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Emil Protalinski

Emil Protalinski
Emil Protalinski has covered the tech industry for five years for multiple publications, including Neowin for two years and Ars Technica for three years. He has written 1,000s of articles for both, with a particular focus on scrutinizing Microsoft products and services. Recently, Emil has expanded his coverage to non-Microsoft technologies, including the social networking giant Facebook.

About Friending Facebook

Emil Protalinski covers Facebook from all angles, closely watching it grow from its $50 billion valuation in 2010 to its internally stated goal of becoming the first trillion dollar company.

  • Facebook now shows members or a photo at the top of Groups

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 7:20pm PST

    Facebook just quietly rolled out a small but very noticeable change to Groups. They are now more visual and more Timeline-like. Are you seeing the update yet?

  • Not just Apple: Facebook may face trademark issues in China

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 4:53pm PST

    In addition to all the various obstacles Facebook faces in China, the social networking giant could also have trademark issues in the country, just like Apple has discovered recently.

  • Facebook: Ceglia hid ‘Get Zuck’ e-mail account, three others

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 3:52pm PST

    In the latest episode of the long-drawn out battle between Facebook and Paul Ceglia, the company’s lawyers are accusing the man of hiding four of his e-mail accounts from the court.

  • Spamming apps: Facebook is to blame, not Silicon Valley

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 2:28pm PST

    Facebook Connect lets you choose whether to install an app or not, but it doesn’t let you control what it can access or what it can do with your Facebook account. It needs a complete overhaul.

  • Facebook Mobile Hack events coming to Asia next month

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 1:41pm PST

    Facebook is hosting four Mobile Hack events in Asia next month: Singapore on March 19, Hong Kong on March 22, Seoul on March 27, and Tokyo on March 29. They’re all cheap, but none are free.

  • Display advertising: Facebook first, but Google gaining

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 1:12pm PST

    Facebook was the top dog in the display advertising for 2011, but its lead may not last for very long. Next year, Google is expected to take first place, according to a new forecast.

  • Facebook can be used to predict academic success, job performance

    By Emil Protalinski | February 22, 2012, 10:05am PST

    A new study has found that your Facebook profile can be used to predict your academic success if you’re a college student and your job performance if you’re in the workforce.

  • Facebook to release new premium ads next week (leak)

    By Emil Protalinski | February 21, 2012, 8:27pm PST

    At its first Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC), Facebook will be killing off some of its old premium ads and launching new ones to replace them, according to leaked documents.

  • Google+ Pages beating Twitter Pages, but Facebook still king

    By Emil Protalinski | February 21, 2012, 11:41am PST

    Google+ Pages are already adding users faster than Twitter profile pages are. That being said, it’s a battle for second place, as Facebook is still way ahead of both of them.

  • Facebook launching mobile ads next week (rumor)

    By Emil Protalinski | February 21, 2012, 10:20am PST

    Facebook could announce a mobile advertising platform for its social network as soon as February 29, 2012, and then start rolling out mobile ads in early March, according to the latest rumors.

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