Category: Facebook
Facebook Says It Received 546 Data Requests From Australian Authorities In First 6 Months of 2013
Facebook has revealed that in the first 6 months of 2013, Australian Authorities have made 546 requests for users data in regards to 601 user accounts. Of these requests, 64% had some data produced to the government authorities. In the United States there was 11,000 - 12,000 data requests involving 20,000 - 21,000 users. 79% of these requests for US […]
Read More | Share9 Million Australians Use Facebook Every Day
The Facebook operation in Australia have released a number of interesting stats today as we see the company globally share more insights about particular regions and demographic stats. Australian user metrics: 12 million MAU = Total monthly active users (desktop and mobile) 9 million DAU = Total daily active users (desktop and mobile) 9.8 million […]
Read More | ShareFacebook To Let You Embed Status Updates Like Twitter
Facebook has announced that they will allow users to embed status updates on external websites to Facebook. Similar to Twitter, this will allow Facebook content to spread even further across the web, in addition to the Facebook Like Button and their other social plugins. This feature is not publicly available just yet – only a […]
Read More | ShareFacebook’s Chief Privacy Officer Denies Involvement with NSA’s Prism
Whilst not really easy to submit, Facebook receives a huge amount of feedback on a daily basis – much concerning privacy and security on the Facebook site. The job of the privacy team is to address any user queries or concerns about privacy and security, see how other businesses, apps and advertisers use Facebook’s data […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Posts Record Earnings At US$1.81B for Q2
Earlier this morning Facebook released their Second Quarter Earnings Report for 2013. The news is in, and it’s good for Facebook – they have posted a record revenue for the quarter of US$1.813 Billion, with mobile ads counting for 41% of total revenue. Net Income for Q2 was US$333 Million. For anyone doubting Facebook and […]
Read More | ShareFacebook’s Like Button Count Is Not Actually The Total Number Of Likes
Millions of sites across the internet have the Facebook Like button included to add a layer of social sharing to website content. Next to the Facebook like button is often a number, presumed to indicate the number of times the content or page has been ‘liked’. This is not actually the case. The number next […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Verified Accounts For Brands, Celebrities & Public Figures
Similar to verified accounts on Twitter, verified Facebook on Facebook will now display a small blue tick icon to let users know they are viewing the official fanpage of that person or brand. This new verified accounts feature on Facebook will only be available to Brands, Celebrities, Government Officials, Public Figures and some members of […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Beta Testing New Tool Allowing Brands To Manage Franchise Pages With Parent-Child Functionality
Facebook Making Life Easier For Franchise Businesses Great news for franchised businesses (such as restaurants, retail and hospitality organisations) struggling to pull together coherent social messaging… In the coming months, Facebook will be rolling out a new way to manage multiple locations without having to create tons of separate pages that slowly envelope each other. […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Blocks Russian Roulette Style App That Has 1 In 6 Chance Of Deleting Your Account
Over the weekend a new Facebook Application went live – Social Roulette, which is a Russian Roulette style game that has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your Facebook account, or social suicide as some are calling it. Facebook was quick to find out about this application and claimed it didn’t meet their terms […]
Read More | ShareMark Zuckerberg Stars In New Facebook Home Ad [VIDEO]
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Facebook Home is now available on Android devices via Google Play, and initially the reviews were not that great but now the app is sitting right in the middle with 2.5 stars. Google Play gives us an indication there has been between 100,000 – 500,000 downloads already since April 12. What is even more cool, […]
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