Social Media Companies: General Corporate News
FarmVille Adds Facebook Credits Payment Option
MASHABLE — The Facebook platform game FarmVille now supports the Facebook Credits virtual currency. The popular online game uses two units of in-game currency: Farm Cash and Farm Coins. Previously, you could buy them with a credit card or PayPal. Now the game offers Facebook Credits as an option. Facebook Credits are the number-one option, actually. They’re the default payment choice, featured at the top of the list pictured here...
Facebook Application Developers Increasingly Using 3rd Party Facebook Ad Managers
THE SOCIAL TIMES — One of the more popular ways for Facebook application developers to drive traffic to their applications is through the use of Facebook advertisements. With relatively low CPMs, it’s often more cost effective than traditional cost per install campaigns as the users are also targeted based on profile data. Today TBG, the company behind the ONE Media Manager, is announcing two new clients: Playdom and Napster...
Facebook Helps Brands Get A Clue With Preferred Developer Consultant Program
TECHCRUNCH — Facebook has been making a strong push lately to embrace brands and celebrities through its Facebook Fan Pages, applications, and through Facebook Connect. Unfortunately, many brands have absolutely no idea how to engage their audience through the site. Today, Facebook is lending them a hand: it’s launching a new directory featuring well established consultants who have proven they know how to leverage Facebook’s platforms. The directory is launching with 14 consultants...
OneRiot Among First To Add MySpace Real Time Search Data
THE SOCIAL TIMES — OneRiot, the real time web search engine, has added MySpace user content to its aggregated search results. The MySpace content comes from users updating their public profiles, along with other publicly shared information such as shared links and media. The news comes with MySpace’s announcement of its new Real-Time Stream API, which made its debut this morning at LeWeb Conference in Paris, France...
"Misunderstanding": Twitter Japan Now Says There Won’t Be A Subscription Model
TECHCRUNCH — We reported yesterday about Twitter Japan’s plans to start charging followers to view tweets from certain users starting January and explained why this paid subscription model could work in Japan. Well, please forget it, this won’t happen. Just a few minutes ago, Digital Garage (the company responsible for Twitter operations in Japan), issued a press release (English PDF, Japanese PDF) stating there won’t be any fee-based services of any kind on the site and that Twitter in Japan will remain completely free for the foreseeable future...
