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Facebook obtains money transmitter licenses in 15 states

Facebook holds money transmitter licenses in at least 15 states, according to an analysis by American Banker . In it’s filing for an initial public offering, Facebook said it applied for certain money transmitter licenses and planned to apply for more in the U.S.

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Sources: Facebook to replace premium ads with page post units

Facebook plans to require its premium homepage ads to be in page post format, according to a document leaked to GigaOm . We’ve independently confirmed the news with someone briefed on the matter. The format change is not a major departure from what was previously available to advertisers working directly with Facebook, but it does show an emphasis on page content rather than traditional ad copy

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New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: SponsorPay, GREE, SocialPoint 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  SponsorPay ,  GREE International, Inc

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Yahoo, greeting cards, dating, Tetris, YouTube, Shufflr, more on this week’s top 15 growing Facebook apps by DAU

Yahoo topped our list of growing Facebook applications by daily active users this week, although there were a significant number of greeting card applications, a pair of dating apps, a few games, a YouTube for pages app, photos and more. The titles below grew between 240,000 and 9 million DAU, based on AppData , our data tracking service covering growth for apps on Facebook. Top Gainers This Week Name DAU Gain Gain,% 1.

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Yahoo, greeting cards, dating, Tetris, YouTube, Shufflr, more on this week’s top 15 growing Facebook apps by DAU

Yahoo topped our list of growing Facebook applications by daily active users this week, although there were a significant number of greeting card applications, a pair of dating apps, a few games, a YouTube for pages app, photos and more. The titles below grew between 240,000 and 9 million DAU, based on AppData , our data tracking service covering growth for apps on Facebook.

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Facebook insights lag for some pages

Insights for a number of pages haven’t updated in days — a bug that Facebook has marked as as high priority. According to a bug report filed on the Facebook Developers site Sunday, some page owners are only seeing insights data up until Feb.

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Facebook seeks to improve iOS app discovery

Facebook added additional settings to help native iOS applications get traffic from the mobile News Feed, search and other avenues, the company announced today in a blog post . Developers can optimize distribution by allowing single sign-on and deep linking

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Facebook seeks to improve iOS app discovery

Facebook added additional settings to help native iOS applications get traffic from the mobile News Feed, search and other avenues, the company announced today in a blog post . Developers can optimize distribution by allowing single sign-on and deep linking.

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Affiliate program lets page owners earn commission on hotel, ski resort bookings

Social commerce app company Columbus Internet partnered with Hotels.com and SkiHorizon to launch a first-of-its-kind Facebook affiliate program in Europe. Page owners can add the Hotels WithMe app or the Ski WithMe app to their Facebook page and earn commission on bookings made through the apps. The program is meant for pages that provide a reason for people to want to travel: local attractions, concert venues, conventions, city fan pages and others.

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New Facebook platform industry hires: Buddy Media, BranchOut, Involver

Buddy Media, BranchOut and Involver made several new marketing hires this week.

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