Facebook’s first tests to start combatting Google Circles

Ever sinceGoogle + launcheda couple of months ago we have been waiting to see what features Facebook would roll out to combat withGoogle’s circles feature, which was widely acknowledged as a successful new way of grouping your friends. Well, we just spotted a new feature that Facebook is testing that allows you find friends within different parts of your social graph including work, college, location, employer or hometown and you can see how these could easily be built in to new lists....

3 min · 539 words · Charlotte Davis

Facebook’s gradual transformation into Google+

In a week that has seen Facebook make all sorts of changes to the news feed, we are starting to see some even bigger changes being tested on the site today. Most of them seem to copy Google + and it the changes involve the News feed, photos and how content is updated in real time. Facebook absolutely has their pedal to the metal at the moment and this is possibly the biggest week of changes that we have ever seen on the site in it’s history....

3 min · 469 words · Brandy Holloway

Facebook’s idea of 2 cameras on a watch gives me the creeps

There are not enough cameras and mics around us to record every moment of our lives. At least Facebook thinks so, because the company’s reportedly putting two cameras on its upcoming smartwatch. According to a report by The Verge, the social networking firm isplanning to release its first smartwatchnext summer. The device will have all the usual fitness stuff, including a heart rate sensor.And then there’s the whole two-cameras thing....

2 min · 344 words · Joseph Bishop

Facebook’s Known Issues Page: Helps with Facebook problems (kinda)

Every now and then people want to report something broken on Facebook. However after the report has been sent there is never a reply confirming if Facebook received our feedback or whether they plan to do something about it. Unlike the Twitter customer service team which is fantastic. I have had real people respond to my concerns within 24 hours. Having 500 Million users could be the reason why Facebook is not responding, to much feedback for it to handle perhaps?...

3 min · 452 words · Stephanie Fitzgerald

Facebook’s longest serving employee is set to leave – and yes, he’s set for life

Kevin Colleran is Facebook’s longest serving employee after founderMark Zuckerberg. But news has emergedthat he will be leaving Facebook from early July,reportsAll Things D. Colleran joined Facebook as Global Sales Lead in April 2005, and one of hisfirstbig ad deals was a user-acquisition buy by Party Poker, which is thought to have netted around $60k per month, though this was later dropped due to gambling restrictions. Colleran was also a lead in the creation of ‘sponsored Facebook groups’, which you’ll now know as Facebook Pages....

2 min · 333 words · Diane Oconnor
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