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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
UPDATED: Facebook Deepens WordPress Integration With New Plugin
Users of blogging platform WordPress can now take advantage of greater integration with Facebook following the social network's release of a plugin that enables features such as social publishing and mentions. The plugin allows users of both platforms to cross-post their WordPress content to their timeline profiles and pages they manage, as well as to add the names of pages or friends to the posts. The Facebook for WordPress plugin also makes the... read more>>
Involved Media's Facade Brings Sponsored Stories To Mobile News Feeds
Sponsored stories have become prominent when you're checking Facebook on your computer, but now they'll show up on your phone, too. Involved Media, one of the major paid social media advertising companies, announced Monday that it has incorporated the ability to purchase sponsored stories that will show up on Facebook's mobile news feed via Facade, the company's paid social ad platform. Involved Media feels that this will be a boon to marketers that... read more>>
More Wedding Bells Within Facebook Mafia
Now that hardscrabble work of building a company and seeing it through its initial public offering is complete, another Facebook geek is unrolling his sleeves, taking a big exhale, and enjoying the other fruits life has to offer, such as settling down into wedded bliss with his life-long companion, or some rendition of that. Over the weekend, Facebook Co-Founder and Engineer Andrew McCollum tied the proverbial knot with his sweetheart, sociologist Gretchen... read more>>
Five Types Of Facebook Fans
It's imperative to remember that each one of those numbers making up a brand's fan base on Facebook is a pair of eyeballs watching over and reading what is being posted, including competitors, existing customers, and potential customers. Drawing on her experience as a community manager, Steph Parker put together a clever post for Social Media Today on the types of followers she sees on Facebook and ideas on how to... read more>>
Facebook Increases Type Size In News Feed
Facebook slightly increased the type size for user names and text in wall posts in the news feed for some users, making them a little easier to read for most people, except one developer, apparently. Shan of SpaceNext.com released a Google Chrome extension called Facebook Font that reverts the news feed font size to the smaller, pre-change one, but why? He wrote in an email: Facebook has made the font size big, which... read more>>
L2 Facebook IQ Index: Macy's Has Highest Facebook IQ
Macy's boasts that it is "the world's largest store," and now, the department store chain can also boast having the highest "Facebook IQ" following the release of the second annual L2 Facebook IQ Index from L2 and Buddy Media. Digital think tank L2 and social ad-management software provider Buddy Media rank more than 100 luxury and prestige brands in the categories of beauty, fashion, specialty retail, and watches and jewelry, using more... read more>>
Peak Games Rides Facebook Gaming In Turkey, Middle East, North Africa
Istanbul-based Facebook game developer Peak Games is no turkey, announcing that its multiplayer games for its home country, the Middle East, and North Africa have propelled it to become the third-largest social gaming platform in the world. Peak Games also announced the additions of Ali Kutay as an advisor and investor, and of Robert Unsworth as director of business development. Angel investor Kutay previously served as chief executive officer of WebLogic and GoldenGate,... read more>>
Facebook Tests 'Play Now' Games Notifications
Facebook is testing notifications generated by the social network itself and aimed at driving users to engage with games. Sister blog Inside Facebook reported that the notifications mention friends who are playing certain games, ending with, "Play now!" These notifications join the "games you may like" box some users started seeing shortly after Facebook's launch of its app center last week. Facebook confirmed testing the notifications to Inside Facebook, saying: We are testing this feature... read more>>
Facebook Adopts Proposed Revisions To Statement Of Rights And Responsibilities, Data Use Policy
Despite the woefully low participation by Facebook users in Facebook's vote on proposed revisions to its statement of rights and responsibilities and data use policy, the social network elected to adopt the updates. Only 342,632 of Facebook's 900 million-plus users had voted, or 0.038 percent, by the deadline last Friday at 9 a.m. PT. The social network had announced that a response rate of 30 percent was needed to make the results... read more>>
Facebook Hires Trio Behind Pieceable Viewer; To Shut Down Service Dec. 31
Facebook's talent-acquisition binge continued with the social network's hiring of the three-man team behind Pieceable Software, creator of the Pieceable Viewer tool, which allows users to test Apple iOS applications within a Web browser. Pieceable Viewer will shut down Dec. 31, and Facebook is not acquiring the company, its technology, or its customer information. Sister blog Inside Facebook reported that Pieceable Software launched last year with seed funding from I/O Ventures and its... read more>>
Facebook Offers Users More Notifications Controls
Facebook continues to tinker with how users can control their notifications settings, with the notifications section under account settings now offering a host of options. Users can dial back the frequency of emails by now checking off a box that reads: "Send me important updates and summary instead of individual notification e-mails." Customization is available in the following categories: Photos Groups Pages Events Questions Notes Links Video Help center Wall comments Other updates from Facebook Credits Other applications In addition, clicking the Facebook category at the top... read more>>
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>>
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