Facebook secrets uncovered in leaked employee handbook
A former employee at Facebook has lifted the cover of the social network’s mysterious ‘Little Red Book’ that it gives to staff.
Facebook to share ad revenue with video creators
Facebook is to share ad revenue with selected videos creators that post on its new ‘suggested videos’ scheme, in a step toward luring more premium content away from sites like Google’s YouTube.
Telepathic advertising? Facebook wants to read your mind
Not content with knowing you’re entire social life, Facebook now wants to read your mind- and has the technology to do it, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Top tips: How to provide targeted content to audiences with notifications
According to Stephan Schirrecker, VP of Marketing at Nexmo, the cloud communications platform provider, notifications are the driver of a new platform and can be used to successfully engage with customers.
Facebook to open first Africa office to find ‘next billion’ users
Facebook is opening an office in an affluent suburb of Johannesburg next month, as the social network looks to reach more users on the continent.
Digital Wimbledon: 10 most marketable tennis stars of 2015
With Wimbledon just around the corner, this year’s tennis tournament is set to be the biggest yet on social media, dominating the 2015 Grand Slam calendar so far in the social space. New research looks at more than 5m social mentions across blogs, Facebook, Google+, Reddit, Twitter and other social sites to uncover key trends … [Read more…]
Heinz QR codes accidentally link to ‘saucy’ porn site
In a stark warning to brands with too many untracked website domains, Heinz has been embarrassed after a QR code on bottles of Ketchup now links to a hardcore porn site.
Ad-free social network Ello finally opens to public with iPhone app
Ad free social network Ello is finally opening up to the public, swapping its invite-only membership for a public iPhone app.
Facebook takes on Snapchat with private photo app ‘Moments’
Facebook has launched a new app that will make it easier for users to privately share photos, dubbed ‘Moments’.
Apple hires editors to beat Facebook’s news robots
Apple is looking to hires editors for its news app, as the electronics giant looks to rely on human judgement rather than algorithms for content curation.