The crowded building’s not on fire. After an exhaustive investigation of the top 100 Facebook apps, the Wall Street Journal didn’t find any serious privacy violations.
Posted on 07 April 2012
The crowded building’s not on fire. After an exhaustive investigation of the top 100 Facebook apps, the Wall Street Journal didn’t find any serious privacy violations.
Posted on 07 April 2012
Editor’s note: Pokin Yeung founded two startups, GeckoGo and Askomatics, and is currently blogging and helping out various other startups. Follow her on Twitter @pokin
Posted on 07 April 2012
The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board , including positions at: Meltwater Buzz , Clear Channel , Remy Cointreau USA , W3i , SponsorPay , Spruce Media , PopCap , EA , GameHouse , King.com , SpeedDate.com , High 5 Games , CheckPoint Studios , Rebel Entertainment , PT Gaming , Bally Technology , Warner Brothers , Legacy Games , SoJo Studios and BrightRoll . Social Media Sales Consultant Digital Program Manager Director-Digital Marketing PR Manager Senior Agency Sales Executive – Los Angeles Agency Account Manager (Facebook Ads) Facebook Platform & Strategic Account Director Producer-BioWare Social Product Manager Senior Producer, Social Games – King.com Game Developer – Social and Mobile Games Senior Systems Developer, Skillgames – King.com Business Intelligence Developer Business Analyst Product Manager , Social & Mobile Games Graphic Designer – King.com 3D Artist – King.com Front end Developer, Skillgames – King.com Game Artist Mobile Product Manager Network Software Engineer Operations Lead/System Administrator Technical Artist Lead Game Programmer iOS Developer (iPhone / iPad) Social Game Designer Marketing Analyst, Social Games Gaming Associate / Third Party Player iGaming Platform Client Developer Product Manager, Digital Games Social games designer Mobile Games Lead (PM/Design) Associate Account Manager – Mobile Listings on the Inside Network Job Board are distributed to readers of Inside Social Games, Inside Facebook and Inside Mobile Apps through regular posts and widgets on the sites.
Posted on 07 April 2012
Editor’s note: Contributor Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of WatchMojo , he hosts a show on business and has published books on success . Follow him @ashkan . “I thought the analysis of content vs other video companies very convincing.
Posted on 07 April 2012
The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — proved unequal to the task of rendering the week’s non-news into insight. Whether it was @scobleizer and Sergey Brin circling the famous Google Glasses or @dannysullivan grading Larry Page’s book report, nothing was revealed
Posted on 07 April 2012
Suddenly programming is sexy. Codecademy is drawing hundreds of thousands to its online programming tutorials. “Those jumping on board say they are preparing for a future in which the Internet is the foundation for entertainment, education and nearly everything else … ensuring that they are not left in the dark ages,” says a recent New York Times piece .
Posted on 07 April 2012
Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Formula Capital and has written 6 books on investing
Posted on 07 April 2012
Today was a pretty big day for 500 Startups , the Silicon Valley seed venture capital firm and startup accelerator founded by outspoken tech investment extraordinaire Dave McClure .
Posted on 07 April 2012
Facebook updates iPad app – Facebook updated its iPad app to support retina display, as well as allowing offline chat, photo and friend bug fixes and more. Ceglia can’t search Zuckerberg’s files – Attorneys for Facebook and would-be Facebook owner Paul Ceglia met this week. A judge ruled that Ceglia’s lawyers can’t access Mark Zuckerberg’s personal computers, or question him for the lawsuit. [Image via Facebook ] Facebook adds 8 Indian languages for mobile users - Over the next few weeks, Facebook will begin allowing users in India to access the site via mobile in eight new languages
Posted on 07 April 2012
Last year, Facebook got a little more transparent explaining what kind of data it would provide to law enforcement officials when they made formal subpoenas for user profiles. Now, we can have a look at exactly what that Facebook account report looks like, perhaps for the first time. The document comes by way of the newspaper the Boston Phoenix , which this week published a long feature on how digital sleuthing led to detectives tracking down Philip Markoff, a man accused of robbing two women and murdering a third, having initially made contact with them through Craigslist