Want a really great Facebook spam technique? This morning a Facebook user added me as a friend and then tagged me in a post without me approving their friendship request. The post was then displayed on my wall from a Facebook Page that user was administering. I’ve heard of similar issues in [...]
Yesterday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal wrote that Facebook had restructured their share structure to give existing shareholders greater voting rights. It’s a step most companies take prior to going public, but when asked about the company’s intentions, Facebook stated that they have “no plans” to go public “at this time […]
How does it sound to be able to start your job and immediately spend $10,000 on your desk setup? That’s what you get if you become an employee of Asana, Dustin Moskovitz’s new startup which announced $9 million in funding earlier today. The startup is not only run by a Facebook Co-Founder but [...]
Two weeks ago I prematurely announced that the Facebook stream changes were going live for users and developers. While the original roadmap had an earlier date, the changes are finally going live tonight. What does that mean for developers? Not much, since most developers have most likely made the necessary adjustments to [...]
This afternoon, Facebook posted that the new developer terms, as discussed at the Palo Alto Developer Garage at Facebook Headquarters last month, will go into effect starting December 16th. The new terms, which are the standards originally set forth in through the Application Verification Program, are being integrated intro the new Developer Priciples and [. […]
Growing between 40,000 and 95,000 fans a day over the past week, Toys”R”Us has become the fastest growing brand on Facebook. The company, which recently released its “Big Book” catalog of toys on its Facebook Page, has been experiencing tremendous growth in the past few days. While we don’t know the exact reason [...]
Last week we wrote about Zynga surpassing the 200 million monthly active users milestone, but how many of those users are unique? Today the company is sharing that they have over 100 million unique users each month. While Zynga also has games on the iPhone, it would be safe to say that almost [...]
As you may have noticed over the weekend, there is no longer an action link to send an update to your Facebook Page fans directly on the sidebar. Instead, you’ll now need to go through an extra click to get updates sent. While many Page administrators don’t take advantage of updates, the click [...]
This week has been a relatively active week for Facebook related news although there haven’t been any large announcements from the company. In addition to finding out that the company’s common shares are trading at a price which values the company at over $11 billion, we learned about SocialMedia being acquired by AdKnowledge. [...]
USocial, a company which sells Facebook friends and fans, has received a cease and desist from Facebook for violating the company’s terms of service. The BBC claims that the issue at hand is that the company is “letting people profit from their profile”, which is strictly forbidden within Facebook’s terms. We’ve reached out [... […]