Shufflr, Netflix, ‘Twilight,’ dating, tabs, sweepstakes, more on this week’s top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU

Applications ranging from friendship to Open Graph to “Twilight” to job searching made our list of emerging Facebook apps by monthly active users this week. However, much of the list was taken up by applications that help users manage their Facebook pages via tabs, iframes, sweepstakes and more.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Friday, January 27, 2012

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Facebook tests 7 ads on single page

Facebook now shows some users up to seven ads on one page — an increase from the former maximum six. Adding more ads to the same page could reduce clickthrough rates because it increases competition and pushes ads down to parts of the page that users might not see, but it could increase revenue for the social network. Advertisers might be concerned that as Facebook increases the amount of information it includes on fan pages, fewer ads can be seen without scrolling.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Friday, January 27, 2012

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Facebook Platform Update: subscriptions, search, notifications

Developers can now request permission to access lists of users’ subscribers and who they subscribe to via the Graph API. Facebook announced this and a few other changes in a blog post Wednesday. With read permissions for subscriptions, apps can create more personalized experiences for users.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Friday, January 27, 2012

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Facebook career postings: engineering, ad ops, communications, user ops, more

Facebook posted engineering, ad and user operations, sales, technical and marketing jobs to the company’s  Careers  Page and  LinkedIn  feed this week. The company also changed the category of Platform & Product Marketing to just plain Marketing, in addition to adding several jobs in this category. Posts added this week on Facebook’s Careers  Page : Kernel Engineer Search Infrastructure Search Ranking Software Engineer, IT Tools Software Engineer, Mobile (Android) Software Engineer, Mobile (iOS) Software Engineer, Tools Engineering Data Scientist International Tax Manager Revenue Assurance Analyst Network Operations Engineer Application Engineer, Infrastructure Software Engineer, Data Center Infrastructure Management Head of Sales Australia & New Zealand (Sydney) Associate, Corporate FP&A Manager, Corporate Communications (Ads) University Business Intern: Platform Partnerships (London) University Business Intern: Sales Operations (Dublin) University Recruiter, Talent Scout – Contract University Technical Recruiter Sales Training Specialist (Austin) Language Specialist – Brazilian Portuguese Language Specialist – Russian Technical Program Manager Technology Partner, Billing and Revenue Technology Partner, Finance Analyst, Measurement Solutions (New York) Manager, Measurement Solutions (NY) Senior Analyst, Custom Market Insights (Sao Paulo) Analyst, Business Operations Manager, Consumer Market Insights (Singapore) Senior Analyst, Consumer Market Insights (Sydney) Executive Assistant (London) Executive Assistant – Contract (Sao Paulo) Sales Training Specialist (Austin) DSO Account Manager (Sao Paulo) DSO Account Manager (Tokyo) Associate, Ad Operations Associate, Ad Operations (Chicago) Associate, Ad Operations (New York) Associate, Ad Operations (Seoul) Associate, Ad Operations (Singapore) Associate, Ad Operations (Sydney) Associate, Ad Operations (Tokyo) Associate, Ad Operations (Toronto) Media Solutions (Buenos Aires) Account Specialist – Pan Euro (Dublin) Client Partner, Brand Specialist (Dublin) Manager, Benelux Mid Market Sales – Dublin Manager, German Mid Market Sales – Dublin Manager, UK Mid Market Sales – Dublin Manager,French Mid Market Sales – Dublin Partner Manager, Ads API, 1111002 Analyst, Ad Review Operations Analyst, Risk Operations (Hyderabad) Operational Data Analyst (Austin) Creative Strategist Lead, Measurement Solutions (New York) Marketing Analytics Associate Marketing Analytics Manager Platform Marketing Events Manager Platform Marketing Events Operations Manager Jobs posted by Facebook on  LinkedIn : Client Partner – Spanish (Dublin), Facebook Client Partner – Turkish (Dublin), Facebook Client Partner – Czech (Dublin), Facebook Client Partner – German (Dublin), Facebook Head of Marketing Communications, France, Benelux & Switzerland, Facebook Head of Marketing Communications, Germany, Austria & Nordics, Facebook Analyst, User Operations – Latin American Spanish (Dublin), Facebook Analyst, User Operations – Brazilian (Dublin), Facebook Analyst, User Operations – Indonesian (Dublin), Facebook Analyst, User Operations – Thai (Dublin), Facebook Analyst, User Operations – Malay (Dublin) Facebook  Analyst, User Operations – Vietnamese (Dublin) Facebook  Market Researcher Facebook  Quantitative Market Researcher Facebook  User Experience Researcher Analyst, SMB Growth – German (Dublin) Analyst, SMB Growth – UK and Ireland (Dublin) Analyst, SMB Growth – Italian (Dublin) Who else is hiring

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Friday, January 27, 2012

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Facebook hires and departures: counsel, editing, engineering, product management, more

Facebook hired the former social media director from Bloomberg to work as its managing editor this week, according to the company’s  Careers  page and  LinkedIn  feed this week. Positions for privacy counsel, product counsel and head of BI engineering disappeared from the Careers page

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Facebook hires and departures: counsel, editing, engineering, product management, more

Facebook hired the former social media director from Bloomberg to work as its managing editor this week, according to the company’s  Careers  page and  LinkedIn  feed this week. Positions for privacy counsel, product counsel and head of BI engineering disappeared from the Careers page. It appears the company reorganized its advertising operations positions, as several disappeared from listings, and marketing positions also disappeared this week.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Facebook gaining edge with journalists using subscribe

Facebook’s heavy push of the subscribe feature has apparently paid off as thousands of journalists enabled subscribers after its launch in September, according to a note on the Journalists + Facebook page . The social network’s outreach among public figures and the prominence it gives subscribe suggestions on the site show a level of commitment to taking away some of Twitter’s power and preventing Google+ from gaining traction as a source for news

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

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New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: GREE, Spooky Cool Labs, Tapjoy and more

The  Inside Network Job Board  is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the  Inside Network Job Board , including positions at  GREE International, Inc. ,  Spooky Cool Labs ,  Tapjoy ,  LolGames ,  TubeMogul, Inc

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Yahoo, Netflix, Pinterest, Spotify, WashPo, cards, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU

Tabs, birthdays, greeting cards and several applications utilizing Open Graph comprise our list of the top 20 growing Facebook apps by daily active users.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012

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What Open Graph means for marketers

With Open Graph actions , users can now interact with and share things on the web in more nuanced ways than liking or posting. The new dynamics between apps, Timeline, Ticker and News Feed means more options for brand exposure on Facebook, but not necessarily in ways brands can control or own.

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Posted by Dassano    Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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