Facebook to make the News Feed less 'spammy,' punish pages that ask for 'Likes'
United Press International - Ananth BaligaMENLO PARK, Calif., April 11 (UPI) -- Facebook will target Pages that coerce users for Shares or Likes, which users have complained are 'spammy' posts they...
View ArticleFacebook squashes marketers' "like"-bait in News Feed update
CBS News - Say goodbye to spammy stories in your News Feed -- or at least the social network's definition of spammy stories
View ArticleStop Treating Introversion Like a Trend
Mashable - I am guilty of blogging away my anger and tears after struggling to connect with other people. I prefer staying at home or going to a quiet coffee shop over attending a loud party or...
View ArticleFacebook making changes to news feeds
WWMT CBS Grand Rapids - (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Facebook is making some big changes to make your news feed less annoying.The company announced on its blog last week that there will be several improvements to...
View Article'Silencer' Google Chrome Extension Prevents 'Spoilers, People and Hashtags'...
Breitbart - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 15 (UPI) -- If youâve been avoiding the Internet so you wonât find out what happened on Game of Thrones on Sunday, thereâs no longer a reason to fear...
View ArticleFacebook's News Feed: What Changed and Why
Mashable - As Winston Churchill once said, âto improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." It's a maxim Facebook seems to have adopted wholeheartedly when it comes to the News Feed Posts...
View ArticleFacebook slips; ITG data points to subdued Q1 numbers
Seeking Alpha - ITG Research's checks suggest Facebook's (FB -1%) ad prices (on a cost per click basis) fell Q/Q in seasonally soft Q1, and that its revenue will be in-line or below consensus.OTR...
View ArticleFrontback, the perfect selfie-taking app, arrives on Android
The Verge - By Adrianne Jeffries and Ellis Hamburger Nine months after its well-received release on iPhone, Frontback has arrived on Android. The selfie app captures two shots: one of the subject,...
View ArticleFacebook's friend problem
The Verge - When I arrived at the University of Michigan in fall 2007, everybody said "Facebook me." In the following days, even a passing meeting guaranteed that a friend request would pop up the next...
View ArticleYour Facebook Friends Really Do Care What You Think! (We Think.)
Mashable - Your friends actually do care what you think â or at least Facebook assumes they do You may have noticed a relatively new feature on Facebook lately that allows users to ask friends for...
View ArticleFacebook Launches 'Nearby Friends' Location Feature for Meet-Ups IRL
Mashable - Facebook has always encouraged you to share with your friends â your favorite movies, pictures, and life updates. Now Facebook wants you sharing your location, too. The social network on...
View ArticleNew Facebook for iPhone Lets You Reply to Comments on Pages
Mashable - Facebook has rolled out version 9.0 of its iPhone app, adding the ability to reply to comments on stories on certain Pages For this to work, the Page in question must have this feature...
View ArticleFacebook's Paper app is looking less and less like Facebook
The Verge - With Paper, Facebook set out to prove that it could "think small," rebuilding itself from the ground up for mobile devices. This meant removing lots of clutter, and in some cases, leaving...
View ArticleFacebook Adds Features to Paper, Says Slow Growth Is No Concern
Mashable - Facebook Paper, the standalone news reader app the company launched in January, released its first significant app update Friday â adding a couple new features to the News Feed section of...
View ArticleReport: Facebook mobile ad network launching at month's end
Seeking Alpha - Facebook's (FB +1.8%) anticipated mobile ad network will be launched at its April 30 f8 developer's conference, re/code reports. As expected, the network will leverage Facebook's...
View ArticleUsers Actually Seem To Like Facebook's Auto-Play Videos
Fast Company - The volume of videos played on Facebook increased 134% in the first quarter, and engagement on videos is up 58%.Have people been annoyed with videos that automatically play on Facebook's...
View ArticleHere's Why Your Old High School Friends Are Unfriending You On Facebook
Huffington Post - If you're on Facebook, you probably have at least one former high school classmate who seems to never stop overloading your News Feed with crazy political rants or unnecessarily...
View ArticleFacebook: Auto-Play Video Ads Will Remain Small Scale This Year
Mashable - Facebook doesn't expect its video auto-play News Feed ads to make a "material contribution" to ad revenues this year, COO Sheryl Sandberg said on Wednesday. In a call with analysts following...
View ArticleFacebook to cover your news feed with even more auto-play video ads
TechRadar - Facebook is plummeting further and further down the ad-driven rabbit hole, and in its most recent earnings call the social network said it wants auto-play video ads to be a common sight in...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Immortalized by Madam Tussauds
Mashable - Starting in June, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will spend his days at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco taking pictures with visiting tourists At least, that's what the wax version of...
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