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8 Ways Facebook and Twitter Make Money

It may be unclear to the casual observer just how Facebook and Twitter monetize their hugely popular social sites, but both companies are raking in the ad dollars. These eight examples detail the ways Facebook and Twitter make money from their users.

Oct 30, 2014 5 mins

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Twitter Announces ‘Fabric’ Framework in Attempt to Woo Mobile Devs

If Twitter pulls the right strings with Fabric, a new mobile development platform cobbled together from recent acquisitions, it could gain significant prominence and power in the mobile app ecosystem.

Oct 27, 2014 4 mins

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10 Tools That Will Make You a Social Media Guru

These 10 tools will help you manage your individual or business social media accounts without breaking the bank.

Oct 22, 2014 5 mins

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Social Media Giants Fail in Response to Online Abuse

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are criticized in a scathing report from a campaign committed to eradicate technology-related violence against women.

Oct 10, 2014 1 min

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Why Ello Is Just an Overhyped Anti-Facebook, Social Wannabe

Ello is getting its 15 minutes of social media fame: More than a million people are still clamoring to join the invite-only, ad-free social network. However, CIO.com's Matt Kapko explains why you can't take it seriously as a Facebook altern

Oct 7, 2014 8 mins

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Why Facebook Forced You to Use Its Messenger App (Hint: $$$)

Facebook reportedly plans to let users send money to friends and pay for certain services via its Messenger app. CIO.com columnist Bill Snyder warns against trusting a company that doesn't prioritize user privacy with sensitive financial informa

Oct 7, 2014 3 mins

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Facebook and Verizon Reverse Course, Show Power of Consumer Complaint

Sending angry email messages and posting complaints on social media sites can embarrass tech companies into changing obnoxious policies, as demonstrated by some recent flip-flopping from Facebook and Verizon.

Oct 6, 2014 3 mins

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How Facebook Plans to Control Digital Advertising

Facebook has been relatively quiet about its plans for Atlas since it acquired the ad server from Microsoft last year. But now the social network is poised to unleash its trove of user data for greater control over digital advertising across the enti

Oct 2, 2014 5 mins

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How to Use Facebook’s New Privacy Checkup Tool

Facebooku2019s privacy checkup tool aims to simplify how you control and manage your content. Hereu2019s how to make the most of the new tool in just a few minutes.

Sep 25, 2014 4 mins

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Most CEOs Still Don’t Get Social Media

Social media participation among the worldu2019s leading CEOs is inching upward, but the overall level of activity is still surprising low. Almost seven out of every 10 Fortune 500 CEOs have no social media presence at all.

Sep 23, 2014 5 mins

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