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Monday, June 25, 2012
You Can Now Share Instagram Photos On Facebook Automatically
Instagram, recently acquired by Facebook, will start integrating social sharing options into the app. Now, Instagram users can choose to automatically have their photos post to their Facebook timeline. You'll be happy to know that automatic sharing is turned off, by default, according to Instagram's Help Center. You can turn timeline sharing on via the sharing settings screen, shown above. App blog AppGuide wrote about this new integration feature: Activity will display both in... read more>>
Would Facebook Ever Provide A Premium Service?
We've speculated as to whether Twitter would charge for premium features, but what are the possibilities of Facebook offering a premium, ad-free version of its service? More and more people are getting comfortable with paying for services online. Spotify has 3 million paid users on its service. Netflix has 25 million users streaming content. Facebook is a service that many people see as essential in their daily lives. Of course, if Facebook announced... read more>>
How Does Facebook Affect Reunions?
Scattered among the co-workers and relatives on your Facebook friends list, high school classmates probably make up a significant portion of your contacts. You can see pictures of weddings, kids, and other major life events. So why would you need to go to a high school reunion to catch up? That's what a Sacramento Bee reporter recently wondered: Experts say that attendance at the 10-year high school reunion has dropped in recent years.... read more>>
Study: Most Parents Have No Clue What Their Teens Are Doing On Facebook, Online
Six out of 10 teens have witnessed cruel behavior online, and 93 percent of those who have said it took place on Facebook, according to the results of a new study by McAfee, which also found that only one out of four parents is aware of that behavior. The study, The Digital Divide: How the Online Behavior of Teens is Getting Past Parents, highlighted the discrepancies between what parents think about their... read more>>
Teen's Mobile App Earns Facebook Internship Offer, But She's Undecided
A California teenager created a mobile app for The Home Depot, won $10,500 in a contest, and impressed a Facebook official enough to earn an internship with the company. However, Business Insider reports that the recent high school graduate is so heavily recruited that she's weighing her options. Nive Jayasekar, 17, entered a contest to design a project organizer app for Home Depot, which would be used on Windows Phones. She was... read more>>
You've Got Facebook Mail
You might be surprised to check your contact information and find that your default email address has been replaced by a Facebook email address. Didn't sign up for a Facebook email address? One was provided for you. Even if you've never even heard of Facebook email, for many users, the social network has chosen that as your default email contact. If you never set up an account, it will default to whatever... read more>>
INFOGRAPHIC: Younger U.K. Facebook Users Have More Trust When It Comes To Data
Facebook was seen as the source of personal data that reveal the most about a person, with 26 percent of respondents to a survey of more than 2,000 U.K. consumers citing the social network. Following Facebook on the survey, conducted by YouGov and commissioned by Informatica, were: Bank statements, 24 percent Search-engine history, 14 percent Credit-card statements, 11 percent Twitter profiles, 1 percent The survey also found that five times as many 18- to 34-year-olds would use... read more>>
Facebook Testing Another Type Of Sponsored Story?
Some Facebook users are seeing what appears to be a new type of sponsored story in their news feeds, combining the page post and page like ad with what the social network calls a voice of friends premium ad. The ads specify a friend who liked the page, and display a recent post from that page underneath it. Readers: Have you seen any similar ads in your news feeds? Thank you to Blink Vice... read more>>
Facebook Adds Find Friends Nearby Feature
Facebook added a new feature called find friends nearby, which lists users of the social network who are also logged into the application's page, and it is available via the Web and its apps for Apple's iOS and Android. TechCrunch was the first to report on find friends nearby, which Facebook initially called friendshake, and the tech blog was tipped off by developer Roger Pincombe, who saw a demonstration of the app... read more>>
Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit To Attract Mobile Gaming Community -- June 26 In San Francisco
The Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit is set to take place Tuesday in San Francisco. Join the industry's leading mobile gaming developers, investors, and executives for panels, discussions, and networking. Sessions will revolve around successful game design, development, distribution, and monetization. Register before midnight for only $499, a $200 savings. Held at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, the summit is the must-attend event for anyone interested in the emerging technologies... read more>>
Nasdaq's Robert Greifeld Blames 'Arrogance,' 'Overconfidence' For Facebook IPO Issues
Nasdaq Chief Executive Robert Greifeld blamed the technical issues that affected Facebook's initial public offering on "arrogance" and "overconfidence" while speaking at a conference of corporate directors at Stanford University's Law School Sunday. The Wall Street Journal reported that Greifeld said Nasdaq had tested its systems extensively before the May 18 IPO, simulating higher trading volumes than those that actually occurred, but the exchange was unprepared for the high numbers of canceled... read more>>
U.K. Office Of Fair Trading Investigates Facebook's Acquisition Of Instagram
Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram is coming under scrutiny in the U.K., as competition regulator the Office of Fair Trading expressed concerns that the social network might prevent Instagram users from uploading photos to other sites, or restrict similar applications' ability to upload photos to Facebook. The Guardian reported that OFT set a July 5 deadline for interested parties to submit comments, and it will then determine by Aug.... read more>>
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