The founders of Facebook have signed an agreement with a number of antivirus software companies. After that, users of the social network can have access to the free versions of the antivirus programs and install some other security tools.
New Facebook Security initiative: Free Antivirus Protection?
When will Facebook have 1 Billion Users?
Facebook reported 900 million registered users, so we’ve got a question: when will Facebook have Billion Users? Back in February, some analysts attempted to predict the month of this billion user registration, and perhaps they were very close to the truth, but maybe not.
Yesterday we got new information provided by the Irish bookmaking agency Paddy Power: August or September.
TOP 7 Mistakes on Facebook
As in any social network, Facebook is full of people who are not completely familiar with the privacy settings. If a person is engaged in serious business, and uses the Facebook page to attract customers, then open page is good, however, if the personal page is open to the public, it can lead to some problems, including hacking the page.
Let’s have a look at 7 common mistakes of the average user:
Facebook Android Application Update: V1.9
4 months ago we already had an overview of updated Facebook App for Android, yesterday Facebook released new version 1.9 of the application.
According to official blog post, Facebook for Android 1.9 includes:
- Performance improvements.
- New messenger features, like adding adding people on the fly to the group conversation.
- Shortcuts to share photos and messages faster.
Facebook Ads Become More Popular
On comparing first quarters of 2011 and 2012, the average Cost per Thousand(CPM) of ads increased by 41%. In other words, Facebook earns almost half more now. At the same time, the average CPM in the last quarter grew 15% in the U.S. and 13% in the UK.
Facebook Timeline Gets Email
It’s been about six months since Facebook presented Timeline for pages. Now the social network introduces next innovation: starting from this week, each Timeline Page will get an email address.
Facebook Profile Design: History of Changes
Today we are going to overview the history of Facebook Profile changes from 2005 till the end of 2011.
Statistics: 38% of Children on Facebook are Under 12
According to the new research, Facebook’s restriction for registration of users under 13 years old, does not stop little children from doing it.
Previously we had an overview of the Popular Tools for Monitoring Your Children on Facebook. Now MinorMonitor, a tool for parents for monitoring activity of their children on Facebook, reports that in a poll of 1000 parents about how their kids use Facebook, appears that 38% of children under 12 years old are on Facebook. Among 1000 children, according to their parents, 40 were under the age of six.
NEW: Groups for Schools on Facebook
The world’s largest social network Facebook announced private Groups for Schools. Only users with the valid email address of the particular college or university will be able to join them, according to the corporate blog of Facebook.
To join the main group of the college or university, you need to go to the Groups for Schools service page, use the Facebook Groups Search box to find the right school, and then leave a valid email address, which was provided by school.
Infographic: Best Practice in Facebook Fans Engagement
Not every post that is placed on the Facebook Brand Page by administrator gets response from subscribers. According to Facebook the average Facebook Post reaches the target audience only in 16% of cases.
Due to the fact that the vast majority of “fans” of a page on Facebook, never return to it after “Liking” it, the VA Simple Services company created infographic to clarify issues related to the work of Facebook, and thus try to help the owners of pages to deliver their content in to the feeds of users.
