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• Facebook commerce is dying? Not so fast cowboy

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  By Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter
  Posted 6 June, 2012
  

  If the headlines from a couple of months ago were anything to go by, Facebook commerce was as good as dead. Major US players were shuttering their storefronts and in the words of one commentator, "the entire ecosystem was painted a very ugly colour". Thing is, we probably shouldn't be so quick to hammer the last nail into Fcommerce's coffin. A number of the stores that failed said their people simply preferred shopping on their websites to their Facebook storefronts. ...

• If your Facebook store failed, don’t blame Facebook, blame yourself.

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  By Paul Armstrong
  Posted 20 February, 2012
  

  I worryingly read a slew of articles over the weekend about the shuttering of numerous big-brand F-commerce sites. My issue with most of these closing is that few had good KVP (key value propositions) for the user and now the entire ecosystem is getting painted a very ugly colour. In light of Open Graph just coming onto the scene I’m surprised at these big brands’ quick plug-pulling behaviour. Let’s review history: be honest, most of these companies put up ...

  Topics: Facebook, fCommerce, Open Graph

• How Facebook’s Open Graph could take f-commerce to a whole new level

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  By Megan Bernstein
  Posted 25 January, 2012
  

  So did you get up at the crack of dawn to get your free Wimpy breakfast last week? I didn't, but driving into work I did hear it being discussed at large on various radio stations and they too shared my sentiment of not fully understanding the fascination and dedication of people to get up so early, use their petrol and rush to stand in a queue for breakfast that would have cost them less than R20. The human race ...

• Does Mark Zuckerberg need adult supervision?

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  By Tom Foremski: In Silicon Valley
  Posted 8 June, 2010
  

  Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is just 26 and has done very well but his young age does often show itself in various ways. He's put his foot in his mouth several times over privacy and has had mixed reviews on his performance in high profile interviews. Here is Chris Pirillo: "Things didn't go well for Mark Zuckerberg when he appeared on the D8 stage two days ago. From all angles, he appeared to be fumbling his way through the answers he ...

  Topics: Chris Pirillo, D8, Eric Schmidt, larry page, Mark Zuckerberg, sergey brin

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