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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Facebook Launches Prevent Bullying Page
Facebook continues to do its part to help stamp out bullying with Thursday's launch of the Prevent Bullying page as part of National Bullying Awareness Month. The social network gathered together resources on the topic, including: A support dashboard where users can follow up on problem posts. A video outlining use of new tools from Facebook, including social resolution tools. Another video sharing successful stories from communities who are taking on the issue of bullying... read more>>
Facebook Updates Mobile Platform For Android Developers: SDK 3.0 Beta
Facebook said that it is focused on Android, and the site on Thursday launched one of its biggest updates for those who develop mobile applications: Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta for Android. The updates to the SDK program makes it easier for developers to create engaging experiences for Android users. Facebook announced SDK 3.0 for Android in a post on the site's developers blog. This update for Android comes about two months after... read more>>
North Social Rolls Out Trivia Contest App For Facebook Pages
Diversions such as trivia and contests are effective ways for Facebook pages to promote engagement, and Facebook application provider North Social is doing its part with Thursday's release of its new trivia contest app. The app enables page administrators to add custom quizzes, trivia challenges, and fan surveys to their Facebook pages, including three types of trivia challenges described in detail by North Social in a blog post: True/False: This old classic is... read more>>
Google Stock Drops With 3Q Report, Takes Facebook Down With It
The stock value of Google plummeted after its preliminary third-quarter report showed that income dipped 20 percent while costs rose. This news sent a ripple effect throughout other Web giants on Wall Street, as the share prices of Facebook and Yahoo fell Thursday, as well. Google's stock fell nearly 10 percent Thursday, as a leaked third-quarter report indicated a softer market for online advertising. According to The Wall Street Journal, the average... read more>>
Facebook Fans: Quality Matters More Than Quantity
More Facebook brands are starting to realize that it takes something more than just a sheer mass of likes to gain popularity on the social network. Companies are realizing the power of advocates, or superfans, who regularly share content with their friends and drive engagement. A new study by Napkin Labs, analyzing several well-liked pages, shows that the engagement of one superfan is worth that of roughly 75 regular fans. Napkin Labs... read more>>
VirtuOz Virtual Agents Support Facebook Messages
With more brands turning to automated responses in order to help them manage their ever-expanding volumes of consumer communications via Facebook and other social networks, virtual agent solution provider VirtuOz announced support for Facebook messages. VirtuOz IVAs for Facebook messages allow brands to respond to common queries regarding sales, marketing, and support, with consistent, personalized replies aimed at helping to resolve issues on the spot, or at directing customers to the proper... read more>>
Facebook Tab Developer SocialAppsHQ Adds Inbox To Monitoring Platform
Facebook tab developer SocialAppsHQ announced the addition of an inbox feature to its monitoring platform, which allows multiple employees to track and manage the online reputation of their brands. Inbox allows SocialAppsHQ clients to view new tasks, completed tasks, comments, assignments, summary notes, and due dates in a single stream. Administrators can assign tasks, change due dates, and search for tasks. Users only see tasks they are assigned to, eliminating clutter. SocialAppsHQ CEO... read more>>
Facebook Releases Screenshot Importer For App Developers
Facebook continued to introduce new features aimed at helping application developers, following Wednesday's announcement that mobile app install ads are now available to all developers with the less-ballyhooed rollout of a screenshot importer, which allows developers to import their apps' screenshots from Apple's iTunes App Store and Google Play directly into Facebook's app center. The social network described the new screenshot importer in a post on its developer blog: You can now import... read more>>
Facebook Preferred Marketing Developers Manager Adam Gerston Joins Shift
Adam Gerston, one of the leaders of Facebook's Preferred Marketing Developers program, became the latest high-profile executive to leave the social network, and he will join Shift as vice president of strategic partnerships. Gerston had been with Facebook since 2010, telling Business Insider the Preferred Marketing Developers group totaled two people when he started at the social network, and it is now made up of 20 managers, handling 25 percent of the... read more>>
Wanna-Be Terrorist's Bomb Plot Thwarted Thanks To Facebook Posts
Once again, evidence was gathered on Facebook to thwart a would-be terrorist from executing his plans to bomb a major Wall Street landmark Wednesday. Terror suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who was arrested Wednesday in New York , allegedly used Facebook to discuss his plans to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with a co-conspirator and an FBI informant with whom he sought guidance on his obligations under... read more>>
Facebook Tests Profile Completion Meter
Not long after Facebook launched a feature that many compared to Pinterest, the site started testing something that's more native to LinkedIn - a profile completion meter. The social network has also been asking users for their current cities. This test was noticed by sister site Inside Facebook, which posted a screenshot of the profile completion meter. The more information someone fills out - birthday, gender, education, hometown, work history, etc. -... read more>>
CloudCraze Connects Consumers To Facebook Brands Via Cloud Technology
Brands on Facebook are always looking for new, efficient ways to connect with customers. CloudCraze, which recently released its 3.0 ecommerce platform, allows companies to use cloud technology to integrate Facebook actions into their sales sites, so users can like or share products that they purchase or enjoy. CloudCraze allows customers to interact with brands' Twitter and Facebook pages through a social widget, allowing users to see friends who also like the... read more>>
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