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07 Mar 2016
Facebook launches interactive full-screen ads called Canvas
Facebook launches interactive full-screen ads called Canvas At an event in New York today, Facebook launched its newest product for marketers: interactive mobile ads called Canvas, which it first announced back in September. Canvas is an evolution of the earlier Carousel ads, which allowed users to swipe through multiple product or brand photos if they
25 Feb 2016
Facebook’s ‘Birthday Video Cam’ nudges you to say something more than HBD
Facebook’s ‘Birthday Video Cam’ nudges you to say something more than HBD Facebook is practically king at reminding you when your friends are celebrating their birthdays, pushing you to say hi and wish them well. Today, the company will now encourage you to leave a video — with the ‘Birthday Video Cam.’ When you access your Facebook
28 Jan 2016
90% of Facebook’s daily active users access it via mobile
90% of Facebook’s daily active users access it via mobile Facebook just released financial results for Q4 of 2015, and one number starts out in particular: 934 million mobile daily active users (DAUs). Sure, 0.9 billion might not sound quite as impressive as the 1.04 billion total daily users, but we already knew the company had
28 Jan 2016
Facebook users now watch 100 million hours of video every day
Facebook users now watch 100 million hours of video every day During its Q4 earnings call today, Facebook revealed some interesting stats for video usage on its platform. Mark Zuckerberg explained that users now watch 100 million hours of video daily on the platform. In light of this, he said the company is working on creating
22 Jan 2016
Facebook now has a place for sports fans to trash talk their friends over live updates
Facebook now has a place for sports fans to trash talk their friends over live updates acebook has launched Sports Stadium, a new feature that pulls in live sports scores and play-by-play updates, game info as well as posts and comments from your friends and experts. The social network will now display updates and stats
22 Jan 2016
Facebook’s new tools for publishers help target the news to your interests
Facebook’s new tools for publishers help target the news to your interests A new tool for publishers out of Facebook today seeks to help cut through the noise by offering a way to target individuals through their interests. When a site shares a story, they’re able to tag it via a new ‘preferred audience’ option,
22 Jan 2016
How Facebook made streaming virtual reality video possible
How Facebook made streaming virtual reality video possible Facebook has a huge focus on video these days, encouraging everyone to upload more video and rewarding them in kind with wider views, engagement and shares. It’s also focused on making video better, especially in the realm of virtual reality, where file sizes can get big and
30 Dec 2015
Facebook test adds multiple news feeds for different topics on mobile
Facebook test adds multiple news feeds for different topics on mobile If you use one of Facebook’s mobile apps, you might have come across something odd: multiple news feeds for various different topics. The change (first spotted by Jason Stein) is a follow up to an earlier test on the Web, and allows you to pull up
21 Dec 2015
Student arrested on Fake Facebook Profile in Karachi
Student arrested on Fake Facebook Profile in Karachi Karachi: Fake social media accounts and torturing through these accounts is rapidly increasing and Pakistani media has reported several such type of cases. But now Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started taking serious actions on this crime. According to the report of popular English newspaper of Pakistan,
17 Dec 2015
Facebook’s 2015 Year in Review lets you weed out the bad memories
Facebook’s 2015 Year in Review lets you weed out the bad memories It’s that time of the year again: Facebook has launched its 2015 Year in Review tool, and this around it’s giving you a bit more control. As with previous years, the tool recaps what Facebook thinks were your highlights of the year –