Facebook Gives Businesses a Way to Increase Fans

Facebook recently announced the Live Stream Box, which lets webmasters integrate a real-time social viewing experience on their site. A spokesperson for Facebook tells Webproworld, "Yesterday, CNN.com, MTV.com and other major networks implemented the technology for Michael Jackson’s Memorial, where about 1 million users posted approximately 800,000 status updates in just a few hours."

Create Events From the Facebook Publisher

Facebook has added a feature, which allows users to add events and invite people to them right from the publisher box. Now creating an event is pretty much as simple as sharing a link. To add an event, just push the "more" arrow button on the publisher box, and you will find events. Once you fill out the form, it will be posted to you…

Marissa Mayer Talks Real-Time Search, Twitter

In late May, Larry Page stated at a conference that he believes real-time search is a necessity.  He also referenced Twitter.  Now, Marissa Mayer's performed a sort of follow-up on both counts, and this might indicate an official corporate interest.