Online advertising spending rose dramatically in the third quarter, with Facebook snatching nearly 1 of every 4 online display ads, as the social networking site widened its first-place lead.
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Among today’s top online stories for investors: Eight reasons not to be a day trader, how Steve Ballmer saved $100 million, and why an economist who called the housing bust now sees a recovery.
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Facebook said that a data broker has been buying information on users from application developers.
Certain Facebook apps were sending users’ Facebook ID numbers to third-party marketing or data firms, violating the site’s privacy policies, The Wall Street Journal said. Companies can use an ID number to look up a user’s name and other information.
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Facebook Says Data Broker Was Buying User Info originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:13:00.
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The faltering social network is relaunching as a multimedia platform aimed at Gen Y. It’s a radical departure from the format that made it the world’s largest social network — before Facebook stole that crown and ran with it. …
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Zynga Game Network, maker of online games such as “FarmVille”, is now worth more than gaming giant Electronic Arts (ERTS), Bloomberg News reported.
Zynga is valued at about $5.51 billion, according to SharesPost Inc, an exchange for shares in privately held companies. Electronic Arts is worth $5.16 billion on the Nasdaq.
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Zynga Game Network Now Bigger Than Electronic Arts originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:49:00.
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