Facebook is the number one seller of online display advertising in the US

Facebook has emerged as the number one platform for display advertising in the US, and it’s expected to generate well over $2bn in revenue from display advertising in 2011. Theresearchwas carried out by eMarketer, and this means that Facebook will edge past Yahoo into pole position. It also means that Facebook has increased its revenue by over 80% in the last year, which is actually a drop in its display-ad growth....

2 min · 380 words · Teresa Hall

Facebook is very sorry that we keep noticing its racist AI

Did you knowNeural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021.Secure your ticket now! Facebook’sissuing apologies for its AI’s bigotry again. This time, users watching a video of a Black man were asked it they were interested in more content on “primates.” The company, by way of apology,said: As we have said, while we have made improvements to our AI, we know it’s not perfect, and we have more progress to make....

3 min · 462 words · Thomas Tucker

Facebook JavaScript Malware Targets Invitations [Warning]

When you have a Facebook event and want to invite all your Friends it can get very tedious, especially if you have lots of Friends. There were/are a number of short cuts in the form of JavaScripts floating around the internet that allowed/allows you to invite all your friends with one click. Often the published JavaScript no longer works after a short time and users’ end up on Google trying to find a new working script....

3 min · 445 words · Donald Cruz

Facebook launches Facebook for Business. Your move, Google+

Surely you’ve seen the talk about business profiles on Google+ lately. In fact, our own profile for The Next Web was shut down (unsurprisingly) after Google+ clarified its terms of service to say that only people were allowed to have them. In short, if you want your business’ name to appear in search results on Google+, there’sonly one wayto do it for now. Facebook has clearly seen the buzz, too. It should come as no surprise then that the site has rolled out a newFacebook for Businesssection which details some best practices and shows how Stories, Ads and Pages can all work to increase your business....

2 min · 405 words · Melissa Cardenas

Facebook launches major update to iPhone app, Facebook 3.5

Facebook today launched a major update to its iPhone app, Facebook 3.5, bringing the mobile experience for groups and walls closer to privacy controls, onscreen navigation and UI enjoyed by users of the desktop Web version. The new Facebook update for mobile now allows you to tag your friends and places in posts, and makes link-sharing much easier. Facebook is the most popular app in the iTunes App Store with more than102 million usersmore than a year ago....

2 min · 297 words · Jasmine Bates
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