Facebook, Social Media News & Practices

This month, we’re returning to our Facebook App of the Week series with a page design app: Decor Tab Creator.

 After months of rumor, Facebook's smartphone is likely the one you already own, as Home opens up a new way to put social front and center on selected mobile devices. 

Following the release of its new comment threading feature, Facebook has updated its API, to help brands keep closer tabs on customer comments.

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and WordPress VIP, is adding social login via a partnership with Janrain.

 Social media giant Facebook has sent out invites to a new event next week, likely the unveiling of the company's much-rumored smartphone. A broad hint suggests the device will be a modified Android running some clever Facebook-centric features.

Start off the New Year with a new gig -- we've got a shopping list of hot jobs for you to browse. Our featured jobs list is a great collection of opportunities spanning specialties and continents. Here's who's hiring this week (and if you're hiring, post your open jobs here).

Earlier this month, IDC followed thousands of iPhone and Android users to discover their social habits and how they use smartphones to communicate. The answers won't really shock you, but the numbers are pretty impressive all the same. 

Social media network Facebook is expanding Facebook Exchange (FBX), a mechanism for targeting ads based on user online behavior, with a closed alpha test of FBX in user News Feeds.

For our last Facebook Feature of the Week for March, we’re looking at Pages Manager, an app that's designed to let users keep track of developments on their Facebook pages.

Posts on Facebook are about to get a lot more conversational with the announcement of two features that enable users to engage a little more. Those features are: replies, comments.

Social network Facebook has made two subtle changes to its website in updating the cover photos policy and adding a reply button to pages and profiles.

This time around on the Facebook Feature of the Week we're looking at Facebook Graph Search, a relatively new feature designed to improve the search experience.

Social media has become a top resource for content marketing. This article teaches best practices for bringing your content marketing efforts online and to Facebook.

The hashtag is best known for its use in Twitter, right? Not if Facebook moves forward with a reported plan to incorporate hashtag groupings into its service. 

This week we are continuing our month long look at products and services that Facebook offers with our Facebook Feature of the Week series. Our topic for this week is Facebook for Business, a service that gives tips and advice about making marketing impact within the social network.