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Facebook Turns Newsfeed Into a Social Magazine to Highlight Big Pictures and Top Stories

Liz Gannes in Social on September 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm PT

Instead of the “top news” and “most recent” toggle options, Facebook users will now see a news feed with the most important items since they last visited Facebook.

Netflix Gets Social: "Extensive" Facebook Integration Is Coming

Liz Gannes in Social on January 27, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing “an extensive Facebook integration” on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web.

Do You Check Facebook or Email First Each Day?

Liz Gannes in Social on January 24, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

When you first roll out of bed and hop onto your laptop (or perhaps you grab your iPad or phone before you roll out of bed), what site or service do you load up first?

Facebook Engineering Director Aditya Agarwal Departs

Liz Gannes in Social on November 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm PT

Facebook director of engineering and very early employee Aditya Agarwal is leaving the company after more than five years.

Skyfire Launches "Facebook Edition" for Android

Liz Gannes in Social on November 23, 2010 at 9:01 am PT

Skyfire, the innovative mobile browser maker that’s known for its dexterity with Flash video, is launching an upgrade to its Android app today focused on social sharing. The company calls its 3.0 version “Skyfire Facebook edition.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the Privacy Hot Seat at D8

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 4:48 pm PT

Facebook’s privacy controls and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s views on privacy figured prominently in his D8 appearance. Zuckerberg thinks his users want to share their information with the world, and he wants to help them do just that.

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The Black Art of Writing Facebook Updates

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 4, 2010 at 1:10 pm PT

A Web 2.0 Expo panel on how corporate brands use Facebook shared a social media dirty secret: a company might have a spectacular fan page on the site–but its thousands of self-identified “fans” probably don’t visit that page there very often.

Can You Put a Price on a Facebook Fan? Sure: $3.60.

Peter Kafka in Media on April 14, 2010 at 5:29 am PT

A big chunk of Facebook’s recent success comes from its “fan pages,” which big brands use to connect with customers–and spend big dollars to promote. So are they getting their money’s worth? Maybe–if they’re not spending much more than a double latte per fan.

Voices

Facebook "What People Are Up To," MySpace "What People Are Into," News Corp. Exec Says

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 5, 2009 at 10:49 am PT

News Corp.’s digital chief said Thursday that the company’s social-networking property MySpace is going in a different direction than rival Facebook, based on how its members socialize and share interests.