Tag Archives: Facebook

Facebook introduces Cards: Gifts will never be so socially the same

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Stefano

As reported by Venturebeat, Facebook is introducing Cards, a sort of prepaid credit card for sending gifts – social gifts, actually. Cards are like regular, plastic gift cards, except that they work at a wide range of retailers. (For the … Continue reading →

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Facebook introduces Graph Search: natural language search within the social network giant

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Stefano

Mark Zuckerberg introduces Graph Search. Looks like natural language searching will be soon available to all Facebook users! Check for more details on Graph Search here on Facebook Newsroom. During the live coverage provided by Mashable, an example search was: … Continue reading →

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Facebook Messenger: users will be reachable by mobile phone number (Whatsapp anyone?)

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Stefano

As reported by Engadget, Facebook Messenger will become a sort of Whatsapp… [Via Endgadget]

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Facebook: one billion active users milestone – from Zuck’s own words!

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Stefano

Just saw this on my Facebook timeline: As they say: the world is shrinking… Mark Zuckerberg just announced that there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month.

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Is Facebook working on its own mobile phone? Bloomberg says yes

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Stefano

Bloomberg reports that Facebook may be working with HTC on its own mobile phones release in 2013. Looks like it’s a good bet since nearly half of Facebook users are mobile-born, according to recent stats. [Via Bloomberg Facebook phone stefano … Continue reading →

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What Facebook knows – about human behaviour and a lot more by mining its huge users’ database

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Stefano

Technology Review, published by MIT: if you still don’t know it you’re in trouble. Get a copy, now. I love it, it’s one of the very best publications around. Period. August 2012 issue features a cover story about Facebook and … Continue reading →

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Facebook Box?

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Stefano

I guess this Facebook thing is getting us too far from reality

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Meebo has been acquired by Google for a reported $100 million

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Stefano

Meebo now goes with Big G, that is it’s been acquired by Google for some $100 million. Meebo, started in 2005 as a web-based messaging service, but has since developed “the Meebo bar,” its flagship offering which “wraps” a web … Continue reading →

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The Long Facebook Week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about this event [part II]

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Stefano

Following my previous post, here are more news and thoughts about Facebook (and Mark’s life as well) and social network present and (near) future. What happened about all the other Social Networks? Other social media companies, most of which have … Continue reading →

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The Long Facebook Week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about this event [part I]

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Stefano

Last week has definitely been the (long) Facebook week (and the week-end too!): here’s a summary of news, hints and thoughts about the world’s greatest social network. Facebook shined in the past days in the news headlines and its IPO … Continue reading →

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