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Snapchat Hits 400 Million Photo Sends Per Day, 70% Of Users Being Female
Self destructing photo app Snapchat, now sends 400 millions photos and videos per day on behalf of users. This is double the volume of sends from June when around 200 million photos and videos were sent each day. Earlier in the month we say Facebook make an offer of $3 Billion USD to acquire Snapchat, which was […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Prompts Users For Red Cross Donations In Light Of Philippines Disaster
It seems Facebook are doing their bit of ‘Social Good’ by currently prompting users to Donate to the Red Cross Charity in light of the recent natural disasters in the Philippines. Many users when logging into Facebook are seeing the following notification at the top of their newsfeed: Then allowing users to make a donation […]
Read More | ShareFacebook 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 Press Event On June 20 Could Be Release Of Video On Instagram Platform
There are rumors and speculation going around today that Facebook will be holding a special press event on Thursday 20th of June (in the US of course) that could be the unveiling of video features inside the Instagram app. This would obviously be in direct competition with Twitter’s app, Vine - which allows users to post […]
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 […]
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