There’s a change at the top at Facebook….in Japan, where the company has hired former McDonalds and Boston Consulting Group marketing exec Atsushi Iwashita as its new Managing Director. The news is reported in Markezine — via Asiajin – although Iwashita, who was most recently CEO at brand consultancy firm Interbrand Japan, is still to update his LinkedIn profile to reflect his new role. The move comes at an … [Read more...]
Yesterday Facebook revealed that Facebook Home, its Android ‘launcher’ aimed at making Facebook the center of smartphones, had passed 1 million downloads, and now the software has expanded its support to include the Samsung Galaxy S4 and other devices, in an unofficial capacity. Home was initially only available to owners of a select few devices — including the Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note II, HTC One X and HTC One X+ — when it … [Read more...]
Yesterday, Twitter experienced issues loading new tweets for nearly one hour and today it appears to be the turn of Facebook, as a number of users are currently unable to log into the social networking site due to an error. Update: It appears that Facebook is working as usual again. The issues lasted for around 90 minutes. TNW staff in North America and Asia are not having issues accessing Facebook, but other users are less … [Read more...]
ThingLink, the company that brought interactive images to Twitter last year, has turned its attention to Facebook after adding support for the world’s largest social network to its service. Using ThingLink, Facebook users — and particularly brands — can now add images to Facebook Timelines that include embedded links, annotations, videos and, perhaps most interestingly, the option to share and purchase content. All of these … [Read more...]
Last week Facebook began offering automatic/silent updates to selected users on Android devices, now it’s returned to the regular Google Play route to add a series of new features that bring its Android app in line with recent changes to the iOS version. Now Android-toting Facebook users are able to change their cover photo directly from the app, and — in an effort to avoid clutter — they’re also able to hide stories from … [Read more...]
Facebook is adding the two founders of Legit, a startup that runs an online reputation system, to its team after the young company announced that it had been ‘aquihired’ by the Menlo Park-based social network. Not price for the deal — which was quietly announced last week – has been disclosed. Bay Area-based Legit’s service pulls in details from across the Web to assess an Internet users’ trustworthiness, and … [Read more...]
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