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Article | 7/03/2013 Facebook unveils redesigned News Feed
Facebook is giving its billion users a completely new way to look at its site.
Article | 6/03/2013 Facebook's new News Feed wish list includes mobile and highlighted friends
Facebook is set to unveil an updated News Feed on Thursday and analysts have a wish list of changes that users might welcome.
Article | 6/03/2013 Google's Maps iOS app gains more search tools in update
Google on Tuesday pushed out an update for its Maps iPhone app designed to make it easier for users to search for local businesses and contacts in the...
Article | 5/03/2013 Facebook does damage control after claims of rigged News Feed
Facebook is working to set the record straight following a report suggesting that the site is gaming its News Feed so that people who pay to promote t...
Article | 4/03/2013 Facebook gets down to business on mobile
After spending the past six months talking about prioritizing its business around mobile platforms, Facebook says it's time to get down to business.
Article | 1/03/2013 Facebook set to launch new look for News Feed
The social network sent press invitations to a March 7 event at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. "Come see a new look for News Feed," the i...
Article | 1/03/2013 Facebook's News Feed will get a new look
Facebook is giving its News Feed section "a new look" and is planning to reveal the changes next week during an invite-only media event.
Article | 28/02/2013 Facebook confirms buying Microsoft's Atlas to boost ad sales
Facebook is buying Microsoft's Atlas Advertiser Suite, an ad analysis platform, in a move that should increase its advertising revenue and give market...
Article | 28/02/2013 Facebook shutters Vintage Camera's access
Facebook has blocked Vintage Camera, an Instagram-like photo app, from accessing its API (application programming interface). The move follows the rec...
Article | 28/02/2013 Facebook expands custom audiences tool to help with ad targeting
Facebook is allowing its advertisers to work with third-party marketing firms to help better target their ads on its social network.
Article | 27/02/2013 Facebook to fix bug leaking users' phone numbers
Facebook is rolling out a patch to fix a rare bug in its API that had apparently been leaking users' phone numbers to app developers.
Article | 27/02/2013 Who owns that Twitter account?
Noah Kravitz built up quite a following at PhoneDog, a mobile-phone news and reviews website. By late 2010 his @PhoneDog_Noah Twitter account had amas...
Article | 26/02/2013 Google cozies up to developers with Google+ Sign-In
Google is making it easier for app developers to connect with users on its social network through Google+ Sign-In, a new feature that allows people to...
Article | 26/02/2013 Twitter rival App.net aims to extend reach with 'freemium' model
App.net, the social networking platform that launched as an ad-free alternative to Twitter, is looking to expand its user base by offering a free acco...
Article | 22/02/2013 Facebook reports Page Insights bugs, fix on the way
Facebook is working to correct a series of technical glitches it recently discovered in its Page Insights service causing erroneous activity data to b...