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Facebook Pushes Out Gifts to All U.S. Users (Complete With Holiday Booze)

in Social on December 11, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Time to make room under the tree.
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As iTunes Cards Come to “Gifts,” Apple and Facebook Meet Under the Mistletoe

in Social on November 26, 2012 at 10:00 am PT

Happy holidays, Facebook friends! Have a Bieber album, on me.
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Just in Time for the Holidays, Facebook Pushes “Gifts” Hard With More Retail Partnerships

in Social on November 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm PT

As I reported earlier that it would, Facebook announced a series of new retail partnerships at an event on Thursday evening, adding brands like the Gap, Fab and Dean & DeLuca to the list of choices from which Facebook users can buy one another using the company’s “Gifts” product. The partnership also adds a number of non-physical gifting options to Facebook’s roster, including subscriptions from Hulu, Rdio and Pandora.

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Twitter Confirms Peter Chernin to Join Board of Directors

in Social on November 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm PT

Just like we reported earlier today, Twitter has announced, via a Twitter message, that Peter Chernin, Hollywood mogul and former New York media exec, will join the microblogging service’s board of directors. Chernin has held previous positions at News Corp. (which owns this site), and was key in the formation of the Hulu online TV service. He currently also holds a board seat at Pandora, the streaming music service.