Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Facebook’s Unreleased Mobile Photos App: How We Think It Works

A large set of documents and images of an as yet unreleased Facebook mobile photos app was leaked yesterday. Many details remain unclear, including whether the app will be part of the traditional mobile apps, a standalone app, or both. The app cherry picks some of the best design and functionality from existing photo apps Instagram , PicPlz , Path , With , and Color , and combines them with new features and a low-friction sharing process. Facebook didn’t directly acknowledge the app’s existence, except to say, “We’re constantly working on new features and enhancements to our products but have nothing new to announce at this time.” We’ve dug through all the available images leaked to Techcrunch and here’s how we think the new mobile photos app will work, though nothing is for certain until the app actually launches — if it does.

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Featured Facebook Campaigns: T.G.I. Friday’s, State Farm, Sprint, NASCAR, Honda

Campaigns we featured this week used a few interesting and new ways of reaching out to Facebook users to grow their Pages, strengthen brand loyalty or align themselves with charitable causes.

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Facebook Roundup: Stock, Vietnam, Oregon Datacenter, Adaptly, Questions, Pixable, Cars and More

Facebook Unblocked in Vietnam? – Vietnam’s telecom company,  FPT, signed a partnership with Facebook this week wherein the company will help promote and sell ads, as well as consulting developing Vietnamese apps for Facebook. The news was  reported in PC World Vietnam, which hints that Facebook may be unblocked in that country soon

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Facebook Climbs Toward 700 Million Users Worldwide, With Steady Growth in the US

Discrepancies among third party measurement services partially obscure what still looks like a steady growth rate for Facebook in the US and around the world. According to the data we track in our Inside Facebook Gold service, Facebook grew by 21.5 million new users in March to reach 661.5 million monthly active users worldwide.

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Facebook Careers Postings: Communications, Data Analyst, Recruiting, Communications and More

Facebook added a few job listings for its recruiting team to the Facebook Careers Page this week, as well as a few communications positions and a product manager of messaging job. The Corporate Communications Manager and Pan-Euro Policy Communications Manager job based in London are part of a recent expansion we’ve seen of the company’s communications team. Then there was the Product Manager, Messaging position based in Palo Alto, California, which will require the candidate to help launch new products at Facebook

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Facebook for Journalists: More Work Than Twitter, but With a Bigger Payout

Last week, Facebook launched a Page called Journalists on Facebook in an effort to encourage the news community to use the site’s Page feature as a distribution and research tool. Historically, Twitter has been more popular with journalists.

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Facebook Roundup: White House, Twitter, MySpace, SeeClickFix, Shoutlet, Soccer and More

White House Spokesman Not Headed to Facebook – Although there was widespread speculation that former White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs was being courted by Facebook, The New York Post reports that an interview didn’t favor him. [Image Via Pete Souza ] Twitter to Offer Pages Similar to Facebook – Marketing Magazine reported this week that Twitter is set to offer branded Pages similar to what Facebook offers. The idea is to allow brands a space to deliver their own content and cultivate more Twitter followers

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Save Facebook Updates to Read Later, Chat With Multiple Friends in RockMelt Beta2

Later today, social browser RockMelt will roll out its first major update today, adding a Facebook Chat bar, an Instapaper-esque “View Later” option, and deeper Twiter support. It also runs on the latest Google Chromium 10. The new features bring RockMelt Beta2 closer to becoming a full-fledged replacement for leaving a window of these services open at all times.

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Facebook-Enabled, Social Recommendations of Mobile Apps Are Here With Apptitude

Facebook may be holding off on offering mobile app recommendations based on your friends’ tastes. But that isn’t stopping third-party developers from doing it on their own

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Traction for The Dark Knight Leads Warner Bros to Rent More Films Via Facebook

Warner Bros has expanded its test of renting films through Facebook, adding “Watch” tabs to Pages for five more films. Since its release on March 8th, 98,330 users have engaged with the “Watch The Dark Knight” app hosting the original test of the streaming service . The streaming app for the additional films, developed by Milyoni , has not been changed to bring Facebook’s social features any closer to the viewing experience.

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