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 [...]
According to Techbeginners ! 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Since the ticker a light weight news feed seen on the upper right hand part of Facebook.com was launched in August. The social context ads had been running only via the app ticker for Facebook games. Facebook will increase the distribution for Sponsored Stories by allowing them to run in the ticker across the site. [...]
Facebook is the only one that knows no generational limits. From grandparents to teenagers. Facebook the largest of the social networks attracts users of all ages. A recent study by Forrester found that of U.S. adults who use social networking sites, 96% of them are on Facebook. Ninety-eight percent of both the members of the [...]
The social network Facebook is releasing a new method for accessing your account when you lose your password: a little help from “trusted friends.” The social network says it is testing a new tool in the coming weeks that will let you designate three to five friends you trust. If you forget your password or [...]
Facebook has begun building a data center in Lulea, Sweden, where it will benefit from cheap electricity and year-round free air cooling, the company announced Thursday. Lulea is on the edge of the Arctic Circle, and has a mean annual temperature of around 1 C, with average summer highs of around 20 C, allowing Facebook [...]
On Monday, Facebook confirmed to The Hill that it had officially filed paperwork with the Federal Election Committee to establish FB Pac, which will allow it to legally funnel donations to candidates and political parties it favours. The point of Facebook has always been to make friends. Now it wants to buy some more so [...]
