Facebook Groups File-Sharing

Posted on May 11, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

Mashable reports that Facebook rolls out file-sharing feature for groups. It is available now only in Facebook Groups for Schools, which can be joined only by users with the valid email address of the particular college or university. In the nearest future, sharing of the files on Facebook will be available for everyone in any group.

As Facebook groups expand and more content is shared publicly, people increasingly look for ways to discover and explore this information outside the platform. A facebook viewer tool can help surface public Facebook posts, pages, and profiles related to groups and discussions.

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HUGE: Facebook App Center

Posted on May 10, 2012 in Online Marketing & Advertising, Software & Apps Development

Facebook launches online apps store with games and other applications intended for use in the social network.
Facebook users can access the Facebook App Center through the Internet and Facebook application for iOS and Android. This should help Facebook to monetize its mobile audience. Now it will be hard to say about Google-Apple monopoly in selling mobile apps.

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Warren Buffett said: I will not buy Facebook shares

Posted on May 5, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

81 year old billionaire Warren Buffett said that he is not going to buy shares in Facebook but also mentioned that he doesn’t consider Facebook as a second dotcom bubble. “People get excited about companies that have done that well.”

The Daily Telegraph reported Mr Buffett saying: “It is not a bubble… this is not what we were seeing in late 1999 all the way into 2001. We aren’t in any bubble phase of anything.”

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Facebook Action Links: Interact with Timeline Apps

Posted on May 4, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News, Software & Apps Development

Yesterday, Facebook introduced the new function, which is called “Action Link”. This link will appear next to the Like and Comment ones, but its main purpose will be to “interact with your timeline app directly from Facebook.”

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Facebook Supports Organ Donation Campaign?

Posted on May 3, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

In the U.S. about 7 thousand people die each year while waiting for organ transplants. Facebook hopes to reduce that number by creating a special application which allows users to become donors, without leaving the social network, reports The New York Times.

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Facebook IPO set for May 18

Posted on May 2, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

Facebook decided to start the initial public offering (IPO) on 18 May, according to the Associated Press. This is considered to be the most anticipated financial event after the Google’s entering the stock market in August 2004.

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New Facebook Security initiative: Free Antivirus Protection?

Posted on April 28, 2012 in Cybersecurity

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.

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When will Facebook have 1 Billion Users?

Posted on April 26, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

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.

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TOP 7 Mistakes on Facebook

Posted on April 25, 2012 in Cybersecurity

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.

To better understand what information from a Facebook profile is actually visible to others, you can use a facebook viewer tool to explore publicly accessible Facebook posts and profiles as they appear outside the platform.

Let’s have a look at 7 common mistakes of the average user:

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Facebook Android Application Update: V1.9

Posted on April 24, 2012 in Social Media & Tech News

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.

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