Facebook just announced that it is acquiring FriendFeed. All FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will keep their senior roles on Facebook’s engineering and product teams.
The Growth of Twitter and Facebook Use By Age Demographic
As I noted in my last article about the subtle shifts happening within MySpace, social network audience demographics are always on the move.
Facebook Updates Open Stream APIs
Facebook has just announced some updates to the Open API Stream. Among these are simpler JavaScript methods for publishing, Facebook Pages support, and attribution. A spokesperson for Facebook tells Murdok:
Intel Launches Facebook App For Research
Intel has launched a Facebook application that allows people to donate their PC’s unused processor power to research diseases and study climate change.
Google Launches Its Facebook Page
Google quietly launched an official Facebook page this week. Although that quiet didn’t stop the page from attracting over 264,000 fans already so far.
AT&T Combines Facebook, Twitter, MySpace in New App
AT&T has launched a new social networking app, which combines access to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and customizable news feeds. It’s called the AT&T Social Net App, and it’s available as a free download.
Facebook Addresses Privacy and Photo Use for Ads
You may have read that Facebook changed its policy for third-party advertisers and the use of user photos. Facebook issued a statement on the company blog denying any such changes.
Facebook UserName Do-Overs Now Available
Facebook has milked the vanity URL deal for all its worth until this point so why not try to get a little more mileage out it, right? Over the past few months Facebook has been allowing individuals to choose their username but has put the rather strict caveat on the practice that it is a “one and done” proposition. In other words, when you make that fateful decision to make your vanity URL something that was something funny but not very practical you were stuck with it. Well, the mighty Facebook is showing its merciful side by allowing users to pick another username.
Facebook, Twitter, & Wikis Really Do Impact the Bottom Line
Companies have long had problems putting numbers on social media marketing results. Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group have now released a study looking at how engagement with consumers through social media correlates with financial performance.
Is Facebook Killing Your Employees’ Productivity?
On the heels of a study indicating that social media can significantly impact a brand’s bottom line positively, another one has come out saying that Facebook is costing companies productivity.
To be more specific, the new independent study from Nucleus Research is saying that Facebook costs companies 1.5 percent of total productivity, and that one in every 33 employees has built their entire profile during work time.