Category: Facebook
Facebook increasing Child Safety with Panic Button
Facebook has agreed to implement a panic button to improve the online safety of its younger users. The button will only be available in the UK to start with but is expected to roll out globally over time – it would be smart to. Kids just have to install the following application, http://apps.facebook.com/clickceop/ Child Exploitation […]
Read More | ShareNextstop Location service acquired by Facebook
Nexstop, a mobile location service has announced they have been acquired by Facebook. NextStop is a service that lets users create and browse through local guides and recommendations. Facebook is going to be shutting down Nextstop on September 1. Users are encouraged now to export their data. So why is Facebook acquiring this company? Facebook […]
Read More | ShareFacebook, 3 Billion ‘Likes’ per day
Facebook is now serving 3 billion ‘Likes’ per day. Helping the cause, Facebook’s social plug-ins are now on around 350,000 sites globally. That figure was about 200,000 almost a month ago and 100,000 in May. The ‘Like’ buttons is part of the main infrastructure behind Facebook’s powerful recommendation engine. They feed into user ad targeting, […]
Read More | ShareMission Australia Facebook Project
Mission Australia recently undertook the ‘1234 Project’ on Facebook. ‘The 1234 Project’ was launched on Facebook on the 11th June, which involved 1234 donating a pair of socks to a homeless person each time a Facebook supporter ‘Liked’ the 1234 Project page. Their target was 12,340 pairs of socks, and this was met with socks […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Closing Their Virtual Giftshop August 1st
Facebook has decided to close their virtual Giftshop on August 1. The gift shop allowed users to buy Facebook credits which in turn could be Virtual Gifts which were sent to other users. This was one of the first user charging products on Facebook. Whilst the Giftshop will close on August 1, any remaining gifts […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Applications now tell what Private Data is Shared
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that requires 3rd party applications to inform users exactly what parts of their profiles will be shared to make the applications work. Applications already had to ask for user permission to access anything in their profiles that wasn’t public. But these apps didn’t actually have to specify what […]
Read More | ShareFacebook iPhone app updated for iOS4
Facebook have today updated their iPhone app so it is compatible with the new iOS4 operating system. As a result you can expect fast app switching using multitasking and support for high resolution icons/graphics. Facebook is the most popular iPhone application to date and a little strange it took them so long to get the […]
Read More | ShareFacebook launches Recruiting Tool for pages
Facebook has launched a new app called Work For Us which enables your Facebook company page to become a recruiting tool – allowing companies to post jobs and receive applications via Facebook. The application went live earlier this year, and has now passed the 1,000 business users Once companies have installed the app, a ‘Work […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media and Online Video [STATS]
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Over the past couple years the use of video across the web has exploded. Video used to be a technical and ‘hard to create’ media – but now with an abundance of online tools it is easier than ever for regular internet users to create and watch videos online. Social Media Video statistics to take […]
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