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Monday, June 11, 2012
Apple Announces Facebook Integration With IOS6, OSX Mountain Lion
Apple officially confirmed that Facebook will be integrated into its iOS 6 and OSX Mountain Lion operating systems for mobile devices and Macintosh desktops, respectively, at its Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco Monday. Sister blog Inside Facebook reported the following Facebook integration features: iOS 6 will offer a direct "tap to post" option, similar to Apple's current integration with Twitter. Facebook messages will be added to the Apple address book. Facebook events... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Arab Facebook Penetration
With 36 percent of its population active on the network, the United Arab Emirates shows the highest proportion of its inhabitants on Facebook among Arab-land countries, according to an Arab social media report prepared by the Dubai School of Government, as reported by Mashable. According to the infographic, the five countries in the region with the highest percentage of population on Facebook are: UAE, 36 percent Jordan, 35 percent Lebanon, 34 percent Kuwait, 31 percent Tunisia, 28... read more>>
Does Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Fancy Fancy?
In order to stay on top of it, you've got to scope out the competition. That seems to be what Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg was doing when he reportedly recently joined Pinterest rival, and newest member of the social cool-kid scene, Fancy. Fast Company reported that Zuckerberg created the handle "Zuckd" and "fancy'd" one item, an Extendo library shelving system. According to his profile, more than 114,500 Fancy... read more>>
Facebook User Growth Rate Slows In April, But Does It Matter?
According to the latest figures from comScore, Facebook's user growth figures for April were down dramatically, with the social network up just 5 percent in unique visitors versus April 2011, following growth rates of 24 percent last year and 89 percent in April 2010. And users spent more than six hours per month on the social network in April, up 16 percent compared with the prior-year month, but following increases of 23... read more>>
Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Early Bird Rate Ends Tuesday
Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit is headed to San Francisco in just two short weeks! Register by Tuesday, June 12, and save more than $200 on full-access passes. Held June 26 at the Mission Bay Conference Center, Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit is the must-attend event for anyone interested in the emerging technologies that are transforming the way mobile games are produced and consumed. More than 35 of today's industry leaders from... read more>>
Only 0.038 Percent Of Facebook Users Vote On Proposed Policy Changes
A total of 342,632 responses to a poll on Facebook would normally be considered an impressive tally, but when that 342,632 represents 0.038 percent of the social network's 900 million-plus users, or 1 out of every 2,600, it's not very impressive. And when the poll was about Facebook's proposed revisions to its statement of rights and responsibilities and data use policy, and a response rate of 30 percent was needed to... read more>>
Russell 3000 Index To Add Facebook
Facebook's May 18 initial public offering has resulted in the social network being added to the preliminary list to join the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies. Reuters reported that Facebook would be the largest addition to the index in terms of market capitalization. The companies included in the Russell 3000 Index represent approximately 98 percent of the investable U.S. equity market, and Reuters reported that... read more>>
More News Feed Photo Layouts Seen On Facebook
Different options are emerging for the changes to Facebook's photo layout in its news feed, which the social network began to roll out to users last week. Last week's report, via TechCrunch, showed a three-picture news feed post with one large photo and two thumbnails, along with a four-photo post with one large picture and three thumbnails. Some users are also starting to see a four-photo post with four photos that are all... read more>>
Facebook Acquires wwwFacebook.com URL
Facebook continues to scoop up domain names, this time acquiring the URL for wwwFacebook.com in order to ensure that users who inadvertently leave out the period after www still arrive at the social network. Fusible reported that the Whois record for the URL changed over to Facebook earlier this month, after being sold in 2007 to an unnamed owner for more than $15,000, as reported then by DN Journal. According to Fusible, it... read more>>
Facebook, Others Summoned To Appear Before Indian Trial Court Sept. 22
A criminal case in India involving Facebook and several other Internet companies moved one step further, as executives from the involved firms were summoned to appear before a trial court in the country Sept. 22, but a petition for dismissal before the Delhi High Court is set to be heard Aug. 7. The case is the result of a complaint by Indian journalist Vinay Rai, and it is based on an Indian... read more>>
Facebook Adds Instant Personalization, Public Search Preview To Security Settings
Continuing its efforts to educate its users about its privacy and security settings, some users who click on privacy settings in the pull-down menu that appears in the top-right-hand corner of every Facebook page are seeing another page labeled "where to find," which highlights changes to the social network's security settings. Two new sections were highlighted: instant personalization, and public search. Instant personalization explains how users can customize whether open graph applications being... read more>>
Five Helpful Marketing Resources From Facebook
There will never be a shortage of Facebook marketing advice, but when it comes from the social network itself, it merits paying attention to. Facebook detailed five marketing resources on the social network, saying: Businesses are constantly looking for new ways to spice up their Facebook page, create engaging content, and impress their fans, but what's surprising is how many don't know about the pool of resources Facebook offers to explain and illustrate... read more>>
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