FaceBook News18.4 Million In U.S. Found Jobs On Facebook This Year
Most people associate LinkedIn with job searches more than Facebook, but the latter site helped almost twice as many people find jobs than the former — 18.4 million compared to 10 million. To optimize your profile on the leading social network, post your qualifications in a note, which remains visible on your profile longer than [...]
Adobe Amps Up Facebook Ads With Efficient Frontier Buy
Adobe Systems is acquiring Efficient Frontier, bringing together a leader in software for digital media creation with a Facebook advertising management platform. The deal accelerates Adobe’s entrance into display advertising on Facebook with Efficient Frontier’s tools for optimizing bids on ads for achieving a better return on investment. Speaking of ROI, the financial terms of [...]
Facebook Drove 25% Of Fab.com’s Cyber Monday Sales
While others may have found that Facebook played only an indirect role in Cyber Monday sales, the result was quite the opposite for Fab.com. The design site reported that more than half percent of the $1.1 million in sales it logged from Black Friday through Cyber Monday came from people who joined the members-only site [...]
Plan For Your Facebook Profile To Live On After You Die
Three Facebook users die every minute. Now that we have your attention, Life Insurance Finder would like to discuss what happens to your digital life after your physical life ends. Life Insurance Finder published a detailed guide on how to prepare your Facebook profile and other digital accounts for the inevitable, recommending, among other things, [...]
Is Spotify Trying To Become The Facebook Of Music?
Spotify is incorporating the Facebook philosophy of using free, open-source applications in an effort to become a music platform in its own right. Evolver.fm reported that Spotify Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek said in a blog entry that the apps will be coded in HTML5, and they will be part of the Spotify app, so [...]
CastleVille Grows Faster Than All Other Facebook Apps
CastleVille continues to grow faster than any other application on Facebook. Facebook’s Fastest Growing Applications Name Daily Active Users Monthly Active Users Weekly Growth 1. CastleVille 7,200,000 18,700,000 15,400,000 2. Static Iframe Tab 1,000,000 27,700,000 1,600,000 3. Washington Post Social Reader 590,000 3,800,000 1,200,000 4. Profile Banner (all languages) 320,000 1,700,000 1,160,000 5. 21 questions 840,000 [...]
Facebook Video Watching Ranks 2nd Only To Google
Facebook ranks second only to Google for video watching in the U.S. Google here really means YouTube, the leading video site owned by the search giant, and the rankings reflect viewership in October as measured by comScore Video Metrix. Over 58.8 million Americans watched video on Facebook during October, compared to an overall U.S. audience of [...]
Facebook Is Testing Messenger For Windows
Facebook quietly rolled out Messenger for Windows, announcing the debut of the trial app — which allows users to exchange Facebook messages without being logged into the social network — on its help center. Messenger for Windows is not yet available for downloading by the general public, as Facebook said in its help center: Weâre [...]
WARNING: Zeus Banking Trojan Targets Facebook Users
Zeus has risen again, and we donât mean the Greek god: Zscaler ThreatLabZ reports that a new Facebook worm is rapidly spreading the Zeus Banking Trojan. According to Zscaler ThreatLabZ, the Zeus Banking Trojan logs on to the social network via compromised accounts and stolen credentials, proceeding to post photos which prompt users to download [...]
Secure.Me Promises Cleaner, Safer Facebook Profiles
The reputation-management field gains another player in Secure.me, which launched in beta form today by way of Germany. This free service that allows users to protect their privacy and reputation on Facebook, as well as to cover their childrenâs online use. A total of 10 languages are now supported. The options open to Secure.me users include: [...]