Instagram Videos Could Spell A Billion Dollars Worth Of Magic For Facebook
The social network could weave short videos into its site, creating valuable space for ads. Expecto profitum!
Articles tagged "Facebook"
Wed, 19 June 2013
Thu, 13 June 2013
What Instagram Taught A Photographer About Life
We're dying to share every moment. We should be living instead.
Wed, 12 June 2013
Facebook Stops Harshing On Hashtags
Facebook gets hashtags. #ImitationEqualsFlattery, @twitter?
Tue, 11 June 2013
Sources And Sinks: The Epic Battle To Control How Content Flows Across The Web
ReadWrite maps the future flashpoints.
Fri, 7 June 2013
Facebook & Google CEOs Say NSA Spy Program Is News To Them
Amid calls for "transparency," it's far from clear what's happening.
Mon, 3 June 2013
Zynga's Hemorrhage Continues: 18% Of Staff Laid Off
Can the last one at Zynga turn off the lights, please?
Thu, 30 May 2013
Teens & Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated
A Pew Research report on teens and social media last week launched the tech blogosphere into a giddy, frenzied panic: Teens are "abandoning…
Waze Integrates Facebook Event Navigation, Shows Zuck What He Is Missing
Social driving app Waze has integrated one-click navigation for Facebook Events. Facebook can now see exactly what it is missing if it can't…
Wed, 29 May 2013
Facebook Dislikes Waze Acquisition
If Israel-based mapping company Waze does get picked up by one of the big Silicon Valley suitors rumored to be courting, it won't be by…
No One Has A Clue How To Value A Mobile Business
While public investors continue to hammer Facebook's stock due to its stop-and-go mobile advertising business, private investors and…
Fri, 24 May 2013
Waze Mapped As The Billion-Dollar Treasure
Google is now the latest company rumored to be looking at Waze, for the tune of $1 billion.
Sun, 19 May 2013
Please Don't 'Like' This Post (And I Really Mean It This Time)
What contributor Len Kendall learned by swearing off the Facebook "like" button for a month.
Fri, 17 May 2013
New 'Social' Businesses Want To Know All About You. No Thanks!
The benefits of social business may be dramatic and undeniable. But I am the only one totally creeped out at what seems to be an obvious…
Fri, 10 May 2013
Will Facebook Go Out With A Bang?
What famous Internet company could offer a peek into Facebook's future?
Thu, 9 May 2013
Facebook Rumored To Purchase Traffic App Waze For $1 Billion
Facebook is said to be in talks to acquire social traffic and mapping app Waze for $1 billion.
Fri, 3 May 2013
Facebook's New Trusted Contacts: Should You Really Trust Your Friends?
Facebook has enabled Trusted Contacts, a feature that gives your friends the keys to your account. Just make sure you can really trust those…
Wed, 1 May 2013
Facebook Results Show Big Progress On Mobile
Despite challenges, Facebook's quarterly earnings report shows the company's mobile efforts are paying off.
Facebook - And Dozens Of Banks - Ask Court To Throw Out IPO Lawsuits
Facebook is facing 31 consolidated lawsuits over its bungled $16 billion IPO last May - but now the social network has joined with dozens of…
Tue, 30 April 2013
Please Don't 'Like' This Post (Either)
Guest author Len Kendall is abstaining from the ubiquitous "like" button for the month of April. His Facebook friends have taken note.
Mon, 29 April 2013
Why The Facebook-Parse Deal Makes Parse's Rivals Very, Very Happy
Facebook bought mobile cloud services company Parse for a reported $85 million. For its competitors, this is the validation of their…
Thu, 25 April 2013
Why Facebook Just Bought Parse, A Toolkit Loved By Mobile-App Developers
Facebook buys a platform for building great mobile apps—which suggests it wants big brands to tie their mobile customers into the social…
Tue, 23 April 2013
Facebook To Build Huge New Data Center In Iowa - Here's Why
Believe it or not, there are good reasons for Facebook to build a massive new state-of-the-art data center in an Iowa field.
Why Aren't College Students Using LinkedIn To Find Jobs?
College students and LinkedIn could do each other a lot of good. So how come they don't seem to connect?
Fri, 19 April 2013
Why IBM Should Dump Its Low-End Server Business On Lenovo
For IBM, the sale would provide an exit out of a low-margin, commodity business, while Lenovo would immediately become the third largest x86…
