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Instagram retracts: photos will not be for sale

19 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Instagram takes a step back and denies the possibility of selling user photos, saying there was a misunderstanding.

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Instagram Can Sell Users’ Photos: New Rules in Effect

18 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

New rules for Instagram users: in the coming weeks, uploaded photos may be sold by Instagram itself, without any payment to the authors. This is not the only change.

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Twitter: You can download your entire tweet archive, new feature

17 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Another new feature these days on Twitter: you can download your entire archive of sent tweets.

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Facebook: New Feature to Create the “Best Of” 2012

12 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

News on Facebook profiles: there is the possibility to create a sort of 2012 summary, featuring the most significant elements of the year that is about to end.

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Instagram on Twitter: limited sharing, the reasons

7 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

The sharing of photos on Twitter via Instagram is becoming more limited. Here are the reasons.

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So.cl launches, Microsoft’s social network: beta version

6 December 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

The new social network from Microsoft, So.cl or Socl as you prefer, is finally ready and available in beta version.

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Facebook Privacy: End of Voting for Subscribers

23 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Facebook is backtracking on allowing subscribers to vote on privacy matters. Here are the reasons.

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Social Media ROI, Interview with Vincenzo Cosenza

21 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

With the explosion of the social media phenomenon, we’ve seen a race to create profiles on various social networks by all companies, including those in the tourism sector. Today, a player in the tourism industry

Maxfone speaks Social. The Scaliger company, always up with the times, renews its online presence

20 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Maxfone is changing its look. The Verona-based Information & Communication Technology company, always up-to-date, **renews its online presence** to show its clients (SMEs, large enterprises, and large-scale retail) its best profile. **From the company profile to the specific Media, Cloud, and Telco divisions; from the blog for sharing all the news on Maxfone to “Academy,” a 360-degree training area on the world of *social media* but also on the company’s traditional areas of specialization (telco and cloud)**, **the new Maxfone Srl website is born**.

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Facebook Job Ads: New App “Social Jobs Partnership” Launched

16 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

It’s called Social Jobs Partnership and it’s a new app released by Facebook. The aim is to help find a job.

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Twitter: New feature to send tweets via email

16 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

News for subscribers to the social network Twitter: from today it is possible to share tweets also via email. Here’s how.

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Facebook: Couple Diary Ready, How to Activate It

12 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

On Facebook, the couple diary arrives, with a specific Timeline, for example, for couples.

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Instagram Web Version Coming Soon: Evolution of an App

8 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Instagram is growing and taking a step forward in its journey: from an app, it’s becoming a web service, effectively configuring itself as a new social network.

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Twitter: Effects and Filters on Photos Like Instagram

7 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Twitter is keeping up with current trends and decides to apply photographic effects to shots to be tweeted.

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Facebook: Old Wall Style to Replace Timeline

5 November 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Facebook appears to have reconsidered the new Timeline, deciding to partially revert to the original wall style.

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Twitter: First Account Censored, Here’s Which One and Why

19 October 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

An unprecedented move by the Twitter staff: for the first time since its inception, an account has been censored. Here’s which one and the reasons that prompted this decision.

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Facebook: “I Want” button in experimentation

10 October 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Facebook continues to introduce new features to the user experience, experimenting with the “I Want” button. What is it for and how will it work?

Dedicated platforms, guided approach to new media: the new social communication format is born to increase business competitiveness

10 October 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Three solutions in one (SMA – Social Media Ability integrated model) to become architects of your own web brand reputation.

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Facebook Gift: new feature to send real gifts

1 October 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Facebook adds a new feature to the social network’s online experience: introducing Facebook Gift.

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Facebook: the privacy status is a hoax

18 September 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Among the various hoaxes circulating on Facebook, the most recent concerns a status about privacy. Here is what it is and why it is not valid.

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Facebook: Fake ‘Likes’ Banned, New Algorithm Detects Them

4 September 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

It is time for Facebook to ban fake ‘Likes’. A specific algorithm is coming. What will change for users and page administrators?

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On Facebook poker, gambling and real money betting

10 August 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

A new frontier is opening up for Facebook, that of gambling: real money is being bet in challenges of poker, slot machines, bingo, and more.

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Facebook reads private chats to prevent crimes

16 July 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

As a precautionary measure, it seems that Facebook can read private chats between users. Here are the reasons for this activity and how it actually works.

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Google Events, the new feature of the Big G social network

5 July 2012 Anna Bruno 0

Google Plus is getting the Events section. A new unit for BIG G’s social network that isn’t actually entirely new, as it has been present on competitor platform Facebook for some time.

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Facebook: Gay Wedding Icons Ready

4 July 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

On Facebook, gay weddings are recognized. Indeed, some new icons have been prepared: it is possible to choose the couple with two men or the one with two women.

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Facebook changes everyone’s emails without warning: goodbye to @facebook.com

26 June 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Unadvertised news from Facebook: all users’ emails have been replaced, imposing a new @facebook.com address. Going back to the old email is possible.

