Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Facebook Now Has 1.1 Billion Daily Active Users
If you're starting to notice more ads on Instagram, it's all part of Facebook's plan.
Facebook,
the world's largest social network, has steadily built its advertising
business to become the world's second-largest digital ad platform after
Google. Now it's looking at ways to make more money from video ads and
from newer services like Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing app that it
bought for $1 billion (roughly Rs. 6,566 crores) in 2012.
Instagram recently announced it
has over 400 million
Facebook Messenger Launched for Apple Watch
Facebook
had said it would introduce a native app for the Apple Watch following
the introduction of watchOS 2, and the company has now made good on its
world, bringing support for version 38.0 of the Messenger app for iOS.
The
App Store listing states users can utilise the new Messenger app on
watchOS 2 to send and receive voice clips, apart Likes, stickers, and
more. The updated app also brings new features for devices running iOS
9, including the ability to find Messenger contacts and
'Facebook at Work' Could Be Open to Everyone Soon
Not allowed to use Facebook at work? That may change in near future as
Facebook at Work - designed specifically for communicating with
colleagues - comes along.
The tool has been in beta since
January,
but the pilot programme is ending, and the company is likely to launch a
freemium version of the interoffice network by the end of the year,
Re/code reported
project head Julien Codorniou as saying.
Facebook has been using a version of Facebook at Work internally for years.
More
than 100
Facebook Mentions and Live Now Available for Verified Profiles
Journalists and other public figures can now offer live video to
their followers on Facebook, which announced plans Thursday to broaden
the streaming service.
As of Thursday, anyone with a verified
Facebook profile will be able to use Facebook Mentions, an application
made available earlier this year to actors, musicians and other
celebrities to connect with their fans.
"People love reading
articles from and connecting with their favorite journalists and public
figures on Facebook," the
Facebook Hits Milestone of 1 Billion Users in a Single Day
Facebook boasted of a new benchmark Thursday in its seemingly
inexorable march to Internet ubiquity: a billion people used the social
network in a single day.
"We just passed an important milestone," chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declared in a post on his Facebook page.
"On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family."
"When we talk about our financials, we use average numbers, but this is different," Zuckerberg added.
"This was the
Facebook Unveils 'M' Virtual Assistant for Messenger
Facebook on Wednesday began testing a Messenger app virtual assistant
that the leading social network said goes beyond artificial intelligence
programs already on the market.
The personal digital assistant - dubbed "M" - completes tasks along with seeking out information at the behest of users.
"Unlike
other AI-based services in the market, M can actually complete tasks on
your behalf," Facebook's David Marcus said in an online post.
"It
can purchase items, get gifts delivered to your
Facebook Now a Bigger Source of Traffic for News Sites Than Google: Study
Facebook now accounts for more of the traffic to news sites than Google, according to latest results.
Links
shared on Facebook and Twitter have become a crucial source of incoming
traffic, and have been vying with search as a source of new readers for
some time, said results from the analytics firm Parse.Ly.
"The
company's latest estimates show that social-media sources accounted for
43 percent of the traffic to the Parse.Ly network of media sites, while
Google accounted for just 38 percent,"
Facebook Starts Treating Public and Private Events Differently
Facebook has long been interested in its Events feature so it didn't
come as a surprise when on Monday, the company announced several major
changes to it. First up, the social juggernaut is now treating public
and private events differently. And by treating differently, it means
that the company will offer different set of features in both kind of
events.
For instance, the company says that in public events, it will present
more contextual information such as location and event, which
Facebook Reportedly Making App to Deliver Breaking News Alerts
Facebook is said to be building a Twitter-like mobile app that will send breaking news alerts straight to your phone.
The
app, which is said to be part of the Facebook for Business initiative but separate from Facebook at Work,
will reportedly ask users to choose which publications or 'stations'
they want to receive notifications from as well as the specific topics
or 'substations' they want to receive news about, Business Insider
reports.
The
social networking giant is said to have a few
Facebook Makes It Trivial to Find Information Associated With Any Mobile Number
A built-in Facebook feature has become the subject of a new
controversy. The social juggernaut, by default, allows users to look up
and identify a profile by simply typing in someone's phone number. A
software engineer has managed to exploit this little-known feature and
successfully obtained information of thousands of users.
Searching and mapping friends by simply looking up their phone
numbers is a handy feature if you don't know the email address of your
friend, or if their profile
Facebook Launches Security Checkup Tool
After targeting YouTube with the rollout of new video tools, Facebook
is now focusing on the security of user accounts by introducing
Security Checkup. The tool is meant to help users discover and utilise
the security controls available to them.
As Facebook account
security settings often stay buried under several security and privacy
tabs of Facebook, away from general users' eyes, the Security Checkup
tool is meant to help surface the options when required.
Facebook's
Security Checkup
Facebook Hackathon Gives Super Mario Millennial Touch
Amanda Maler wasn't even born yet when Nintendo's beloved Super Mario made his debut 30 years ago.
But,
the playfully heroic video game character became fodder for fierce
rivalry between Maler and her brother as children and she pounced on a
chance to create a Facebook-infused level during a two-day hackathon at
the social network's headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park.
Maler
and fellow 20-somethings named their team "Move Fast and Brick Things"
in a merging of a Facebook
Facebook Launches New Video Tools and Library for Page Admins
In a bid to compete against Google's video service juggernaut - YouTube
- Facebook has revealed two new major updates for Page admins, giving
them more customisation options when distributing videos on the social
media website.
The updated video upload tools would now let Facebook
Page admins send 'secret' videos, just like YouTube's unlisted videos,
which can be accessed only via direct URL links and don't appear on
searches and other social media websites. Using this tool, users would
Facebook Messenger Now Available for All Non-Facebook Users
Facebook last month enabled users without an account to sign up for its Messenger app with just a phone number. The feature was then only available in Canada, the United States, Peru, and Venezuela. However, with the company's latest announcement, the sign-up access is now available globally.
David Marcus from the Facebook Messenger team on Thursday posted an image showing the feature, on his account, stating "Excited to announce that the ability for everyone to
Facebook Defends Internet.org, Says It's a Gateway not a Gatekeeper
Facebook on Thursday defended its Internet.org initiative as a "gateway" to provide low cost access to the Internet after a government panel on net neutrality opposed it saying that the social networking giant was playing the role of a gatekeeper.
"Internet.org acts as a gateway, as opposed to a gatekeeper, to Internet access by breaking down the cost, infrastructure and social barriers that exist today," FacebookVice-President for Mobile and Global Access Policy Kevin Martin said in a
Facebook Music Streaming Service Tipped to Rival Apple Music, Spotify
Earlier
this month, we had reported how the world's largest social network
Facebook was apparently dabbling with video ads and sharing revenue with
content creators, in a move that would compete with YouTube and its
music videos. Building on this lofty ambition, a Music Ally report
reveals that eventually Facebook might start its own music streaming
service to compete with the likes of Apple Music, Spotify, and others.
The
report by Music Ally ties in with reports from last week
Facebook Makes It Easier to Tweak What You See in Your Feed
Facebook wants you to see more of what you want to see.
New tools will
help you weed through the clutter of boring, unwanted information,
often from long-forgotten acquaintances, and surface the gems from close
friends and interesting pages.
You'll now be able to choose the friends and pages you want to see on your news feed first.
To do this, go to the friend's profile. Click on the box that says "following" and select "see first."
Facebook's
computer software uses a wide range of information
