The social networking juggernaut Facebook is adding more than $200 billion to the international economy. Like. A new study by consulting firm Deloitte & Touche that Facebook commissioned has discovered that the social media outlet has a worldwide economic impact of $227 billion … [Read more...]
Facebook Losing Its Core Teenage Base
For the past decade, the social networking juggernaut Facebook has been all the rage for youth. The latest trend, however, has been for teenagers to dump the social media outlet and head over to some of its competitors to communicate with their friends, follow celebrities and post … [Read more...]
Facebook Inc. Gives up Bing for its Own Search Tool
Facebook Inc. previously used Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. However, now, the social networking site no longer includes search results from Bing; this news was also confirmed by a spokesperson from Facebook Inc. The main reason for discontinuing Bing is that the social networking … [Read more...]
Haters Rejoice as Facebook Considers ‘Dislike’ Button
For years, Facebook users have called for the company to insert a "dislike" button to complement its now legendary Like button. It has been speculated for quite a while that the social network juggernaut would soon incorporate it, but nothing has come to fruition...until … [Read more...]
Facebook at Work the Next LinkedIn Clone
For the last several years, browsing through Facebook while on the job meant perusing the latest cat photos from your sister, an update that your friend just woke up and a message from your mother telling you that she's having fun using this social network. According to a new … [Read more...]
Excessive Facebook Advertising Can Put You on the Chopping Block
Facebook is cracking down on adverts that are masquerading as new posts to make the user experience more enjoyable. This will, more than likely, force corporations to turn over more cash for real ads. According to a Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) representative, their goal regarding … [Read more...]
Facebook Increased Spending to $12 Billion but Where’s it Going
In its recent quarterly reports, Facebook disclosed it would be increasing its annual spending by almost 75% (to $12 billion) in the next financial year. The disclosure has stunned investors, who were already concerned regarding Facebook’s lavish spending of around $7 billion in this … [Read more...]
Facebook’s AutoPlay Taking a Run at Google Inc.
Google purchased YouTube several years ago and included it into its Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) accounts system and is benefitting from it ever since. It was a smart move from Google at the time as more and more people were shifting from T.V to YouTube and it derives a huge audience … [Read more...]
114 Year Old Woman “to Old” to Join FaceBook
There are many reasons as to why a person may lie about their age upon signing up for Facebook (NASDAQ:FB): it could be that they’re too young to join the social network or a middle-aged person wants to appear younger than what they really are. One woman is making headlines for … [Read more...]
EU Gives Seal of Approval to Facebook WhatsApp Acquisition
You can now officially welcome WhatsApp to the Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) family. The European Commission has approved Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging application for smartphones and other mobile devices. The purpose of the deal is to give the … [Read more...]
Drag Queens Have Their Panties in a Bunch Over FB Rule
Social media juggernaut Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) apologized to drag queens and noted that it will revise its rules on how to deal with accounts that do not use their real names. The social network received staunch criticisms in the past couple of months when it was caught deleting … [Read more...]
Los Angeles County residents call police because Facebook is down
Over the years, there have been many instances of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) being down for maintenance or crashing leaving millions of users stranded. Although individuals can get their social media fix from Twitter, Instagram or Google+, users insist that Facebook is their primary choice. … [Read more...]
Facebook’s ban of small dating websites won’t be lifted
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is coming under increasing fire for its dating site discrimination policy. As the largest database of people’s relationship status on the planet, Facebook has a unique position when it comes to being able to target single people. It is common practice for Facebook … [Read more...]
The ability to target users with Facebook ads just got better thanks to Kenshoo
Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) targeted advertising feature has received another boost in the form of a Kenshoo developed product. Kenshoo has launched the new Intent Driven Audiences app that matches clicks on search ads to audiences on Facebook. Until now, advertisers had to deal with a gap … [Read more...]
30 million small businesses have active Facebook pages
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is reporting that the number of small businesses with active Facebook pages is up to 30 million, up 5 million from numbers provided just six months ago. Last November, Facebook began counting small businesses in a different category in order to distinguish … [Read more...]
Facebook creating a software “switch” for Open Compute Project
Years ago, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) announced that it was embarking on an initiative to enable data center operators to use any number of software options after buying a vendor’s hardware. A novel idea, but little has been heard since this long- ago announcement until very recently, … [Read more...]
Facebook Wallet now allows users to send and receive bitcoin instantly
Bitcoin has finally made it into Facebook Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FB) Wallet. A new startup app called Quickcoin has found a way to transfer Bitcoin, by following a few simple steps. Bitcoin is a popular choice for many people, who want to conduct transactions on the internet, but has not … [Read more...]
Problems with Windows Phone 8.1 and Facebook
Anyone using Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) through Windows Phone 8.0 and 8.1 are having a difficult time at the moment, if they have downloaded the latest update. The new version of Windows Phone 8.1 titled 8.1.6.0 is reportedly making Facebook crash frequently. The update has just been … [Read more...]
Facebook’s revamping their privacy policy
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is finally initializing a thorough review of how Facebook user’s privacy is being approached. A common complaint by many people has been that most users do not realize just how far their private information, such as their date of birth, and telephone number, … [Read more...]
Facebook develops platform based on Salesforce to improve customer relations
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has improved the tools for helping its sales team to do their job effectively. The company launched its own tool in April, to assist the more than 2,000 salespeople, to engage with their clients more effectively. The new platform has been developed in-house, … [Read more...]
