Oliver Shultz
15 May 2012, 12:26
There’s a whole new Facebook in town this week with their team of intrepid developers delivering one significant change to their mobile view: larger images. This doesn’t mean that your display is getting any bigger, of course, so what you’ve got here instead is a layout for the mobile version of Facebook which makes better use of the images you see in your news feed on the daily. Last week Mark Zuckerberg let the world know in a pre-IPO talk with investors that the mobile world is the company’s top priority – their biggest, if we can be so bold at this point.
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Facebook goes big with mobile update
There’s a whole new Facebook in town this week with their team of intrepid developers delivering one significant change to their mobile view: larger images. This doesn’t mean that your display is getting any bigger, of course, so what you’ve got here instead is a layout for the mobile version of Facebook which makes better use of the images you see in your news feed on the daily. Last week Mark Zuckerberg let the world know in a pre-IPO talk with investors that the mobile world is the company’s top priority – their biggest, if we can be so bold at this point.
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Oliver Shultz
14 May 2012, 19:34
Facebook may soon be worth A Lot Of Money, but what’s the plan to monetize that doesn’t involve advertisers? Turns out you may have to pay Facebook a small amount to promote highlighted posts. Facebook is reportedly testing the feature, which would charge users $2 in order to highlight important posts to gain more visibility and clicks.
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Facebook testing paid highlighted posts
Facebook may soon be worth A Lot Of Money, but what’s the plan to monetize that doesn’t involve advertisers? Turns out you may have to pay Facebook a small amount to promote highlighted posts. Facebook is reportedly testing the feature, which would charge users $2 in order to highlight important posts to gain more visibility and clicks.
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Oliver Shultz
11 May 2012, 16:14
Facebook is set to make its IPO and some out there claim demand will be weak. However, some sources are claiming that Facebook is having no problem at all rounding up investors and that there may be more demand than shares available. Sources are claiming that IPO is “already oversubscribed.”
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Facebook has more demand than shares to offer in IPO
Facebook is set to make its IPO and some out there claim demand will be weak. However, some sources are claiming that Facebook is having no problem at all rounding up investors and that there may be more demand than shares available. Sources are claiming that IPO is “already oversubscribed.”
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Oliver Shultz
08 May 2012, 10:05
As you read this, tens of thousands of brokers and investors are scraping together every loose penny they can find to get a chunk of Facebook’s initial public offering. But one technology investor won’t be joining them: Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit.com and current NYC-based angel investor. He’s not concerned with bubbles or percentages, just with Facebook’s corporate culture: he objects to the fact that the social networking giant supports the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA.
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Reddit founder won’t invest in Facebook thanks to CISPA
As you read this, tens of thousands of brokers and investors are scraping together every loose penny they can find to get a chunk of Facebook’s initial public offering. But one technology investor won’t be joining them: Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit.com and current NYC-based angel investor. He’s not concerned with bubbles or percentages, just with Facebook’s corporate culture: he objects to the fact that the social networking giant supports the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA.
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Oliver Shultz
08 May 2012, 09:51
Mark Zuckerberg is starting to come to terms with the fact that as the head of a humongous public company he’ll have to have a little more stage presence. In an effort to promote Facebook’s vaulting into its initial public offering, the young billionaire is going on a roadshow across the country, though by his appearance you wouldn’t believe he’s there to talk about a $10 billion entry into the stock market. His presence can be described with one word: casual.
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Facebook investor roadshow sees Zuckerberg keep it casual
Mark Zuckerberg is starting to come to terms with the fact that as the head of a humongous public company he’ll have to have a little more stage presence. In an effort to promote Facebook’s vaulting into its initial public offering, the young billionaire is going on a roadshow across the country, though by his appearance you wouldn’t believe he’s there to talk about a $10 billion entry into the stock market. His presence can be described with one word: casual.
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Oliver Shultz
05 May 2012, 12:34
In the name of better surveillance of suspected criminals, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to pursue a way that could force companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google to make many of their Internet products more easily wiretapped by law enforcement officials.
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FBI asking Microsoft and others to make products wiretap-friendly
In the name of better surveillance of suspected criminals, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to pursue a way that could force companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google to make many of their Internet products more easily wiretapped by law enforcement officials.
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Oliver Shultz
02 May 2012, 17:39
We have talked a bit about the new Facebook tool that allows users of the social network to sign up to become organ donors in their state. I’m sure I’m not the only one who wondered if the move by Google would result in an increase in organ donation registration. According to organ donor registries in 10 states the new Facebook tool has resulted in a significant increase in new donors.
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Facebook organ donation push results in instant spike in donors
We have talked a bit about the new Facebook tool that allows users of the social network to sign up to become organ donors in their state. I’m sure I’m not the only one who wondered if the move by Google would result in an increase in organ donation registration. According to organ donor registries in 10 states the new Facebook tool has resulted in a significant increase in new donors.
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Oliver Shultz
02 May 2012, 12:11
A month ago Instagram released its long awaited Android app, joining its previously released iOS version. A few days later, Facebook, or rather its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, bought the photo sharing and altering app for a cool $1 billion. Now there's new information that suggests the app continues to gain popularity.
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Instagram gets 50 million users; 5 million new users a week
A month ago Instagram released its long awaited Android app, joining its previously released iOS version. A few days later, Facebook, or rather its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, bought the photo sharing and altering app for a cool $1 billion. Now there's new information that suggests the app continues to gain popularity.
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Oliver Shultz
02 May 2012, 01:57
We reported earlier today that Facebook has launched a new feature that encourages more people to become organ donors by letting users share this information via a profile status update. With more people announcing that they are organ donors, peer pressure may get more folks to join the ranks. However, on last check, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has yet to set a good example by adopting this new status.
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Where’s Zuckerberg’s Facebook organ donor status?
We reported earlier today that Facebook has launched a new feature that encourages more people to become organ donors by letting users share this information via a profile status update. With more people announcing that they are organ donors, peer pressure may get more folks to join the ranks. However, on last check, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has yet to set a good example by adopting this new status.
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Oliver Shultz
27 April 2012, 18:27
No fewer than 18 world-class athletes are fuming over a Facebook app that lets users see how closely they are connected to stars of the Olympic games. The app, powered by Samsung, ties in its products and services to the upcoming 2012 games. It is essentially like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but instead of Kevin Bacon it’s professional athletes who have won in the Olympics. Now, a dozen and a half of those athletes are suing.
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Olympic athletes sue Samsung over Facebook app
No fewer than 18 world-class athletes are fuming over a Facebook app that lets users see how closely they are connected to stars of the Olympic games. The app, powered by Samsung, ties in its products and services to the upcoming 2012 games. It is essentially like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but instead of Kevin Bacon it’s professional athletes who have won in the Olympics. Now, a dozen and a half of those athletes are suing.
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