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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Facebook Continues To Like Mobile, Debuts Open Graph Built-In Like Action For Mobile Apps
Facebook stayed the course on its path to keep optimizing its mobile offerings with Wednesday's long-awaited introduction of the like button for mobile applications. The social network introduced an open graph built-in like action for mobile apps Wednesday, allowing developers to build like buttons into their apps with the aim of increasing engagement with its rapidly accelerating mobile user base. Apps including Instagram and Foursquare have already integrated the new functionality. Facebook users whose... read more>>
Yahoo, Facebook Continue Patent Settlement Talks
Yahoo and Facebook are trying to put an end to a legal saga in which the Web portal sued the social network for patentinfringement. Yahoo claimed in March that Facebook essentially stole its social network model, which includes creating profiles and interacting with other users and businesses. Both sides were in court again Tuesday, as Yahoo asked for a two-week extension to file replies in the lawsuit. Yahoo's decision to sue Facebook... read more>>
Facebook Subtly Nudges Less-Active Users With Friends Logged In, Time Since Last Update
Some Facebook users who have been less active of late are seeing subtle nudges from the social network in the form of messages under their status update forms telling them how many of their friends have logged in recently, or how long it's been since they've posted. Techie Buzz reported on the messages, noting their similarity to information seen by page administrators on how Facebook users are interacting with their pages. Readers: Have... read more>>
TripAdvisor Facebook App Local Picks Provides Food For Thought From Facebook Friends, Locals
Hungry Facebook users pondering dining options: Wouldn't it be great if you could combine input from your friends on the social network with reviews from locals in whatever city you happen to be in? Now you can, thanks to Local Picks, a new Facebook application from TripAdvisor. Local Picks launched Wednesday with information on some 850,000 restaurants in nearly 200 countries, encompassing millions of reviews and opinions from the flagship TripAdvisor service,... read more>>
Romney Gains Likes, Obama Stagnates On Facebook
Some of the latest analysis of the 2012 election through the lens of social media shows that Republican candidate Mitt Romney has been gaining popularity on Facebook recently, while President Barack Obama hasn't had much growth in the like category. Romney's Facebook page shows quite the upward-tending graph, in terms of likes. SocialBakers, a social media analytics firm, notes that Romney has gained 11.8 percent more fans in the past 30 days.... read more>>
Ford, Coke Like Facebook Advertising
While some question the effectiveness of advertising through Facebook, two major American companies say it works. Coca-Cola and Ford recently told The Wall Street Journal that they've had success on the social network. Executives from Coke and Ford both talked about the importance of having people simply talk about the product, something that Facebook promotes. Although Ford is Facebook-crazy, competitor General Motors recently pulled its $10 million advertising campaign after the social... read more>>
Facebook Timeline Users See More Information When Hovering Over User, Page Names
Facebook added a new feature, available to users who have upgraded (or been upgraded) to timeline: When users hover over the names of other users or pages in their news feeds, a small image appears, displaying information from the target's timeline. Those stubborn holdouts who have not yet upgraded to timeline will still see the target's profile image, and, in the case of users, images of mutual friends, according to the Orlando... read more>>
Logged-Out Users Cannot See Facebook Pages' Content; Redirected To News Feed After Login
Web surfers who are not logged in to Facebook and try to access pages on the social network are landing on the news feed once they input their credentials, rather than being taken to the pages they were attempting to visit. Sister blog Inside Facebook was the first to report on this development, and it pointed out that while Facebook is likely trying to prompt users to remain logged in, the redirection... read more>>
HOW TO: Stop Facebook From Using Facial Recognition To Suggest Tagging You In Photos
Facebook's acquisition of facial-recognition firm Face.com earlier this week rekindled concerns about the social network's use of facial-recognition technology, which has come under fire in the past. While the feature cannot be turned off altogether, there are ways to limit its use. Sophos' Naked Security blog posted a reminder on how Facebook users can disable the ability for their friends to automatically receive suggestions to tag them in photos: Go to your Facebook... read more>>
Banner Ad Across Facebook Profile? It's Adware
Facebook has been tweaking and testing its ad offerings quite a bit over the past several weeks, but if any users are seeing large banner ads across the top of their profile pages, those are the result of adware, and not the doing of the social network. Mashable Features Writer Christine Erickson encountered the pictured ad (screen shot courtesy of Mashable) Tuesday, and colleague and Entertainment Editor Christina Warren squashed any theories... read more>>
Vocus Offers 14-Day Free Trial Of Facebook Apps
Vocus Wednesday launched a 14-day free trial of its Vocus Facebook Apps, allowing potential customers to sample any of its 18 applications for the social network. The suite of apps is based on technology from North Social, which Vocus acquired in February 2011. Apps include: Fan Offer, which allows page administrators to offer coupons to loyal fans. Exclusive, which allows page administrators to establish a minimum number of users who must sign up for... read more>>
Facebook Details Social Landmarks In 25 Cities Around The World With Check-In Data
What do Chicago's Wrigley Field, Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and T.G.I. Friday's in Oslo, Norway, have in common? They were all the top destinations in their respective cities in terms of check-ins on third-party applications using Facebook's application-programming interface since its August 2010 launch, according to a new post from the social network, Social Landmarks Around the World. Facebook anonymously aggregated all check-in data from the following cities, excluding transportation hubs... read more>>
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