Social Networking

Facebook has over 800 million users,so they say. 300 million of them are using Facebook on mobile devices.

Jan 5th, 2012 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: facebook

Inside Facebook has discovered a couple of new features for Facebook’s mobile site. One (in testing) is a recommendation tab for pages. With this feature, the user can write and read recommendations on Pages, similar to a feature launched on the desktop version not too long ago.
Facebook has over 800 million users, so they say. 300 [...]



New Facebook For iPhone 4.1 Includes Timeline Access and Faster Photos. The app feels more responsive, and photos seem to load significantly faster.

Dec 19th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: facebook

The update includes the ability to view the new profile Timeline, Subscribers, Subscriptions, pop-over notifications, and add people to friend lists.
Facebook has just pushed out version 4.1 of its popular iPhone app.
The app feels more responsive, and photos seem to load significantly faster.
Facebook launched Timeline globally a few days ago, but initially it could only [...]



fPrivacy is a Chrome plugin. Lets You Control Facebook App Permissions.

Dec 19th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: Social Networking

Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users.
fPrivacy is a Chrome plugin that lets you granularly opt out of stalker-esque Facebook app permissions like “Post to my wall” or “Access profile info” whenever the app authorization dialog appears.
Creator Chad Selph made the extension because Facebook apps have been too grabby for far [...]



Social networks played a large role last year but were expected to play an even bigger role in this year’s shopping season. Laura O’Shaughnessy CEO of Facebook advertising agency Social Code.

Dec 12th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: Social Networking

GfK survey released in October, 39 percent of consumers plan to look to social networks before they make purchases.
Laura O’Shaughnessy, the CEO of Facebook advertising agency Social Code.
Told us that social networks played a large role last year but were expected to play an even bigger role in this year’s shopping season.
The holiday shopping season [...]



Facebook launched its long anticipated iPad application. First time the social network offered an official app for Apple’s tablet.

Dec 8th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: facebook

Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 700 million users.
Facebook launched its long anticipated iPad application.
The app was notable for two reasons: first, it was the first time the social network offered an official app for Apple’s tablet and second because it included an overhauled UI for Facebook’s immensely popular iPhone app as well.
Now Facebook appears [...]



Blue Rooster is the latest Microsoft partner to put a social face on SharePoint.

Dec 2nd, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: Social Networking

Blue Rooster a SharePoint consulting firm based in Seattle, is the latest firm to offer a bundle of enhancements to SharePoint’s basic social media components.
This is a market niche where NewsGator is the best known solution that runs directly atop SharePoint, although practically every corporate socialnetworking platform provides some sort of integration with the ubiquitous [...]



Facebook IPO coming next spring. But Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has not made any final decisions regarding the size and date of the IPO.

Nov 29th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: facebook

The social networking giant is in internal discussions over when to file its IPO papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
The filing reportedly could occur as early as this year.
With shares making their debut on the market between April and June 2012.
The company is considering a [...]



Skype Facebook partnership is the latest example of how Skype is removing communication barriers and making it easier to connect with friends family and business colleagues.

Nov 28th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: Social Networking

This new development in the Skype Facebook partnership is the latest example of how Skype is removing communication barriers and making it easier to connect with friends, family and business colleagues.
Facebook video calling powered by Skype was launched.
Skype announce our partnership with Facebook has reached yet another milestone with the launch of Skype 5.4 Beta [...]



The Sony BDP-S780 looks like a great Blu-ray player. It comes with a large and well chosen selection of Internet apps, including a Web browser.

Nov 28th, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: Internet of Things

It comes with a large and well chosen selection of Internet apps, including a Web browser.
The Sony BDP-S780 looks like a great Blu-ray player.
including a Web browser. You can convert 2D to 3D and adjust the 3D settings. It’s the fastest Blu-ray player I’ve tested yet.
But the gotchas are big ones the browser won’t play [...]



Facebook’s initial public offering is due in 2012 since the company announced its giant funding round from Goldman Sachs at the start of this year.

Nov 22nd, 2011 | By qaseemur- rahim | Category: facebook

Facebook’s initial public offering is due in 2012 since the company announced its giant funding round from Goldman Sachs at the start of this year.
At that point, the company said in a press release that it ”expected to pass 500 shareholders at some point in 2011, and therefore expects to start filing public financial reports no [...]