News tagged ‘facebook’
Wednesday, 14 Nov 2012
Zynga CFO Jumps Ship for Facebook
Zynga's CFO David Wehner has left the social gaming company and joined the team at Facebook where he will be performing the duties of Vice President of Corporate Finance and Business Planning.
Monday, 12 Nov 2012
Russia's Mail.Ru Reduces Stake in Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga
Russian email-to-social networking group, Mail.ru, has cut its stakes in Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga, according to the company's website.
Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012
Instagram Web Profiles Announced
After becoming the must have photo app for both Android and iOS devices, Instagram has just announced that it will now be available and accessible on the web. Users will now be able to share and view their snaps on the desktop.
Monday, 5 Nov 2012
Hurricane Sandy Covered by Time Magazine Utilizing Instagram
Time Magazine has given five photographers direct access to its Instagram feed recently in a bid to bring Hurricane Sandy coverage to their readers as quickly as possible.
Tuesday, 9 Oct 2012
Facebook Experimenting New "Want" and "Collect" Buttons
Facebook has recently confirmed it was working on adding more options alongside the ubiquitous "Like" button. One of the more prominent ones that might turn out to be useful to retail companies is the "Want" button.
Friday, 28 Sep 2012
Instagram's Number of Daily Active Users Exceeds Twitter's
Instagram has surpassed Twitter in the number of daily mobile users. Instagram now boasts of 7.3 million daily mobile users, while Twitter has about 6.9 million. Additionally, the average amount of time a typical user spends on Instagram is about 257 minutes, compared to 169.9 minutes for Twitter.
Friday, 11 May 2012
Facebook Tests Out 'Highlight' Feature
The social networking company is testing out a new feature which enables users to highlight postings at a nominal fee or none at all.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
iPhone Facebook Messenger Getting Video Chat Support, iPad Possibly Getting Dedicated Messenger App
Lacking a video chat function, the iPhone Facebook Messenger app may soon be updated to include that function. And a dedicated iPad version of the Facebook Messenger app is also rumored to be in the works.
Monday, 30 Apr 2012
Trend Micro Announces Partnership with Facebook
Facebook will support integration of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure, which uses cloud technology, threat correlation, and a global network of threat intelligence to prevent malware and web threats before they hit the computer.
Thursday, 19 Apr 2012
May 17 Could be Facebook's IPO Date
According to multiple sources close to the company and familiar with the situation, Facebook has targeted May 17 as the day it will release its IPO.