By BeckyHarks(view all posts by BeckyHarks)
at 12:48PM Friday January 13, 2012
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Newsworthy
Facebook, Inc, recently launched a brand-new ad format, called a
"Featured Story," which dumps paid content - rather than updates
from Great Aunt Lynn about her recent biopsy or one of those
internet memes - squarely into our news feeds. Worse, these paid
advertisements (a.k.a. "news feed) shows the actions of the
Facebook users friends and these ads are front-and-center on our
Facebook news feed.
Great. More ads.
I've been mildly annoyed by the ads (read: "Sponsored Stories") on
the sidebar of Facebook, but have been able to tune them out. Now,
when I'm blearily checking to see if I've gotten any response to my
"Which Disney Princess Are You?" post, I'm bound to accidentally
click a Featured Story.
You know what? I'm sick of ads.
Because I have to sell my firstborn son in order to see a movie
these days, I do it perhaps twice a year.
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By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger(view all posts by Rick.Broida)
at 11:56AM Tuesday December 13, 2011
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Spotlight Deals
Looking for something unique, personal, and affordable to give this holiday season? Nothing beats a photo of you. Or the kids. Or the dog. Or the kids and the dog. Or you, the kids, and the cat. You get the idea.
I've rounded up three services that let you create custom, personalized photo gifts--all at sale prices. Just keep in mind that these products can take a week or more to arrive, so if you're looking for something to go under the menorah or in a stocking, I'd order soon.
Very soon.
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By snarkydeals(view all posts by snarkydeals)
at 9:56AM Saturday December 10, 2011
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Loose Change
So you tweet, right? I mean, who doesn't tweet these days? But isn't it sometimes just annoying that when you go to read your friends' tweets that you have to, like, actually
read them and stuff? I mean, it's so tedious! It would be so great if you could just have a friend sitting beside you, reading the tweets to you, so that you could get on to more important tasks in your life.
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