Category: Facebook
Facebook launches mobile apps for non-smartphone devices
Facebook has launched a new mobile application that will be able to run on simple/ non-smartphone devices. The app has been built in conjunction with a company called Snaptu (www.snaptu.com). Snaptu builds basic mobile applications, and this particular Facebook app will be able to work on more than 2500 phone models, including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, […]
Read More | ShareWho owns Facebook?
Facebook has recently had a valuation of $50 Billion USD after Goldman Sachs invested in the company. So who actually owns Facebook? Interestingly enough Mark Zuckerberg, his Facebook staff, and Co-Founders still own over 60% of the company. Here is the breakdown: Facebook staff: 30% Co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: 24% Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz: 6% […]
Read More | ShareYahoo Network to allow signin with Facebook/ Google login
According to the Yahoo Corporate Blog, the Yahoo Network will soon allow you to sign-in to Yahoo! sites with your Facebook login or Google ID. Facebook already implemented sign-in with OpenID in 2008, and this next step will surely increase the activity on Yahoo sites. Currently Yahoo is attracting around 600 million visitors a month […]
Read More | ShareBest Techniques to Maximise Social Media Content Sharing
If you are looking to get your content shared on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter take note of these techniques to encourage social sharing. Firstly make sure you blog posts have short concise headings, keyword rich articles and stimulating material for the user to read. Twitter – Do short tweets so people can […]
Read More | ShareFacebook raises $500 Million in Funding
Facebook has raised an additional US$500 million in a new round of Venture Capitalist Funding. Goldman Sachs has invested $450 million and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested $50 million. This puts Facebook at a valuation of around US$50 Billion. There has been speculation that an initial public offering (IPO) will be set […]
Read More | ShareFacebook looking to move into China?
At the moment Facebook is blocked in China – thanks to the great firewall of China. Facebook is looking to soon push north of 600 million users. Many western internet companies have failed to capture the Chinese internet market – mainly for 2 reasons. 1. Government intervention/ policies 2. The western companies do not understand […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Page Brand Report Metrics
Often you may wonder – when is the best time to update your Facebook Brand page. Well it does depend on what industry you are – and here are a couple interesting points to make note of. 5 Key Takeouts: – The best time to go out with an update is 4PM – The average […]
Read More | ShareWeb 2.0 Summit Video, Facebook, Yahoo, Google execs
The Web 2.0 Summit showcases some of the most influential and successful web entrepreneurs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz, Twitter’s Evan Williams, AT&T’s John Donovan. This is a very interesting conference held in San Francisco, topics discussed include social media, e-commerce, classifieds sales such as Amazon – watch the […]
Read More | ShareFacebook and Skype integrate
Facebook and Skype have integrated their products which will now you to view your Facebook news feed and phone book in Skype version 5.0 for Windows. This will allow Skype users to direct call their Facebook friends. If their Facebook friends have Skype accounts then the Skype-to-Skype call is free. Users will also be able […]
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Are we Facebook Mad?
Over the past couple years, it seems Facebook may be the biggest thing to happen on the internet. With now over 500 million users and growing daily, Facebook is no doubt one of the main website we are all thinking of and using. We are so obsessed many of us check our Facebook account from […]
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