Correlation does not always equal causation but there’s some interesting things happening with LinkedIn and Twitter when it comes to Facebook page referrals lately. The guys over at PageLever (the startup that gives stunningly-accurate Facebook page analytics) have been doing some digging and found out that inbound referrals from LinkedIn have jumped over 1000%, while referrals from Twitter are spiraling downward. PageLever CEO Jeff Widman … [Read more...]

Speaking from the stage at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking an usually candid approach to answering question about the company’s IPO and its missteps. His first sentence, in fact, stated what we know to be true – “The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing.” But Zuckerberg has a lot of explanations for why that is, as well as what’s … [Read more...]

Chances are that you’ve seen the blog post from App.net’s Dalton Caldwell wherein he says that Facebook had taken a push-to-shove method concerning an app that Caldwell and his team were making. In the post, Caldwell directly addresses Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: “The meeting took an odd turn when the individuals in the room explained that the product I was building was competitive with your recently-announced Facebook App … [Read more...]

If there’s one thing that I’ve griped about for ages when it comes to Facebook it’s my amazement at how the site, which hosts more photos than just about anywhere else, can still manage to suck so bad when it comes to displaying them. But today the site is going to start rolling out a new photos display that should help make things look better. You’ll now get a bigger display of images when you click the Photos link at the … [Read more...]

If you’re a fan of chatting with your Facebook friends via the iOS or Android versions of its Messenger app, today you’ll get some good news. There’s now an easier way to switch between conversations, via in-app notifications of new messages. The Facebook Messenger app has only been around for a few months, but it hasn’t gotten many updates since its initial release. This latest version addressees the annoyance of having … [Read more...]

According to a post by Facebook Brasil, the company is adding photo filters to its mobile apps: “As part of our ongoing efforts to create a better Facebook mobile experience across all devices, we are excited to announce that the Facebook for Every Phone app now has TWO filters, SEPIA AND BLACK & WHITE, for your mobile photos.” The move is an interesting one, given the company’s recent $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, which … [Read more...]