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Nov 30, 2010

Gran Turismo 5 Giveaway: ‘Like’ AutoGuide on Facebook for Your Chance to Win

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2010/11/gran-turismo-5-giveaway-like-autoguide-on-facebook-for-your-chance-to-win.html

AutoGuide.com is giving you the chance to own THE driving simulation game. That's right, with GT5 having just launched, AutoGuide has obtained two copies

Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion In Secondary Trading

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/29/facebook-now-worth-50-billion-in-secondary-trading/

It was just a few weeks ago that Accel Partners sold off around half a billion dollars of Facebook shares at a company valuation of $35 billion. If you thought that was insane, and a lot of commenters did, then don't read the rest of this post. You'll only get more jealous.

Around $40 million changed hands last week in a Facebook share auction held by SecondMarket. The end price per share was $20.76, and about 1.9 million shares were bought and sold. And based on there being around 2.5 billion shares outstanding after a 5-1 stock split earlier this year, that values Facebook at around $50 billion. As far as we know, this is an all time high.

The email sent out to auction participants is below. A new auction is beginning shortly. We've reached out to SecondMarket for comment.

Former President George W. Bush, Live At Facebook HQ [Video]

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/29/facebook-bush-facebush/

Looks like President Obama isn't the only one resorting to Facebook as a way to reach constituents. In a first for an American President past or present, former President George W. Bush will hold a discussion and Q&A live from Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto in about 20 minutes.
Bush will be talking to Facebook employees about his new book Decision Points, and those of us not employed by Facebook will have the opportunity to watch it on the Livestream above.

George Bush Praises Obama on Facebook Webcast

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/29/george-w-bush-facebook-webcast_n_789569.html

Zuckerberg asked Bush why he decided to appear on Facebook. Bush quipped: "Because you've got a lot of people paying attention to us, and I'm trying to sell books."

Will FaceBook add Skype Video Chat Functionality Within the Site?

http://www.crazytechnews.com/will-facebook-add-skype-video-chat-functionality-within-the-site.html

Though Skype unveiled a robust kind of Facebook integration last month, yet there were speculations that Facebook would add Skype video chat functionality in its social network.

Nov 29, 2010

Palin Strikes Back At NK Gaffe Via Facebook

http://www.therightperspective.org/2010/11/28/palin-strikes-back-at-nk-gaffe-via-facebook/

Former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has struck back at media criticism over a radio blooper she made last week with an article posted on her Facebook account.

10 Ways to Get Unfriended on Facebook

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22056/107456-ten-ways-unfriended-facebook

Here are ten surefire ways to get unfriended on Facebook

FT.com / Media - China’s Tencent eyes Facebook’s success

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4a1d7ca2-fb1f-11df-b576-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F4a1d7ca2-fb1f-11df-b576-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=

Group testing about 10 third-party applications

Nov 28, 2010

5 Key Facebook Factors That Marketers Love

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/11/19/5-key-facebook-factors-that-marketers-love/

It was only 2 years ago when I first registered with Facebook and found friends from college and colleagues that I hadnt seen in over 20 years. I think this feature of Facebook to almost magically reconnect you with old classmates after so long is what amazes and surprises people about this social media network.
Connection with the past and Facebooks other features have continued to provide many other motivations for people to stay signed on and and join up with its numbers growing from 132 million in June 2008 to an estimated 550 million today.
So what are the 5 key factors th

Girl killed herself, after her dad posted this to her wall? No, a new spin on a Facebook scam | Naked Security

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/09/24/girl-killed-dad-posted-wall-spin-facebook-scam/

For a few days we've been monitoring a new spin on a Facebook scam, that claims a girl killed herself on Christmas Eve after her dad posted a message on her wall.