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Facebook Gets a Hold on Phones

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on April 9 at 6:03 pm PT

Facebook Home, a new suite of software Facebook is introducing for Android phones, aims to take over phones right from their lock screens.

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Smile: People Like Your Picture More Than Your Words

Chas Edwards, Chief Revenue Officer, Luminate in Voices on March 22 at 2:41 pm PT

Corporate storytellers need to master a new narrative technique.

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Google Glass Will Disrupt Social Media With Too Much Data

Jared Barol, VP External Relations, We Heart Pics in Voices on March 13 at 2:12 pm PT

When there is too much information, aggregators and hosts look for ways of slowing down the stream.

In Facebook’s News Feed Redesign, the Focus Is on the Photos

Mike Isaac in Social on March 7 at 10:49 am PT

Facebook debuts major changes to its News Feed. Hint: It’s really pretty, and that’s important.

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Facebook Plans News Feed Redesign Event

Mike Isaac in Social on March 1 at 10:33 am PT

Facebook plans to hold an event to unveil a new look for its News Feed product, the company said on Friday in a series of emailed invitations to the press. The event will be held on March 7 at Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. This is the second major event the company has hosted at its home base this year, after introducing its Graph Search product in January.

Facebook’s Aim for 2013: Mobile Experiences That Just Can’t Be Done on a PC

Ina Fried in Dive Into Media on February 12 at 9:34 am PT

“So many things are unlocked on mobile,” said Dan Rose, Facebook’s VP of partnerships, speaking at our D: Dive Into Media conference.

Beginning This Week, Expect to See a Lot Fewer Spammy Actions on Facebook

Mike Isaac in Social on February 4 at 1:59 pm PT

Goodbye, Farmville crops notices. (And good riddance.)

Lolly Wolly Doodle’s Brandi Temple Talks Facebook-Fueled, Real-Time Retail

Kara Swisher in Commerce on October 30, 2012 at 12:30 pm PT

Shoulder bows and ruffles as a social e-commerce phenom.

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Facebook Field-Tests “Promoted Posts,” a Cheap Way to Hype Your Yard Sale

Mike Isaac in Social on October 3, 2012 at 10:47 am PT

Facebook soft-launched its latest paid product, “promoted posts,” on Wednesday. For a small fee, the product lets users bump their important status updates high up in the news feeds of their friends. Facebook says it’s targeted toward the everyday user — those with fewer than 5,000 followers — rather than big brands, and should be used for things like yard sales, wedding engagements and other personal events. It is now available to U.S. users only.

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Facebook to Track App Usage to Target Ads

Shayndi Raice, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 6, 2012 at 2:00 pm PT

Facebook Inc. plans to launch a new type of mobile advertising that will target ads based on the apps that consumers use, in an effort to boost mobile revenue and find a way to make money off the millions of websites that connect to the social network.