Facebook Messenger for Windows released

We just noticed a popup on the chat side-bar inside Facebook, whilst using a Windows computer to test our Copy & Paste Memes for Facebook Chat application before releasing the first full version. It appears that Facebook have just released their standalone messenger app for Facebookers using a Windows operating system. The application allows  users […]

Majority of Draw Something fb fans are NOT happy with Zynga buyout.

Having a quick-look over at OMGPOP’s fan page, we see that the majority of fans are not happy with the $18 million cash acquisition of the company by massive game developer behind FarmVille and Words with Friends. The users are mostly worried about the amount of forced-purchases and premium addons that will be enforced by […]

How to end online piracy the right way (without SOPA, ACTA and PIPA)

We know it sounds weird, but we find that most the people that search for ‘illegal’ episodes of their favourite series online do so simply because they cannot bear to wait for local stations to broadcast them via the legal channels. In a globally connected world, it’s shocking that it takes over a year for […]

Testing LARGE memes in our Copy Paste Meme app for Facebook chat

This is going to be a rather short post informing you that as we get ready to push our Copy Paste Meme app out of beta, we have begun testing some big memes due to popular demand. What to expect in the next release: More large memes. Ability for users to add their own memes […]

Why Google’s new privacy policy is good for YOU

We have taken a back seat and watched as the internet complains about how Google Inc will be ‘spying’ on us and be able to give access to all our information for selling ads. Now we need to speak up, and argue that this sharing of information is a great thing, for you, the consumer. […]

Multiple open chat windows on Facebook, bug or feature?

We noticed that more than one chat window was staying open for some of us yesterday… this we assumed was a bug due to the way Facebook’s chat used to mess up in the past. We then noticed that all the conversations continued to work as expected. This made us realise that it hadn’t crashed, […]

Why ‘Kony 2012’, ‘APOEL’ and the ‘new iPad’ are trending this week

At ektagon, we are almost always online, always watching, not you, but trends in general. This week we see 3 big topics being discussed more than any other and so we are breaking down why each one is going viral and what it’s all about. First off  we’ll start with the most obvious one, the […]

Messages enabled for brand pages on Facebook

What an exciting day, and the Facebook Marketing Conference hasn’t even started yet! We just noticed that users will be able to message a brand privately. This could become a crucial part of the customer service a brand can now offer directly through Facebook. From what we can tell, users can message a brand and […]

It’s official: Brands are getting timelines on Facebook [pics]

We were waiting patiently, whilst preparing a few campaigns for launch tomorrow, to hear how Facebook was planning to change the marketing of brands through it’s network. We all expected them to announce the timelines for pages and many worried about what implications this would be for the tabs we have all invested massive resources […]

Facebook Chat: Choose who sees you online

We’ve often heard of people disabling the whole Facebook chat service because they don’t like to let everyone of their friends seeing that they’re online. This might be even more necessary during exam, work, or quiet time. You may not want the whole of your social circle being able to talk to you, but allow […]