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Mohamed Elzubeir's picture

Facebook News Feed Patent: The Social Media Legal Wars

Facebook Patent: Facebook Patent: Facebook awarded major patent by US Patent and Trademark Office

Facebook filed a patent claim on August 11, 2006 for what is now called the newsfeed patent, which was awarded on February 23, 2010. Commentators are calling this the single-most significant patent since the Six Degrees patent, which had its fair share of drama. So, what is so significant in this patent? It is vastly broad and open to interpretation. Twitter's future comes to mind and according to Nick O'Neill Facebook are claiming that this does not apply to status updates, instead it is about implicit actions and stories that a user is engaged in. Implicit actions?

Mohamed Elzubeir's picture

Social Media Tips for the Consumer

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I have seen many Twitter HOWTO's and Guides, but I have yet to come across one that shows consumers how they can get the attention of brands/products. We have all been busy talking about how we can talk to consumers, how we can engage with them.. which is all great, but we seem to forget that just like marketers, a lot of these social media tools are new to consumers as well. After all, we are all consumers.

Being on the monitoring end of things, I hope that I can give some insights to how brands see the world and how you, the consumer, can make your voice better heard. The most important thing you need to know is this: good brands are really trying to listen.

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Why twitter statistics cannot be trusted

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The National is carrying a story on how twitter is yet to lure the Middle East. In his piece, Tom Gara (@tomgara) claims that Twitter will never make it in the Middle East due to a number of reasons, mostly social and cultural.

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  • So my #etisalat internet connection just died. 101 is constantly busy. Good times. 19 hours 52 min ago
  • OK. Back to #twidroid. I still prefer a simple and clean interface. 20 hours 54 min ago
  • @AkankshaGoel seen checkfacebook.com? only fb but comprehensive 1 day 2 hours ago
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