Yesterday, in a twist on word-of-mouth marketing, Facebook began selling ads that display people’s profile photos next to commercial messages that are shown to their friends about items they purchased or registered an opinion about.This feels like a privacy invasion. Learn more here.For example, going forward, a Facebook user who rents a movie on Blockbuster.com will be asked if he would like to have his movie choice broadcast out to all his friends on Facebook. And those friends would have no choice but to receive that movie message, along with an ad from Blockbuster."
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Facebook tells all of your friends what you buy online.
Check this out -- According to the NY Times:
Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were
"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .
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The Martin jetpack, a commercially developed jetpack, may soon be heading to a sky near you. Check out the Yahoo article . I want one (hint...
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"High tariffs and currency wars cost us big in the 1930s. We can avoid making the same mistakes again." Read the WSJ article .
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"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .