Let’s be honest, it can be a lot of fun when rivals try to mess with each other’s big launch events. Thus, Twitter just put up a vague blog post that promises more features to come for its popular Vine video app. And as AllThingsD just reported, a new video offering from its Instagram photo-sharing unit will be the sole ...
Facebook on iOS Update Brings Easier Privacy Control
on 6.19.13
Facebook for iOS has gotten a small update on Wednesday that adds a couple of nice changes. Foremost is the ability to very quickly edit the privacy of a given post so that it’s visible only to the people you choose. This is accomplished by tapping on the small downward chevron next to any post, which presents you with an ...
Facebook Passes One Million Advertisers
on 6.19.13
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it has reached one million active advertisers amid growing adoption among small businesses and as bigger global brands also add Facebook ads to their mix. Facebook director of small business Dan Levy announced the figure in a post, saying he would like to thank “the over one million ...
Amazon Birthday Gift Cards Let You Pre-Plan Gifts for Facebook Friends
on 6.18.13
I’ll admit it — I am terrible at remembering birthdays. There’s no excuse, really, considering that practically every major Internet company offers some form of calendar with built-in integration to notify you of your friends’ birthdays. (It’s Facebook’s forte.) E-retailer giant Amazon knows that people like me ...
Report: Instagram is Getting Video on June 20
on 6.17.13
We’ve been working on getting more details on a press event that Facebook is having this week. Earlier, we wrote it could launch a news-reading app, but we have since heard more details that point to something else entirely. On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will ...
Report: Facebook to Unveil News Reader at June 20 Event
on 6.16.13
The upcoming death of Google Reader and the addition of hashtags signal Facebook will likely launch a new way to discover and read news at the June 20th press event it’s just sent out mysterious invites to. It could be a sort of “trending articles on Facebook” feature, or a more full-blown RSS reader-style product. ...
Facebook and Microsoft Release NSA Data Request Stats
on 6.16.13
Facebook and Microsoft on Friday became the first Internet companies to disclose the total number of legal orders they receive for user data, including ones from the National Security Agency and from state, local, and federal police performing criminal investigations. The total for Facebook: About 18,000 accounts over a six ...
Facebook Also Wants to Share Number of Government Requests for Data
on 6.12.13
Facebook is the third, but it won’t be the last. On Tuesday, Facebook joined Google and Microsoft in requesting permission from the government to provide increased transparency on the data demands it receives under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The company is succinct in its statement, which Mike Issac of ...
Facebook Brings Hashtags to Timeline to Boost Discovery
on 6.12.13
Facebook announced that it is bringing hashtags to its service, letting users add context to a post, indicate that it is part of a larger discussion, as well as discover shared interests. The company says hashtags have become “a vital part of popular culture” and since it has seen users using them on the social network ...
Facebook Streamlines Ad Products, Nixes Offers and Questions
on 6.7.13
Facebook is working on simplifying its different ad units and streamlining its products in an effort to make things simpler for businesses looking to spread the word via the social network, it announced Thursday. Facebook looked at its 27 different ad products and decided to cut down on the number of options to improve a ...
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