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WhyIsFacebookInsightsNotWorking.com Is A Site That Tells You….

Screen Shot 2012-02-21 at 8.54.34 PM.... Whether or not Facebook's in-house analytics product, Insights, is working. Due to product changes in recent weeks, the tool has been particularly slow to update with the latest metrics, as the site's creator, PageLever, has...

Traffic Vs Friendship: My Tough Decision To Turn On Facebook Subscribe

fbsub022012I've been using Facebook since its early years. So today it has the most complete and accurate set of connections to people I've known throughout my life. Exactly because of its success in assembling this group, I've avoided turning on its five...

CrunchBase: Social, Mobile And Deals Categories Led 2011 Private Tech Investments

Screen Shot 2012-02-17 at 4.24.17 PMIn case it wasn't already clear to you that later-stage social, mobile and deal-oriented companies led venture fundraising last year, here's some analysis of CrunchBase data that drives the point home, courtesy of Alexey Tolkachiov at

The Address Book Fiasco: Another Reason For Apple To Get Its Social Platform Right

hipster21512After a week of confused coverage around which mobile app developers access user address books and how they do it, we are finally getting a product-level resolution. Apple says today (in time to beat back some inquiring congressmen) that...

Jonathan Schwartz Launches CareZone, A Simple Caregiving Site With Big Plans

Screen Shot 2012-02-14 at 8.57.47 PMThe problem that former Sun Microsystems chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is trying to fix with his new startup is clear enough. More and more people are having to care for older relatives or children with health issues...

Zynga’s 2012 Outlook: Traffic, Paying Users, Bookings Are Headed Up

zynga-nasdaqZynga's first earnings release today makes the social game developer's business look notably stronger than it did when the company went public in December. Traffic, its paying user base, and its projected bookings are all headed into positive territory, whereas these numbers...

Investors See New Traffic, Hope For New Revenue Ahead Of Zynga’s First Earnings

Screen Shot 2012-02-14 at 10.27.51 AMThree months after going public, Zynga is having its first quarterly earnings call this afternoon, and expectations are high. Public investors had given the social gaming developer a cool reception the first couple months it was on the...

A Month In, Facebook Timeline Brings New Growth For MySpace, Yahoo News, Pinterest, And Others

Screen Shot 2012-02-13 at 12.18.37 PMHaving rolled out Timeline at the end of last year, Facebook followed up in mid January by letting third-party apps integrate with the reverse-chronological scrapbooking feature. Apps like Pinterest, Yahoo News and Fab began letting you...

Zynga Marketing Master Padma Rao Joins Foundation Capital As An Entrepreneur In Residence

31baa62Padma Rao's analytical marketing skills have made a big impact at more than one company in the Bay Area, and now she's bringing a decade of experiences to her new role as an entrepreneur in residence at Foundation Capital. Her most...

StartX Demo Day: A Direct Link Between Silicon Valley And Top Stanford Student Entrepreneurs

Screen Shot 2012-02-10 at 1.18.30 PMOn the surface, the StartX Demo Day last night could have looked like any other accelerator pushing its latest class of startups. Nine groups got on stage and fired off presentations about how they were working...

DeNA Has Big Quarter, Acquiree Ngmoco:( Has Layoffs

Screen Shot 2012-02-08 at 5.10.02 PMJapanese mobile gaming giant DeNA bought mobile app developer Ngmoco last year for $400 million. Since then, the company has acquired a range of other outfits and worked to tie the San Francisco startup...

Those Millions On Facebook? They Actually Visit, And It’s Not A Huge Deal Anyway.

146117main_count_the_starsTraffic numbers provided by companies should always be questioned -- I mean, of course each company is going to try to present the data in a way that makes them look as good as possible. Which is what New York Times finance...