WeChat-owner Tencent buys stake in rival Kik
Popular chat app Kik has secured $50m funding boost from Chinese web giant Tencent, owner of rival social media apps WeChat and QQ.
Top 20 UK sites in 2015- Facebook and Google still dominate
Google and Facebook continue to be the most popular sites in the Uk according to new reseach from comScore.
Facebook ‘Live’ to be extended beyond celebrities
Less than a week after launching its competitor for Periscope, ‘Live’, Facebook have announced they will be opening up the service to more than just celebrities. This appears to be a bit of a u-turn on the social giants part. The company has now intimated Mentions (The app where ‘Live’ resides) will be rolled out to … [Read more…]
Facebook introduce autoplay video ads to Audience Network
After the success of native video ads as reported in Facebooks latest quarterly accounts, these will now be available on the Audience Network, allowing publishers to monetise their content and provide broader exposure for advertisers. The ads were star performers in latest figures with mobile versions accounting for 76% of all advertising revenues The video … [Read more…]
Software engineer highlights weakness in Facebook privacy settings
Reza Moaiandin a software developer has discovered a flaw in Facebook’s security settings allowing users to find other users profiles simply by typing in their phone number. By default, this ‘who can find me?’ setting is set to everyone/public – meaning anyone can find another user by their mobile number. This is the default setting, … [Read more…]
Some respite for Twitter shares as board demonstrate confidence
Having sold some 379,000 shares in November Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has just purchased 32,000 shares at a cost of $875,000 as demonstration of confidence in the company. Other board executives also purchased shares in what appears to have been a co-ordinated move. The move seems to have worked with Twitter’s share price rising 7% over … [Read more…]
Facebook lets firms handle social media complaints privately with ‘Pages Messaging’
Facebook has launched a new Pages Messaging feature that lets companies connect with customers via its messenger service. Pages Messaging will, for example, let firms respond to a complaint on its Wall by messaging the customer privately. A comment shows a note that the company responded privately so that other Page visitors know that the … [Read more…]
Facebook friends ‘could affect user’s credit scores for a loan’
Will marketers become able to target products and services based on the sensitive personal data of not just you, but also your friends? That’s what Facebook believes according to latest patent filings.
Facebook drones to beam internet access from the sky
Facebook has unveiled Aquila, a drone that the social network hopes will deliver internet to the masses- along with the extra ad dollars that come with it.
Facebook accused of ‘lies and theft’ by YouTube star
Facebook has been forced to defend its video practices after a YouTube star accused it of downloading his copyrighted material to use on the social network… and cutting him out of any ad revenue earned.