Facebook Roundup: Prineville, Ceglia, Seattle, Ads, Credits, Mobile and More

Facebook Set for Another Oregon Datacenter - Facebook announced this week that it would build another data center on its Prineville, Oregon campus. Construction is set to begin in October. Facebook to Expand in Seattle - Facebook is currently looking for more office space in Seattle, according to GeekWire. The company wants as much as 40,000 square feet more that might accommodate about 200 more people (the office is currently at about 40). Privacy Glitch Makes Videos Public - TechCrunch reported that this week Facebook’s video privacy settings stopped working, allowing users to see listings, names, thumbnails, descriptions and tagged users in others’ videos. The company reported it had addressed the issue. Alleged Facebook Owner Ceglia’s Case gets Complicated - Paul Ceglia is the man who claims to own half of Facebook. His lawsuit against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg is playing out in New York, and he recently lost a fourth law firm in his case. Edelson McGuire just withdrew from the case, according to AllThingsD, as did DLA Pipe, Lippes Mathias, Wexler Friedman and Connors & Vilardo earlier this year. Also, a Scathing Profile of Paul Ceglia - The Buffalo News wrote a scathing and very unflattering profile of would-be Facebook co-owner Paul Ceglia. Acquaintances and classmates basically call him a con artist, shyster, joke, grifter, lowlife and more. [Image Via Facebook] User Ads Generated by Ad Companies - John Battelle wrote an interesting post this week detailing how he found out a company (AppSumo) that wasn’t Facebook was using his likeness in an ad, and that this apparently violated Facebook’s terms of service, promoting the social network to look into the issue. Topps Buys Facebook Gift Card Provider - AllThingsD reported this week that Topps, the trading card company, purchased GMG Entertainment, the company which makes Facebook Credits gift cards. The terms of the purchase were not released. Vodafone Releases Facebook Phone - Vodafone’s 555 Blue is a “Facebook phone” designed to be popular in emerging markets like India. The phone allows users to logon to Facebook when the phone is turned on, and open an account if they don’t already have one. [Image Via Vodafone] LivingSocial Shutters Visual Bookshelf - AllFacebook reported this week that, after four years, LivingSocial is closing its Visual Bookshelf app and encouraging users to export their accounts to GoodReads. Other Announcements: Migrate Facebook to Google+ - Lifehacker reported this week on how to migrate your Facebook profile data to Google+. North Social Releases Facebook Faux Pas - North Social released a series of 11 “fan Page fail” videos this week featuring the hapless Jonny Like who demonstrates what not to do to grow your Page’s community. Trulia, Real Estate Social Search - Trulia.com is a social recommendation service using Facebook to leverage word-of-mouth when it comes to buying and selling real estate. Shoutlet Releases 4.0 Analytics - Shoutlet released the 4.0 version of its platform this week with better analytics and the ability to take these and transform them into graphics.

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