If Mark Zuckerberg has his way, annoying Candy Crush requests may be a thing of the past

It's no secret that the world is divided into two camps: Candy Crush addicts and those who despise getting invitations to play the game. So it came as no surprise that the top-voted question at Mark Zuckerberg's first-ever town hall Q&A session in India was 'How can I stop getting Candy Crush invites?'

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“This is where these town hall Q&A's are useful,” Zuckerberg replied with a grin. “I saw this top-voted question on my thread and sent a message to the person in charge of the developer platform to get rid of this issue. There are some tools that are outdated which let people send people invites. We hadn't prioritized shutting it down, but we are doing it now.” Read more...

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Tinder 'slut shaming' ends with Aussie man charged

Facebook just made it easier to talk to people you're not friends with

Chatting with strangers on Facebook just got a bit easier.

The social network is launching a new feature for Messenger called Message Requests, that makes it easier for people to receive (or ignore) messages from people they aren't friends with

See also: You no longer need a Facebook account to use Facebook Messenger

Previously, messages that were sent by people who weren't friends (or friends of friends) were relegated to the "Other" inbox, a separate section within the messages tab on Facebook's website. The messages were easy to miss since new messages routed to the "other" section didn't surface in notifications. (Users also had the option of paying $1 to bypass the "Other" section.) Read more...

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5 Creative Ways to Use Meerkat or Periscope In Your Marketing [SlideShare]

When the live video streaming apps Meerkat and Periscope were first released in early 2015, many marketers weren't sure whether they'd be a passing trend or here to stay.

Turns out, the live streaming apps have been growing rapidly over the past few months. In August 2015, Twitter-owned Periscope reported it'd surpassed 10 million registered accounts only four months after launching -- and it has almost two million daily active users.

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New Digital Publishing Industry Data [Free Report]

You've heard it a million times, the publishing industry is changing. Print dollars are diminishing, paywalls are crumbling, and banner ads are being blocked. But, how is all of this really affecting publishers?

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Preparing Your Ecommerce Company for a Banner Holiday Shopping Season

The holiday season of 2014 was one of the best on record for ecommerce sales, and forecasts show that 2015 will be even better. Last year, online retailers took home more than $101 billion during November and December. This year, that total is expected to increase beween 6-8% to reach as much as $105 billion. Now that you know what’s at stake, what do you need to do to grab as much of that cash as you can?

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7 Places to Find Quality Email Newsletter Templates

If you had to guess, how many email newsletters do you think you're subscribed to? Ten? Twenty? Fifty?

To be honest, I've lost count ... and I know I'm not alone.

Email marketers have a lot to compete with in their subscribers' inboxes.

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