Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

TV Web sites integrate new Facebook feature

Broadcasting & Cable reports that several high profile news organizations, including CNN and ESPN, have already implemented the new Facebook “social plugins” on their Web sites.

Social plugins allow third-party Web sites to integrate directly with Facebook from, in the case of TV news sites, story pages. Users can click “like” on content and that information is fed to their Facebook profile and newsfeed, as well as shared with friends.

The tool, which was unveiled Wednesday, was seen on CNN.com news stories within hours.

Weather Central adds Facebook, Twitter integration to product

Weather Central, one of the world’s largest weather graphics and data providers has announced that its 3D:LIVE offering will now include ways for forecasters to directly sends portions of their forecasts to social networking sites.

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‘Nightly’ adds social media, technology icons to close

“NBC Nightly News” has added Twitter, SMS, Facebook and Podcast icons to its closing copyright graphic, as shown above. The graphic also includes the “always on” tagline and the show’s Web site address.

AP finally activates Twitter, Facebook to help cover Haiti quake

The Associated Press has finally hopped on the social media bandwagon, flipping the switch on its Facebook and Twitter profiles to aid in covering the devastating earthquakes in Haiti.

As of this morning, the Twitter account was at about 3,600 followers, while the Facebook page had just over 1,000 fans.

It’s interesting to note the timing of the launches — was AP planning to launch these around this time already and decided to use this big story as a good jumping off point? Or maybe AP management was waiting for a “big” news story? It’s also worth noting the launches come on the heels of the end of Google’s hosting of AP stories.

MSNBC adds social media toolbar to some stories

We noticed MSNBC.com has added a floating social media sharing toolbar to some story pages.

The toolbar provides one-click access to share content via Newsvine (an MSNBC-owned property), Facebook, Twitter and via e-mail.

MSNBC upgrades online video player

MSNBC has unveiled some upgrades and a new look to the embedding and sharing portions of its online video player.

The new tools allow users to embed video clips at different sizes and adds integrated Twitter, Facebook and Newsvine sharing tools. Users can also trim clips to custom lengths using sliders similar to those seen on Hulu.

The size options provide a good level of flexibility for bloggers and other online publishers who may require a certain size to fit their layouts.

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FX adds ‘DIY Tips’ to Facebook page

FX Group has began offering a series of “DIY Tips” on its Facebook page. The tips cover not only the set itself but also lighting and shooting techniques.

These tips were posted as part of a webinar the company held.

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CNN.com plugs Facebook feed with sister of founder

This morning, Randi Zuckerburg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark, and director of market development at the company, has popped up on the CNN.com live feed plugging the partnership between the two companies.

It’s a bit of a blur between corporate sponsorship since Zuckerburg appeared not as a guest but as a quasi-reporter interviewing a Facebook engineer about the feature complete with a CNN mic flag. Randi traded obviously-rehearsed questions with the engineer, but not before forgetting to hand the mic over to him, rendering his first few sentences unintelligible.

Personally, I’m also a bit disappointed with the Facebook/CNN.com partnership. First, the service is using the CNN.com feed, when I’d rather be seeing the main CNN video since I don’t have access to a television. Second, it’s honestly not that exciting to see all my friends’ status updates, which are all essentially the same thing over and over: “Joe is excited for today,” “Matt is excited,” “Bill is happy for today,” “Katie is watching history unfold.” Though one of my friends informed the Facebook world his car smells like celery today…

NBC News promoting ‘ICue’ game for Facebook

MSNBC has been running promos touting its “ICue” game. Visiting the URL listed on the ads, www.whatsyouricue.com, takes visitors directly to a Facebook application page.

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NBC Nightly News gets creative with social networking

On Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, NBC got creative with a story on social networking. For the story, NBC Nightly News had some of the people interviewed pop out from a Facebook page complete with a profile. This is an intersting way to setup a story and combine elements.