Facebook Wins Big Anti-Spam Judgment

Oct 30, 2009 at 11:16am ET by Greg Sterling

Facebook has been in an ongoing fight against spam and yesterday announced a significant victory in court. The company said it had obtained an eye-popping $711 million judgment against Spam King Sanford Wallace who had had posted unwanted messages on Facebook users' Walls. Wallace, who is reportedly bankrupt may also face time in the big house. According to the Facebook blog: While we don't expect to receive the vast majority of the award, we hope that this will act as a continued deterrent against these criminals. Most notably, the judge referred Wallace to the U.S. Attorney's Office with a [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Legal: General

Live Blog: Qi Lu Speaking At Web 2.0

Oct 21, 2009 at 3:08pm ET by Matt McGee

Microsoft's Qi Lu announced two new partnerships today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Here's a transcript of his chat with Tim O'Reilly. Qi Lu I was at Yahoo for 10 years, and I always told Jerry, after 10 years I'm going to try something new. I went to Microsoft because I wanted to have an impact. Search is about computationally understanding user intent. Understanding their interests and needs. That's "absolutely" our long-term goal - to "build a mind-reader." Once you understand user intent, you can figure out different solutions. There are many queries where images are be [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Features: General, Microsoft: Bing, Twitter

Up Close With Bing’s Twitter Search Engine

Oct 21, 2009 at 2:40pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Bing new Bing Twitter Search has gone live today, made possible through a new deal cut with Twitter. Below, a close-up look at features in the new service. Bing Twitter? Bing Facebook? Bing Social Search? "Bing Twitter Search" is my name for the new service. Bing tells me officially, it's called "Bing Twitter." That sounds awkward, two brands next to each other (as opposed to Bing Video or Bing Images, which combine the Bing brand with a generic term). We also know that a Facebook deal has been approved, as announced today by Microsoft as part of the Bing-Twitter news. But the Faceboo [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Features: Analysis, Microsoft: Bing, Top News, Twitter

Bing To Do Deal With Twitter, Launch Its Own Twitter Search

Oct 21, 2009 at 12:48pm ET by Danny Sullivan

AllThingsD has reported that Microsoft will announce a deal with Twitter today to gather its real time data. We're able to confirm that from a source as well and provide some additional details. The deal will make Bing the first major search engine to have access to Twitter's "Firehose" of tweets. It's not exclusive, however. Google potentially could still do a deal, to. We're told that: The deal will be announced today shortly after Microsoft's Qi Lu takes the stage at the Web 2.0 conference at 11:30 Pacific Time today. Some sessions are being broadcast live here, and Lu's might be [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Microsoft: Bing, Twitter

Facebook’s Focus Is Friend Search; Bing ‘Sort Of’ Adds Value

Sep 18, 2009 at 12:56pm ET by Matt McGee

When it comes to search, Facebook's focus was, is, and apparently always will be on the idea of "friend search." That's the main conclusion you draw from reading paidContent's interview with Akhil Wable, the man leading Facebook's search product. Friend search is becoming a core part of the social web experience, and it's an area where other companies are trying to compete with Facebook on some levels. Yahoo just announced an update to Yahoo Profiles with a focus on sharing and finding out what friends are doing. Google Reader has friend sharing features built in. And "friend search" is wha [...]

Filed in: Facebook, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Partnerships

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