amazon. Key Losses: The poorly handled releases of some new product offerings like Beacon haven't...
If Facebook can cobble the good technology they already have (Connect, Beacon, etc.then they could literally steal billions of dollars in revenue from Google. They already have the technology (Facebook Beacon) to track user purchases on Web sites...
Facebook Beacon) to track purchases online. These users activity levels will be less than those under 35 years old; primarily using social media to stay connected with those that they know or to reconnect with friends from the past rather than...
Did they learn from previous launch mistakes like Beacon (the infamous tool that told users of purchases and activity off of Facebook)? But at the same time I use it so much and I depend on it so much for keeping up with friends and family members...
Beacon alerts your friends in Facebook about some of your activities conducted on the Web outside Facebook. Facebook has since adjusted the way users are opted into Beacon. Why Did Facebook Beacon Users?
This might make the folks at Facebook feel better about the whole Beacon privacy fiasco. It appears that even Google can make a mistake, as they did this month when they made shared items in Google Reader accessible to all Google Talk friends.
Facebook has faced objections from users and privacy groups since it launched the Beacon program earlier this month. Facebook has apparently seen the light, making changes to the Beacon program to make it an opt-in program, rather than an opt-out...
Privacy watchdog MoveOn.org has posted an online petition demanding that Facebook respect the privacy of users by making it easier to opt out of the "Beacon Ads" program, where actions Facebook users take on partner sites are added to their...
In addition, Facebook has partnered with 44 Web partners in the Beacon program, which will allow users to incorporate their user data from other sites into their Facebook profile. At the launch event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested a scenario where...
