Facebook has revealed that 83 million of its accounts could be fake, accounting for nearly 9% of its total users, as the social network comes under increasing pressure to meet advertiser and shareholder demands.
Google, Facebook and YouTube are the biggest sites in the world, followed by the likes of Baidu and qq in China, according to a new graphic looking at global web use.
Google, Facebook and YouTube are the biggest sites in the world, followed by the likes of Baidu and qq in China, according to a new graphic looking at global web use.
Microsoft is phasing out its iconic Hotmail webmail service, replacing it with a new email service that combines elements of Exchange, Skype and Hotmail into one tool, as the software giant looks to regain market share lost to Google’s Gmail.
Google has bought social media management tool Wildfire for $250m, as the firm looks to rival the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
With Facebook unable to charge users for using the site, the social network now has an increased focus on advertising and converting its users into brand’s customers. Richard Britton, managing director, CloudSense, explains why this is good news for online retailers.
Selling through Facebook (f-commerce) is set to be worth £3.1 billion for UK businesses over the next 3 years, according to new research.
Facebook has denied allegations from a music company that branded the social network as ‘scumbags’ and claimed that 80% of its ad clicks were generated by bots rather than people.
With Facebook’s inaugural results perceived as being underwhelming, and Facebook looking to mobile to grow revenues, the challenge of how it monetises people’s usage of its network over mobile phones continues to be a primary concern for investors. According to Andreas Pouros, Chief Operating Officer at Greenlight, if a phone is now not part of … [Read more…]
Adap.tv’s online video advertising technology is being used by ad network Appatyze to connect hundreds of advertisers with inventory generated by Facebook developers.