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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Hackers On How To Prevent Your Facebook Account From Being Hacked
Have you ever wondered what advice a hacker would give you to protect your Facebook account from his or her kind? Core Security, a provider of predictive security intelligence solutions, got the scoop from some of its staffers. Here are the tips, straight from the hackers' mouths: If you are ever asked to enter your Facebook password, confirm that the URL is www.facebook.com. Hackers will try to trick you by displaying fake login... read more>>
Facebook Makes It Easier For Pages To Change Username
Facebook announced Wednesday that it is making it easier to change the username of a Facebook page. Before, page administrators would have to submit a request to change the username, but not anymore. To do so, go to your Facebook page, click edit page, then update info, and basic information. From there, you can change the page's username. Readers: If you're a page admin, is this welcome news to you? Image courtesy of Facebook... read more>>
6 Ways To Use Advertising To Improve App Acquisition And Monetization On Facebook
There are more than 9 million applications and websites integrated with Facebook. Here are six tips to help you stand out and make more from your Facebook app with advertising. Acquire Customers By All Means Possible -- And Profitable Gone are the days when developers can expect their apps to become hits from viral distribution and cross-promotion alone. Given the myriad of options competing for customer attention, developers who have revenue streams need... read more>>
Which Industries Are Best At Facebook Engagement?
How often do you post to a company's Facebook page and receive direct feedback? Your chances at getting a response are better if you're talking to a telecommunications company or an airline, according to a study from Socialbakers. Socialbakers recently released this graph, showing which industries are best at responding to fans on Facebook: Socialbakers then broke each industry down into brands. Here are the worldwide industry leaders, in terms of response rate: Airline:... read more>>
Facebook Releases Updates For Messenger, Pages Manager Mobile Apps
Facebook released updates to its Messenger and Pages Manager mobile applications, for the iOS and Android versions of the former, with the latter being iOS-only. Sister blog Inside Facebook had the scoop on the new features and bug fixes for both apps. For Messenger, available for iOS and Android: Users can share larger photos. Users can delete individual messages from conversations. Users can switch between multiple conversations with in-app notifications. Users can include friends of friends in... read more>>
Does Facebook Boost Your Self-Esteem?
While we may seem happy on Facebook, liking pages on a daily basis and posting inspirational photos, does the social network really bring us joy? That's what researchers from San Diego State University and the University of Georgia wanted to find out. They believe that Facebook might be making us feel better about ourselves. In the experiment, a group of 151 college students were randomly assigned the job of editing their Facebook... read more>>
The Next Update For Facebook's IPhone App: Speed
Apple's iOS 6 will come with more Facebook integration for the iPhone and iPad. Luckily for iPhone users, the next version of the Facebook app will also be faster, according to The New York Times' technology blog, Bits. Two Facebook engineers who asked to remain anonymous told Times writer Nick Bilton that later this summer, the app will be completely rebuilt for speed. Bilton writes: One of the Facebook engineers said the new... read more>>
AllFacebook Marketing Conference Kicks Off Tomorrow - June 28 And 29 In San Francisco
Join us at the AllFacebook Marketing Conference Thursday in San Francisco for two full days of Facebook marketing immersion. Learn how to put Facebook to work from leading social media and marketing experts. You will leave the conference with a stronger understanding of how to brand your business and generate results using Facebook's evolving tools and applications. Register before midnight for $599, a savings of $200. The program will feature more than... read more>>
Users Angered Over Facebook Email Switch; Company Says Change Was Announced In April
Yesterday, Facebook made a subtle switch to users' contact information: swapping out whatever email address they had listed in favor of a Facebook email account. While reaction has been overwhelmingly negative, the company hasn't exactly backed down, saying that these changes were announced in April. Gather technology blogger Gilbert Arcia summed up the way many users felt upon seeing their email replaced by their user name @facebook.com: The assigned email address is primarily... read more>>
Site Warns: Think About What You Share On Facebook
Although not as jarring as Take This Lollipop, a site called "We know what you're doing..." is compiling bunches of public Facebook statuses that people probably shouldn't be sharing. The project, started by an 18-year-old Web developer, was aimed to raise awareness about carelessly sharing information on Facebook. The site is broken down into four columns: Who wants to get fired? Who's hung over? Who's taking drugs? Who's got a new phone... read more>>
Facebook VP Of Infrastructure Engineering Jay Parikh On Outages, Requests For Servers
Every network experiences outages, and Facebook is no exception. Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering Jay Parikh spoke with CNET about how the social network handles outages, and how he handles requests for more servers. On the topic of outages, he told CNET: First and foremost, we take this stuff extremely seriously. We want to be fast, and we always want to be up and running. That's our No. 1, No. 2, No. 3... read more>>
Facebook To Developers: Build For Both Mobile And Facebook
Facebook published a post urging developers to create applications for both the social network's platform and mobile on its developer blog, saying that in May, Facebook drove users to iOS apps 134 million times and to the Apple App Store 83 million times. Other statistics reported by Facebook in the post: Song Pop, which received a ringing endorsement from Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week, receives 65 percent of its mobile... read more>>
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