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Facebook To Reach 1 Billion Users In August [Report]

Facebook To Reach 1 Billion Users In August [Report]

Facebook is on course to reach a huge milestone in August 2012, that’s the month in which the social network is expected to pass the 1 billion users plateau. In case your not familiar with our planet’s currently population that’s […]

Facebook Gives Politico Access to Raw User Comments

Facebook Gives Politico Access to Raw User Comments

Although your Facebook account may be locked to friends only, that doesn’t mean ostensibly anonymized comments you make won’t be provided to the blog Politico by the social network for analysis in the lead up to the 2012 election. Yes, […]

Facebook To Begin Rolling Out “Listen With” Feature For Audiophiles

Facebook To Begin Rolling Out “Listen With” Feature For Audiophiles

Facebook on Thursday announced the upcoming release of its new Listen With feature, a platform build into a users profile that allows them to share music and listen to music with friends in real-time. If the program sounds familiar you’re […]

Facebook: It’s Coming To Your Car

Facebook: It’s Coming To Your Car

Okay, I really do love Facebook as much as any of you- it’s my social media crack of choice, and I engage in any number of Facebook-related activities throughout the day despite my advanced age of mumblety-two, my ostensible tech […]

Facebook Could Shill Insurance, Trend Predicting Company Forecasts

Facebook Could Shill Insurance, Trend Predicting Company Forecasts

  Well, this just sounds like a privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Could you imagine your health insurance premiums fluctuating based on how often you change your relationship status? Or perhaps your renter’s insurance or homeowner’s insurance going up after […]

Facebook 2012: Ron Paul Winning ‘Web Caucus’

Facebook 2012: Ron Paul Winning ‘Web Caucus’

It’s probably not news if you’ve got a substantial number of Facebook friends who dig on Ron Paul, but the engagement surrounding the GOP c-c-c-combo breaker is insanely high compared to other people and things. Something about Ron Paul gets […]

Facebook Blamed For a Third of British Divorces

Facebook Blamed For a Third of British Divorces

Hey, look at the clock- it’s time for your “social media is destroying the world” post of the day! Okay, it’s not really that bad- but it seems everywhere you look, Facebook and its ilk are being blamed for pre-existing […]

Facebook Readies For New Year’s Eve Traffic

Facebook Readies For New Year’s Eve Traffic

Although several parts of the world are already settled in to next year, with the turnover in each country rolling across time zones, many have yet to hit the milestone- and storm social networks, ringing in the new year. In […]

Facebook Dominates 1 of Every 7 Online Minutes

Facebook Dominates 1 of Every 7 Online Minutes

You’d have to be under a pretty big rock not to know Facebook dominates much of the social web experience, a hub for communications, socializing, self-promotion, gaming and pretty much every other web activity you can imagine. But a new […]

VA Launches Comprehensive Facebook Coverage For All 150+ Centers

VA Launches Comprehensive Facebook Coverage For All 150+ Centers

Veterans on Facebook may find information about their benefits easier to access as the organization expands its social media presence, most notably featuring 152 Facebook pages- one for every center in the US. A press release detailing the Department of […]

Yahoo Extends Facebook Stories Sharing, Hopes To Engage Longer With Readers

Yahoo Extends Facebook Stories Sharing, Hopes To Engage Longer With Readers

Yahoo on Wednesday announced the expansion of their Yahoo stories sharing feature via the Facebook social network. Originally launched for the company’s news section the sharing feature will now be included in 26 parts of Yahoo’s site including entertainment news section […]

Why Were You Deleted on Facebook? [Infographic]

Why Were You Deleted on Facebook? [Infographic]

I have to admit to being a bit unreasonable about being Facebook-defriended- if you delete me on Facebook, I will probably hold it against you for the rest of your life and you are not invited to my celebrity pizza […]

Facebook For Android Beats iPhone Version For Daily Users

Facebook For Android Beats iPhone Version For Daily Users

While it may seem that there are a lot of Facebook status updates coming from iPhone users, Facebook for Android is beating out the somewhat buggy Apple-competition in the category of daily active users (DAU.) Facebook for iPhone is still […]

KLM to Introduce Social Seat Selection Based on Web Profiles

KLM to Introduce Social Seat Selection Based on Web Profiles

Hmm… from the files of “not sure if want” comes an innovative new KLM initiative to combine social media and seat selection. On one hand, you won’t find yourself stuck next to a totally boring person who shares none of […]