Coming Soon to Facebook: Video Advertising

Facebook has announced that it will now be running video advertising.  In an attempt to tap into the billion dollar television advertising industry, Facebook has announced their plan for video advertising which will appear on people’s news feeds. Spending on TV ads has reached $68.5 billion this year and digital ad video spending is expected … Read more

Top Trending Topics on Facebook for 2013

It’s the end of the year, which means that the team at Facebook are checking their list, checking it twice, to find out what the top trending topics of 2013 are.  Drumroll please…… Most talked about topic in the US goes to: The Super Bowl Over 100 million Americans tuned in for the Super Bowl … Read more

Facebook to add Sympathise Button

Facebook to add a sympathise button? For many years Facebook users everywhere have been asking for a ‘dislike’ button to go along with the ‘like’ button. Concerned about unwanted negativity, Facebook has never fulfilled this request however now, rumors are circulating that the social media giant could be adding a ‘sympathise’ button. Sometimes people post … Read more

2 Million Social Profiles Hacked

More than 2 million usernames and passwords have been stolen by hackers across popular social media sites including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo.  These days there seems there is nothing hacker’s can’t get into after a massive data breach was recorded. Keylogging software was installed on an unknown number of computers around the world and … Read more

Facebook Unfollow Button

Facebook has designed a new way to help you filter your news feed by allowing you to “unfollow” users.  “Unfriending” someone on Facebook is a pretty big insult these days but Facebook has now come up with a way for you to “unfollow” posts by a user saving you from unfriending them. Say a friend … Read more

70% of Snapchat Users Are Women

70% of Snapchat Users Are Women A new report shows that over 70% of Snapchat users are women. The CEO said that out of their 400 million users over 70% are female. This is a surprising statistic for a messaging app where it’s usually a relatively even split. Although, Pinterest and Instagram are also somewhere … Read more

Snapchat Turns Down $3 Billion From Facebook

Snapchat Turns Down $3 Billion From Facebook That’s right. A company that has no major revenue source to speak of, has turned down $3 billion from Facebook. Snapchat’s strategy appears to be to hold off to see if they can gain more market share to get more money next year. However, Facebook is already fighting … Read more

Facebook To Allow Messaging By Phone Number

Facebook To Allow Messaging By Phone Number Soon you will be able to message friends by phone number through Facebook. They hope to take down chat competitors such as Snapchat, which coincidentally just turned down a $3 Billion offer from Facebook to acquire them. This works for not only Facebook friends but to message anyone … Read more