Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Fallout | New Digg

Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Facebook Losses Slice UBS Profits (The Wall Street Journal) The fallout over Facebook's initial public offering escalated Tuesday as UBS AG went on the attack against Nasdaq OMX Group, blaming the stock-exchange operator for trading flubs that erased a sizable chunk of its second-quarter profit. The Swiss banking giant, in its earnings release on Tuesday, accused Nasdaq of "gross mishandling" and said it would begin legal proceedings to recoup all of its losses related to the problems, totaling $356 million. Reuters UBS did not fully explain why its losses were 10 times worse than other market makers, raising questions about how much liability Nasdaq could actually face. Meanwhile, Facebook shares fell to a new all-time low Tuesday, touching $21.61 in afternoon trading. Los Angeles Times The bank's losses, and its determination to take legal action, could complicate Nasdaq's plans to compensate brokerages that lost money in the much-hyped offering. Nasdaq last week filed a plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer $62 million to repay investment firms that lost money in the process. TechCrunch One hundred two million people accessed Facebook solely from mobile in June, a massive 23 percent increase over the 83 million mobile-only users in March. And almost 19 percent of its 543 million monthly mobile users don’t even visit its desktop site. CBS News A photo of Mitt Romney on Facebook is at the center of a recent domestic abuse case in Tennessee. Lowell Turpin, 40, accused his live-in girlfriend of having an affair with a man he did not recognize in a photo on her Facebook page. Shiny New Digg Goes Live (VentureBeat) Iconic social news sharing site Digg launched a completely revamped version of the website and iPhone app Tuesday, one day ahead of schedule. It was completely rebuilt from scratch, which is why the team is calling this the new version 1. The New York Times Both are stripped-down feeds of news stories and articles, punctuated by photographs and the occasional Twitter post. The new homepage of Digg features articles and items that are gathering buzz around the Web on sites like Facebook and Twitter, using Betaworks’ own technology, which monitors which links are being shared around the Web. CNET Users can see the breakdown of the new Digg score by rolling a cursor over scores. And for now, there aren't any comments -- however, they could resurface at a later date. James Holmes Tumblr ‘Holmies’ Shock Internet (Mashable) In the wake of the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., a support group has rallied around the alleged gunman, James Holmes. More than two dozen Holmes-related Tumblr pages have sprouted up since the shooting.

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