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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: Discover New Games module is now fixed

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 5:31pm PST

    Facebook’s Discover New Games module was previously broken: it often claimed your friends were playing games they weren’t. Facebook says it has now fixed this issue.

  • Facebook acquires file transfer startup Caffeinated Mind

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 4:34pm PST

    Facebook has acquired file transfer startup Caffeinated Mind (CMI) for an undisclosed sum. CMI is shutting down both of its products (Sendoid and Expresso) before it moves to Facebook.

  • Facebook announces real-time Page Insights

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 3:32pm PST

    Facebook has announced it is upgrading its Insights analytics tool so that Page performance data is offered in real time. The improvement is being rolled out over the next few weeks.

  • Facebook announces Offers, mobile ads

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 11:29am PST

    Facebook today introduced Offers, a way to share special discounts and promotions, plus premium ads and Sponsored Stories in the Facebook logout Page and mobile News Feed.

  • Watch it live: The first Facebook Marketing Conference

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 10:00am PST

    The first Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC) is happening today from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST. The first part of the event is available as a livestream, which you can watch here.

  • Facebook faces nationwide class action tracking cookie lawsuit

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 9:40am PST

    Facebook is once again being sued for tracking its users even after they logged out of the service. This new nationwide class action lawsuit alleges the company violated federal wiretap laws.

  • Beware of iPad 3 scams on Facebook, Twitter

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 8:31am PST

    Apple may have scheduled a new iPad event for next week, but that should only remind you that the iPad 3 is not yet available. Anything suggesting otherwise on Facebook and Twitter is a scam.

  • Facebook announces Timeline for Pages

    By Emil Protalinski | February 29, 2012, 6:24am PST

    Facebook today started rolling out the new Timeline design for Pages. All brands and businesses will have access to the new feature by the end of March 2012. This is a mandatory update.

  • Man charged with threatening to kill Obama on Facebook, Twitter

    By Emil Protalinski | February 28, 2012, 9:26pm PST

    A man was arrested last week for two Facebook posts: he said he would a) assassinate US President Barack Obama by b) putting a bullet through Obama’s head, and upload the incident to YouTube.

  • Facebook tweaks app reporting options

    By Emil Protalinski | February 28, 2012, 3:46pm PST

    Facebook has modified the reporting options for apps on the social network. You, the developer, should also be aware of two upcoming breaking changes on March 1, 2012.

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