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Facebook, it is now always possible to edit comments

22 June 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Soon on Facebook there will be the possibility to edit comments at any time but nothing will actually be deleted. Here’s why.

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Social trends, measuring popularity on social media

18 June 2012 Anna Bruno 0

How to measure the popularity of a public figure, a journalist, or a political party? This is where the application comes in.Social Trends, developed by theInstitute of Informatics and Telematics of the CNRin Pisa. It

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Facebook: 900 million users vote on privacy

4 June 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

All Facebook users are called to vote: the protection of their privacy on the social network is at stake. Here is the official page to express your opinion.

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Facebook highlight, paid post to stay on top

4 June 2012 Anna Bruno 0

A new initiative from Facebook is launching. It’s called highlight, a new paid feature to show featured posts at the top of the page. It has started experimentally in New Zealand and could soon arrive in Italy.

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So.cl: Microsoft’s social network with social search

21 May 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

New social network coming soon: it’s called So.cl and is a project by Microsoft. A strong push is definitely heading towards social search.

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Facebook: free space for storage and file sharing

14 May 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Facebook is also aiming to provide **free storage space** to its users, to increase the activities carried out within the social network.

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Facebook App Center: the app store is ready

10 May 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

It’s now official and everything is ready: the activity of the Facebook App Center is starting, where you can offer and purchase applications.

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Facebook: “Listen” button activated for artists

19 April 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

The “Listen” button has been activated on Facebook artist profiles for listening to songs in streaming. Here’s how it works and on which devices it is already usable.

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Faceskin, Claudio Cecchetto’s new social network

4 April 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

Claudio Cecchetto enters the world of social networks by launching Faceskin. Among the first celebrity members are Fiorello, Linus, and Jovanotti.

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EnemyGraph: enemies arriving on Facebook

29 March 2012 Redazione FullPress 0

The EnemyGraph application has been recently presented: enemy lists are coming to Facebook profiles. Here’s how this particular app works.

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Twitter, bug that deletes users

28 March 2012 Anna Bruno 0

A bug has been detected on Twitter that deletes some profile followers. The company admits the problem and announces it is intervening.

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Pinterest, beware of fraudulent campaigns by Apple and Ikea

28 March 2012 Anna Bruno 0

The new social network Pinterest is under attack. Maximum alert from G Data SecurityLabs for advertising campaigns related to well-known brands, which however are not the senders of the communication.

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Twitter and Sanremo: profiles of the stars between passes and fails

21 February 2012 Anna Bruno 0

Pierdavide Carone @Carone_Official

Pierdavide, like many of his colleagues also present on this list, uses “official” in the Twitter account name. The slogan clears up all doubts: the profile is used not only by the artist but also by the staff. Why? Carone and his staff sometimes use retweets but almost never respond (at least at the time of analysis) to questions. The profile has 335 tweets and 5269 fans. Carone and his staff follow 47 profiles. The advice is to be bolder, to go beyond formality.

Loredana Bertè, Mattia Bazar, Irene Fornaciari, Samuele Bersani, Eugenio Finardi, Lucio Dalla do not have a Twitter profile.

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Facebook and Real Profile, Verified Accounts Launched

16 February 2012 Anna Bruno 0

Facebook has launched a new service, named Verified Accounts, to ascertain the true profile of an account. The social network aligns itself with Twitter and Google+ which had already introduced it some time ago.

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Twitter buys Summify and goes in search of social news

24 January 2012 Anna Bruno 0

A low-key operation, but one that holds great value when you consider the Achilles’ heelof social networks, which translates to information confusion due to the massive number of messages.The details of the operation were not

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5 features of Google+ that Facebook doesn’t have

20 December 2011 Anna Bruno 0

The launch of Google+ business pages raised questions among companies. One of these concerns the reason to use this social network and what features Facebook does not have. Susan Gunelius, a marketing expert, listed 5

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Twitter: new look and pages for businesses, all the news

9 December 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

Twitter presents its new look: a refreshed design, new features, and more space for businesses are the highlights of the restyling.

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Facebook on the Stock Market by Spring 2012

29 November 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

Increasingly persistent and detailed rumors suggest the arrival of Facebook on the Stock Market by spring 2012, presumably between May and June.

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Google+ Pages: companies land on Google’s social network

8 November 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

After the initial opening of Google+ to businesses, with the introduction of the Google Apps for Business mechanism, here is the official and complete arrival of organizations on Google’s social network: the launch of Google+ Pages.

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Google+ for businesses launched

2 November 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

The time has come to open Google+ to businesses: after the launch of the social network, available only for personal profiles, Google also welcomes organizations.

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Google+, the news: from Eco to Creative Kit

28 October 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

Google+ announces a series of new features that enrich the social experience for subscribers: from the new Google+ Eco function to the Creative Kit, including “Hot Topics”.

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Google+, pseudonym registration under review

21 October 2011 Redazione FullPress 0

According to some previews coming from San Francisco, Google+ could soon open to pseudonymous registrations, thus reversing previous decisions.