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Facebook is Not Shutting Down
While relaxing and reading through my Facebook feed on a sunny Sunday afternoon, it became apparent that many people believed that Facebook was shutting down on March 15th. The rumor was started by a website known for starting previous false rumours was the blame. This did not stop people from believing it, with many Facebook groups popping up due to the news. The rumour that ...
Online Advertising is set to increase in the US
The online advertising spend in the US is set to increase after 2009’s drop, rising by 13.9%, reaching a record $25.8 billion. And in that same vein, internet ad spending will hit new peaks in each of the following four years, passing $30 billion in 2012 and breaking the $40 billion barrier in 2014. The ...
Facebook now Recognises your Face!
Half of me is not surprised that Facebook has introduced facial recognition technology, to their list of offerings, to help users automatically find friends in their photos. Remember the days of relief when your friend forgot to tag you in a horrible photo of yourself because they were too lazy? Well those days are numbered. The new ...
Facebook E-mail, it’s Not Just an E-mail
This video by Facebook explaining the concept behind the Facebook e-mail is truly amazing. It really sells the product as a conversation indexer as opposed to just an e-mail. To learn more and sign up for the Facebook e-mail please read our previous article Request your Facebook Invites, also watch the following video: So have ...
Yahoo Retreats from the Social Networking Battle
Yahoo’s financial situation is looking dire, with downsizing not just limited to 4% of the companies headcount. Yahoo’s plans to cut some of its products such as Yahoo Buzz, MyBlogLog, Delicious, AllTheWeb.com, Yahoo Picks, and AltaVista; and the consolidation of a handful of other products, has devastated many, especially the loyal users of their social ...
Facebook is Back From the Future -New Features Leaked
Mashable has just posted an article “predicting” the future of Facebook Pages, the introduction of the memories feature, and other features that Facebook leaked out to its millions of users earlier today. The biggest change that we saw was the new Facebook Pages layout. This shocked me when I first saw it as the tabs ...
Involver Introduces SML for Facebook Pages
Involver have created a new way to code Facebook tabs. They have introduced SML (Social Mark up Language) which enables front-end developers the ability to design rich interactive content without the need for large amounts of money to be spend on developers to create social apps. For a live demo and explanation of the service ...
Facebook’s dominance over social networks swallows up MySpace users
MySpace recently announced its partnership with Facebook, which will mean users of Myspace will be able to integrate the information between both social networking accounts. This largely explains the massive re-design project that MySpace undertook recently to make their site cleaner, with more focus on music and entertainment. Some of the design elements of the ...
Facebook Emails?
Yourname@facebook.com This is what “may” be announced tomorrow morning at the “special event” Facebook is holding. The new e-mail service will rival google’s popular Gmail service. Like the article on smartcompany points out: “The advantages over Gmail are obvious: Facebook has 500 million users, well above Gmail’s reported 176 million, and as Steve Gillmor points ...
Faceboook “Friendship Pages” to Make Snooping Easier
Facebook launches "Friendship Pages"
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