One of the most iconic scenes of theStar Warsfilm franchise is the moment lovable droid R2D2 rolls up to Obi Wan Kenobi and offers him a virtual reality helmet. Oh you don’t remember that scene? It’s the one where Kenobi fiddles with the straps of his headset for three full minutes on screen before mumbling “hang on, it’s blurry. Wait. What am I supposed to be seeing? Is that Jabba the Hutt?...
If you’ve ever wanted to read updates from only certain lists of friends, or perhaps have an easier way to send messages to them, Facebook is here for you today. According toThe Facebook Blog, Friends Lists just got a lot easier to use: The Smart Lists feature is probably the most interesting new addition. Based on your demographic information, Facebook will now group people who match the parts that you’ve specified....
With the recent changes announced at Facebook, it wasn’t going to be long until it started to introduce changes for brands, with new targeting options. And now it’s started to do just that, as it’s announced a new ad format that is focused on driving more engagement for brands, attracting ever more ad dollars to the site. The announcement was made today in conjunction with New York’s annual Advertising Week. The ad format is called a ‘Premium’ ad and it functions similarly to sponsored stories, which are generated when someone takes an action on your Page....
According to areport by Gizmodo, Facebook has now exposed something that has been deep and dark for some time. What friends of yours on Facebook have unfriended you. Some people take this very seriously, and this could cause a lot of grief for longtime pals and colleagues. Basically, in yournew Facebook Timeline, which tracks everything you’ve done on the Facebook system from the day you were born and then signed up, lets you look at your friends....
Earlier today we brought you the news that Facebook was testing a brand new, real-time element for users’ home screens called “Happening Now.” As its name implies, it allows updates on the actions of users to be shown to their friends as they occur. From our earlier coverage: Facebook has begun testing a new real-time feature on a small number of user’s home feeds, displaying at-a-glance a list of what their friends are sharing, who they are adding as friends and displaying checkin notifications....
