Spending the hundreds of hours we do on Facebook, we are constantly noticing new things here and there. Today I was greeted by ‘Recently Released Albums’ section on my newsfeed. It recommended an album of an artist I ‘Like’ and may have listened to on Deezer (the app linked to the block). After clicking on […]
We’re just about to launch a new platform and service to help Magento store owners drive more sales via Facebook. Currently we are in stealth testing with select partners, but plan for a larger roll-out over the coming weeks. If you, or your friends/clients/colleagues, run a Magento store, get in touch with us below to […]
What is a Facebook Worm? It’s basically an app/extension that abuses the trust your friends hold for your shared content, to persuade them to install the same app, and thus spread to their friends and so on, and so on. They spread by creating photos, events, videos, sharing links, status updates, sending messages or other […]
We’ve seen a rapid rise in posts from social media consultants and ‘gurus’ about the current test by Facebook to allow fans to opt-in to getting notifications whenever a post is shared from a specific brand timeline. Hidden under the ‘like’ button on brand timelines users can not choose to ‘get notifications’. What this means […]
We all knew it was coming, and with it’s completed acquisition by Facebook, it’s about time Instagram made use of their space on the ‘traditional’ web. And how they have! Beautiful timeline-like profiles can be found for some popular brands (see Nike for eg) and more functionality in the commenting and liking areas has been added. “This […]
This just started showing up to our friends around the UK… Anyone else seeing it? It’s affecting like buttons, fan boxes, social plugins, and facebook connect. Someone did a massive boo-boo! Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can. Strange… Update: It seemed to sort itself out after […]
A while ago Facebook promised a new release to their messaging system and we’ve just been switched onto it. From what we see, its fast, easy to use and packs new features. These new features include: Messaging more people – this includes friends of friends, and also includes delivery and read status. Networking should be […]
A few years ago, I got into several pretty heated debates with people who were creating multiple personal accounts on the social network to surpass the 5,000 friend limit…. I was told quite bluntly to leave them alone and that ‘I would understand when I could get to 5,000 friends’. Recently, I’ve noticed quite a […]
Do you remember Facebook’s virtual gifts? Well shannanigans just got REAL! Yes, soon you will be able to send real gifts to your real friends right through Facebook. It looks awesome, but we haven’t got access yet. Maybe some of our friends in the US can try it out and let us know how it […]
It’s a story we’re very very happy with as Facebook starts removing hundreds of thousands of accounts that were setup for use by ‘Like-sellers’ and the like to spoof the popularity of some products and the success of some projects. Our response: Good riddance! And here’s why. Kudos Facebook for stepping up and eliminating such […]