Archive for the ‘facebook’ Category
Facebook May Make Location Announcement Wednesday
We've just received an invitation to visit Facebook's Palo Alto campus on Wednesday to get "an update on the service’s features and products," and rumor has it the powers that be want to talk about location-based products.Kara Swisher at BoomTown says her sources "indicate that FacebookFacebook will finally be rolling ...Read More
How People Are Signing In Across the Web [STATS]
Identity management provider Janrain has just released its latest usage study detailing what social networks and services people use to sign in and share activities across the web.As in its last report back in April, Google and Facebook continue to dominate websites that offer third-party login options. Across the 250,000 ...Read More
Why Location-Based Social Media Needs to Get “Passive” Aggressive
Jesse Thomas is the CEO and Founder of JESS3, a Creative Interactive Agency. JESS3 designs products and experiences for brands like Google, Nike, Facebook, MySpace, C-SPAN, Microsoft and NASA.Ten years ago, Seth Godin predicted the demise of "interruption marketing" and the rise of "permission marketing." His idea was that intrusive ...Read More
Mashable Weekend Recap: 12 Stories You May Have Missed
It's Monday morning, and you know what that means: It's time to rejoin the rat race. Make sure you have a head start by reviewing these news stories and resources you might have missed this Saturday and Sunday.This weekend, TwitterTwitter let a bug slip by that (for just a couple ...Read More
Facebook Dislike Button Is Fake [WARNING]
A new Facebook scam is making the rounds, and it's taking advantage of a non-existent Facebook feature many users crave: the dislike button.First, let's clear things up: There is no such thing as an official FacebookFacebook dislike button. It's possible that Facebook will implement a similar feature in the future, ...Read More
Facebook Acquires Web Publishing Startup Chai Labs
Facebook has acquired yet another small company. This time it's Chai Labs, a startup that helps other companies build search-friendly websites focused on specific topics. The All Things Digital blog BoomTown heard about the acquisition from "several sources" but wasn't able to confirm how much FacebookFacebook spent, so a ...Read More
25 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
If you've some catching up to do this weekend, we've got a list that's hot and fresh from the Mashable HQ kitchen. This is your one-stop shop for all the resources you might have missed.In the social media department, you'll find some useful tools to track those pesky TwitterTwitter unfollowers, ...Read More
Facebook Refreshes Notes Application
Until now, Facebook Notes has only supported text formatting through HTML, making formatting a challenging task for the majority of the site's 500 million members. Today the social network has rolled out a refreshed version of Notes to remedy the problem.The Facebook Notes application has been overhauled with a new ...Read More
Morning Brief: Foursquare Numbers, Bieber Scam, HTC Mystery Event
This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G, America's first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The "First to Know" series keeps you in the know on what's happening now in the world of social media and technology.Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in ...Read More
15 of the Funniest Facebook Questions [PICS]
Since the launch of Facebook's new "Questions" feature which lets you crowdsource answers from your social circle, we've been dying to see just what is being asked.As we suspected, Facebook Questions turns out to be a pretty good source of humor, and during our browsing we came across some funny ...Read More