Tag Archives : Facebook

Credit : TechCrunch Disrupt Live Stream Facebook’s stock jumped 4.6% in intraday trade following its CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s interview with Michael Arrington, at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference at San Francisco.”The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing,” said Zuckerberg in his first interview after the IPO launch, in an apparent attempt at reassuring investors and [...]

Facebook launched a beta version of a new notifications API, a tool for developers that lets all Facebook apps send notifications to users. This mean that your Facebook notification alerts would increase , especially if you have signed up for lots of apps. “In recent tests, people who received high-quality app notifications were five to ten times more likely to click through than they were for [...]

Those who thought that record low of US $19.69 which Facebook sank to on Nasdaq earlier this month was a buying opportunity were wrong, Facebook’s stock hit a new low of US $18.03 after analyst firm BMO Capital Markets cut its price estimate on the company’s shares from $25 to $15 today. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Bank of Montreal slashed their targets on Facebook by 34% and 40%, respectively, [...]

Facebook released a new massive  iOS app today for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world’s biggest social network on mobile. The new mobile app is “a major update to the Facebook for iOS rebuilt from the ground up, to focus on one thing, performance,” said Facebook product manager Mick Johnson. Facebook for iOS [...]

Facebook started rolling out a revamped version of Facebook Messages on Wednesday. You’ll no longer have to navigate back and forth between your inbox and your actual messages. The new Facebook Messaging allows for searching messages for whatever keywords are searched for. Facebook also introduced a Gmail type keyboard shortcut system which can be viewed by pressing Alt + Q on a PC or Ctrl + Q [...]

According to a report by Next Web Facebook users are receiving a request to use the popular mobile messaging app on Facebook on Monday and WhatsApp doesn’t have a Facebook app. Apparently  imposters of the mobile messaging app are trying to steal your info through Facebook. WhatsApp was prompt in responding to the issue through their Blog   “Some people are getting Facebook notifications [...]

Facebook came under regulatory radar again  in Germany on Thursday after authorities reopened a probe into the website’s facial recognition software which they say violates the privacy of its users.   The head of the data protection office in the northern city of Hamburg, Johannes Caspar, said in a note posted to his website  that  he would resume an investigation launched against Facebook [...]

Facebook has lost almost $50 billion in market capitalization, or just under half, of its value since its IPO. The Social Network giant’s shares sank 6.3 percent to a record closing low after the lockup period ended and the early investors were able to sell for the first time since Facebook went public. Facebook stock, which debuted at $38 on May 18 this year, fell as much as 7.1 percent to a [...]

Social Networks are one of the first mediums through which people announce important news and dates, to make announcements more simpler, Facebook rolled out a new “Life  Event” for Timeline , enabling future parents to announce that they are “Expecting a Baby.” Gender, due date, second parent, photo and location and story could be listed. “Life Events are easy and expressive ways to [...]

The US  Federal Trade Commission closed a final settlement with Facebook on Friday after Facebook was accused of deceiving customers telling them their information is private, then sharing it with the public. The settlement requires the company to give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtain their express consent before sharing information beyond their privacy settings. Unlike Google, which [...]