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Foursquare Says Farewell to Google Maps, Joins OpenStreetMap Movement
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:53 PM
Foursquare is parting ways with Google Maps in favor of crowdsourced maps created by the OpenStreetMap project. Foursquare announced the change in a blog post Wednesday, explaining its decision to make the big API switch. To power the new maps,...



Tweets At the Table? More of Us Mix Social Media With Food
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:29 PM
Social media is changing the way we eat. Many of us are giving up around-the-table dinners to dine with their computers or phones. A new study called "Clicks and Cravings" examines this trend -- and suggests it's not a bad thing. More than 29% of...



Firewall Down: Chinese Get Access to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube [VIDEO]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:43 PM
China's notorious firewall was down temporarily this week, allowing the Chinese to access Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other sites usually blocked by the country's strict Internet controls. The cause of the breach is currently unknown, Reuters...



Facebook Ads Announcements: Everything You Need to Know
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:35 PM
Facebook gathered hundreds of people into the Museum of Natural History in New York on Wednesday for its first-ever Facebook Marketing Conference. At the top of the agenda was Premium, a new suite of products for marketers designed to leverage...



'Hunger Games' Wants You to Tweet for Advanced Screening Tickets
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:03 PM
Lionsgate announced a campaign Wednesday for fans of The Hunger Games to unlock free advanced screenings of the upcoming film by tweeting specific hashtags related to their nearby cities. To generate buzz for the upcoming film, the studio...



Introducing Mashable's Facebook Timeline
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:32 PM
Facebook rolled out Timeline for brand Pages today, and Mashable is proud to update ours on day one. We've closely chronicled reactions to the switch to Timeline from personal profiles in recent weeks. While many are disappointed with Facebook's...



Two Simple Steps to Take Control Over Google's New Privacy Policy
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:57 PM
Google's new privacy policy takes effect Thursday. What's new about it? Now, it allows Google to integrate information it collects about you from all your Google accounts. So instead of treating your YouTube, Gmail and Google+ accounts as...



Facebook Brand Timelines: 6 Big Changes Every Marketer Needs to Understand
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:31 PM
Today Facebook announced to brand marketers the world over that, within the month, everything they knew about fan Pages on Facebook would be overturned. While you get your brand ready for the new Timeline format, here are six important changes to...



Lytro: The Most Social Camera Ever Made [REVIEW]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:03 PM
Photography, here is your wake-up call. Lytro just released its light-field camera to the world, a device that looks and acts like no other camera ever made. Mashable got an early preview of the Lytro camera, and we can say it definitely delivers...



20 Facebook Page Cover Photos to Inspire Your Brand
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:28 PM
Facebook users, whip out your history books -- Timeline for brand Pages has finally rolled out. The feature became available Wednesday, and we're already seeing its potential. Many companies are filling out their Timelines on Facebook back to the...



How Ford Kicked Its Social Marketing Strategy Into Overdrive [VIDEO]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:53 PM
You don't have to look very far to notice that there are a lot of car companies trying to get in the social game -- you can see plenty examples in this year's Super Bowl ads. It wasn't always this way for Ford. In 2009, they recruited Scott Monty...



Why Team Coco Takes Social Media Comedy Very Seriously
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:36 PM
The Social Brands Series is supported by Spredfast, a social media management platform provider helping organizations unlock social business potential. Discover best practices & proven tactics for using social in the enterprise with the 7...



Europe Targets Google in Fresh Privacy Investigation
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:33 PM
Does Google's new privacy policy conflict with European law? France's official data protection agency is launching an investigation to find out. The Paris-based data watchdog CNIL will check out Google's new policies across Europe, reports...



FaceTime Facelift: Surgeon Wants to Make Video Chats Beautiful
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:07 PM
Ever noticed double chins or saggy skin get accentuated when video chatting on FaceTime or Skype? Is the angle of your smartphone making you look more beast than beauty? Now one cosmetic surgeon has a cure -- and it involves going under the...



Facebook Introduces Ads That Appear When You Log Out
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:38 PM
Ads will start popping up on mobile News Feeds and as you log out of the site, Facebook announced Wednesday. Although mobile ads had been reported by Bloomberg in December, the idea of a log-out ad, which will go live in April, is new. Mike...



 
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