LivingSocial hack affecting some 50M accounts reported, passwords reset but no credit card info breached + MORE

Until this year, the Oakland, Calif.-based Golden State Warriors last made the NBA playoffs in 2007. Twitter was barely a year old, Facebook was still years away from world domination and YouTube had been acquired by Google just several months before
So for the franchise’s digital team, in charge of rallying Golden State fans near and far, what’s different between the 2007 playoff run and this year’s? In a word, everything
“It’s our first time in playoffs in the modern social media era…

Twitter is reportedly testing a feature that would highlight relevant tweets from nearby members, something that could certainly have an impact on local information and advertising. Currently Twitter is a great resource for finding out what’s happening around the world in real-time; however, its local relevance could use a bit of work…

Facebook removed 28 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of marketing, communications, account management and others.

Manager, Data Warehouse Operations (Menlo Park)
Safety and Security Engineer (New York)
Latin America Business Operations Consultant (São Paulo)
Tax Controversy (Menlo Park)
Consumer Content Manager (New York)
Manager, Corporate Communications (Toronto)
Manager, Global Law Enforcement Response Team (Menlo Park)
Interview Scheduler – Contract (Menlo Park)
Recruiter (London)
Sourcer, Diversity (Menlo Park)
UEX/CS Recruiter – Contract (Menlo Park)
Communication Designer- University (Menlo Park)
Creative Producer (Menlo Park)
Technical Program Manager, Data Center (Menlo Park)
Marketing Manager, Global Vertical Marketing (Menlo Park)
Regional Product Marketing Partner (Singapore)
Product Marketing Manager (Menlo Park)
Manager, Data Warehouse Operations (Menlo Park)
Account Manager, Finance (New York)
Account Manager, Finance (Chicago)
Growth Manager (LATAM) (Mexico City)
Team Lead, Media Solutions, Italian (Dublin)
Strategic Partner Development – Athletes (Los Angeles – Menlo Park)
Agency Partner, Turkey (London)
Client Partner, South Africa (Dublin)
Client Partner, Sub Saharan Africa (Dubai)
Team Assistant (Part-Time) (Dubai)
Team Assistant (half time – contract) (Warsaw)

Who else is hiring? The Inside Network Job Board presents a survey of current openings at leading companies in the industry…

Bootstrapping founders, Jeremy Greenfield and Kayvon Olomi, have taken a non-traditional route to marketing their new photo aggregation and sharing application, Divvy. They’ve hopped into a 1973 VW camper bus and are on a cross-country road trip to tour colleges around the U.S., in an attempt to get the word out about the privacy options their app allows…

Tax time is stressful for most people – and when people are stressed these days, they vent on social media.
And even though we warned you that the IRS may be searching for tax cheats on Twitter, there was a LOT of tax chatter on the microblogging platform.
So what do you think most people had to say about the process? Happy, sad, hungry?
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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media…

Facebook today announced an agreement to acquire Parse, a cloud-based platform providing tools for mobile app developers.
Parse offers backend services, data storage, social integration tools and other features to make it easier for developers to build apps across different platforms that scale more efficiently…

Facebook added 14 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the sales operations, marketing and sales teams.
One interesting role is for a Head of Global Brand Design to “invent and build world-class, socially designed marketing products, platforms and programs that our top partners invest behind to transform their business…

Daily deal service LivingSocial announced on Friday that it was the victim of a cyber attack that compromised its computer systems. AllThingsD reports that 50 million accounts have been affected and the company says that while names, email addresses, birthdays, and encrypted passwords may have been accessed, credit card and merchant financial information were not…

The mobile gaming world is getting bigger and bigger. Just take a look at Japan’s Gree, which reported revenues of $1.6 billion and has set up a huge U.S. headquarters just outside of AT&T Park in San Francisco. The company has 450 employees working in the long building, which features a cafeteria on one end and a long set of desks leading to a bunch of glass offices at the far end…

It’s been a historic week on Twitter, as two former U.S. Presidents let their presence be known on Twitter. Bill Clinton joined the ranks of President Barack Obama, all 100 U.S. Senators and 95 percent of the House of Representatives, while the dedication of George W. Bush’s new Bush Center brought us closer to all 5 living presidents via Twitter…

Over the last few days, Facebook has sent several modifications to its Home “uber-app” directly to users’ phones, rather than through the Google Play store; but with a few clicks of the keyboard, Google has said no more.
The company added to its developer agreement a clause banning apps from updating through any mechanism other than through Google Play…