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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Facebook Updates Graph API To Make Data More Accessible To Developers
Developers were pleased with Thursday's improvements to Facebook's Graph API, which allows them to access data in the social graph quicker and easier. Facebook updated field expansion and made a tweak to pagination. Facebook software engineer Harshdeep Singh announced the changes in the site's developers blog: Field expansion significantly improves performance for API calls and reduces your coding effort for retrieving data from the social graph. You can now make advanced Graph API... read more>>
Use Bing To Search Friends' Facebook Photos
The Bing-Facebook integration continues to deepen. The Microsoft search engine announced Thursday that you can now use the site to search friends' photos. No, this doesn't mean those embarrassing photos from spring break are open for the general public to see on Bing. When you visit the site, you can only search for your friends' photos that have been made viewable. Bing explains that now users don't have to mine through profiles... read more>>
Facebook Respects Users' Rights More Than You Might Think
It seems like on a weekly basis, Facebook rolls out a new feature that promptsusers to accuse the site of playing a 21st-century Big Brother. However, an attorney-turned-tech entrepreneur feels that Facebook is actually one of the better social media sites, in terms of respecting users' rights.Andrew Nicol recently launched Clickwrapped, a comparison of the terms of service and privacy policies on sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Wikipedia and Twitter. Of... read more>>
Built-in Post Targeting Rolled Out To Facebook Pages With More Than 5,000 Likes
Facebook has been testing more advanced methods of post targeting, allowing select pages to target posts based on gender, age, language or location. Now sister site Inside Facebook reports that all pages with more than 5,000 likes have this ability. If your page has more than 5,000 likes, here's what the new feature looks like: Page administrators can choose to target news feeds of specific types of user, based on categories such as... read more>>
Another Update For Apple Devices: Facebook Page Manager
Facebook is putting some serious work into its Apple iOS devices. After giving Facebook and Messenger applications an upgrade, the site turned its attention to Page Manager. Facebook announced recently an update for those who manage their pages using their Apple devices. The Page Manager update includes the ability to display the page cover photo, swipe to view photos in the album and gives admins the power to change the profile photo,... read more>>
Could Facebook Make Waves With Waze?
Facebook has made quite the flurry of acquisitions lately. Last week, the social network acquired Threadsy. The word on Wednesday is that Facebook could consider purchasingWaze, developer of a well-liked, free, community-based traffic-nav app. Waze has nearly 6,200 users talking about it and the app has garnered 126,000 likes. The rumors of the possible acquisition were first reported by Israeli financial daily newspaperGlobes,then followed byForbesandBGR.Reports claim that there was a recent tête-Ã-têtebetween... read more>>
California Gives Thumbs-Up To Facebook/Instagram Deal
The long-awaited acquisition of Instagram by Facebook cleared another major hurdle on Wednesday. The California Department of Corporations approved the social network's request to issue stock following the purchase of the popular photo-sharing application. While the deal has yet to officially close, it is almost a done deal. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the deal was approved by the California Department of Corporations, who declared that the deal was fair. Last... read more>>
Facebook's Open Graph Working Out Nicely For Fitness Apps
Facebook users love announcing workout results. Luckily, they've got a variety of ways to do so. The site's developers blog Wednesday highlighted four such applications that have taken advantage of Facebook's Open Graph to find success on the social network. With these apps, users can post a map of their run, gain a personal trainer in their pocket, count calories burned and share successes. Apparel giant Nikedeveloped one of the apps to... read more>>
UPDATED: Romney, Ryan Dominate Facebook-CNN Election Insights
Not surprisingly, a visit to the Facebook-CNN Election Insights tool today reveals that Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan are dominating the real-time tracker following the first day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. People talking about Romney are up 115 percent today, following Ann Romney's highly personal speech in primetime Tuesday night. Last night's keynote was delivered by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who may not have helped... read more>>
Flip Through Your Facebook Timeline With Yearly Leaf
Companies are figuring out every way to maximize the Facebook experience while users are online, but what about when they're not logged in? A new project called Yearly Leaf is conducting an experiment in social permanence: by connecting with Yearly Leaf, Facebook users can order a moleskin-bound book recapping a year of their life on the social network. Seattle-based Yearly Leaf, started by Mark Michael and Daniel Rust, takes the special moments... read more>>
Facebook Help Center Flooded With Spam
Any confused, challenged or perplexed Facebook user who heads over to the Facebook Help Center Forumis in for nothing but added frustration these days.That's because a gang of slimy spammers has full-on infiltrated the forum center, originally built to capture and address user questions from authentic Facebookers, who'd be hard pressed to slip in an organic question now amid the "Watch Live!!!!" posts and threads of jumbled nonsensical emoticons. It was Sophoswho... read more>>
Attorneys Using Facebook Pages For Marketing Purposes
Facebook pages are helping a wide array of entities get their name out there - not just companies. Attorneys are also establishing a presence on the social network. Attorney and marketing maven Michael J. Evans recently posted on his blog tips for fellow lawyers to become successful on Facebook. As has been repeated by countless Facebook marketing gurus, Evans points out that having a Facebook page is not just about likes. He... read more>>
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