Gather: A New App For Organizing Meetups Over Facebook And Twitter
Gather is a newly launched mobile application which allows you to create “disposable” micro-meetups which can be quickly broadcast to Facebook and Twitter. It’s meant to serve as a lightweight tool that helps you share your intended plans ahead of your Facebook or Foursquare check-in, for example. The benefit to using this app, instead of posting [...]
Read MoreFacebook to Socialize 2012 Election Coverage
Facebook is teaming up with CNN to socialize coverage of the 2012 election, as the social network aims to become a “second screen” for political coverage. The new experience, “America’s Choice 2012,” will encourage Facebook’s 160 million U.S. users to share their political views through an app, buzz measurements and surveys. The two companies will aggregate users’ [...]
Read MoreFacebook Makes Blogging More Social, Launches WordPress Tool
Facebook announced sweeping integrations for WordPress.org and WordPress.com VIP users on Tuesday morning — allowing you to add your blog content to the social network in one click. The integrations are accessible through a Facebook for WordPress plugin (available here) and allow bloggers and administrators of WordPress-based sites to cross-publish content to WordPress, their own Facebook Timelines and [...]
Read MoreFacebook and Google Compete for a Stake in Music Video Site Vevo
Two of the biggest companies in the tech industry, Facebook and Google, are interested in grabbing a piece of popular music video site Vevo. The tech giants are competing for an equity stake in Vevo as well as a lucrative advertising deal with the site, according to a New York Post report that cites two unnamed sources familiar with the situation. [...]
Read MoreFacebook Plans to Add Women to Its Board to Add Diversity, But What About African-Americans?
Facebook is seeking to add directors, including at least one woman who can add diversity to its all-male board, according to a Bloomberg article posted earlier this week. The tech giant has been criticized for its lack of diversity in employment specifically on its director board. But according to Bloomberg, Facebook has been working with executive-recruiting firm Spencer Stuart in search of [...]
Read MoreOprah Has the World Saying “Thanks!” With New Facebook Game
I’m sure no one thought that saying a simple thank you to someone would turn into a Facebook game. But Oprah took it upon herself to do just that. She recently launched the Thank You Game on her television network OWN’s page. The game is pretty simple, all you have to do is click the [...]
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