Extra! Extra! Facebook now highlighting the news with updated rankings
PC World - Facebook is retooling its ranking system to make some news articles appear more prominently at the expense of other content such as certain photos, the company announced Monday.No longer...
View ArticleFacebook tweaks News Feed to share 'high quality articles' more than memes
UK Independent - Facebook is changing the way its News Feed algorithms sort shared content in order to better promote high quality content.   Â
View ArticleBooting Up: Darth Vader Joins Instagram But His Selfie Technique Is Pretty Weird
New York Observer - Not how this works! (Photo: Instagram) Cyber Monday sales exploded 20 percent higher than last year as more shoppers prefer the Internet over the mall. [Bloomberg] Apple purchased...
View ArticleWonkblog: How Facebook could kill the new wave of viral media
Washington Post - On Monday, I wrote about what the media can learn from the massive traffic generated by the viral hitmakers at Gawker, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Viral Nova, and so on. That same day,...
View ArticleHow Facebook's News Feed Changes Will Hurt Twitter
Business Insider - Yesterday, Facebook announced major changes to its News Feed to show more news articles and high-quality content and fewer LOLCats, meme photos, and boring status updates (Business...
View ArticleUnderstanding Facebook's FBX â Social Media's First Ad Exchange
Business Insider - KEY POINTS Facebook Exchange or FBX is the platform digital advertisers use in order to target Facebook users in real-time within Facebook, with ads based on their past Web browsing...
View ArticleFacebook Introduces An 'Unfollow' Button
Huffington Post - (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has replaced its "Hide All" button with the more succinct "Unfollow," letting users block all messages and posts from selected friends. As with the previous...
View ArticleComing to Facebook: An 'Unfollow' button
Christian Science Monitor - Facebook is also tweaking its News Feed algorithm to focus on more actual news, according to reports.
View ArticleFacebook Tweaks News Feed - Analyst Blog
Nasdaq - Facebook Inc. ( FB ) continues to add features to its News Feed to make it the top live events content provider. These tweaks include links to different articles, which would be displayed in a...
View ArticleDon't Want To Unfriend Someone On Facebook? Now You Can Unfollow Them Instead
Forbes - I've had Facebook for almost 10 years, and as a result have amassed quite a few "friends." At one point in time, these "friends" may have actually been real, close friends that I spent time in...
View ArticleFacebook dominates mobile apps, survey says
CNET - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook is tops among mobile users, at least based on the results of a recent survey. Related posts Snapchat poaches Facebook exec for...
View ArticleFacebook to promote high-quality content on News Feed
Digital Spy - The social network will use sources to determine high and low-quality content.   Â
View Article7 keyboard shortcuts for Google+ notifications
CNET - (Credit: Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET) Related stories Tips for navigating the new Google+ stream How to use Feedly Web with keyboard shortcuts Navigate your Facebook News Feed with keyboard...
View ArticleFacebook rolls out auto-play videos on mobile
Digital Spy - The feature means native videos will play automatically from the News Feed.   Â
View ArticleGet ready to 'sympathize' with your Facebook friends
WDIV NBC Detroit - Tired of awkwardly clicking 'like' on sad status updates on your Facebook news feed?
View ArticleThis Facebook Exec Doesn't Like Buzzfeed, And That's Very Bad News For...
Business Insider - In Buzzfeed, Huffington Post veteran Jonah Peretti has created a massive new media property with 130 million monthly unique visitors. Buzzfeed got huge by creating (and...
View ArticleFacebook reportedly tables release of new News Feed
CNET - This version of News Feed, unveiled in early March, is one you'll likely never get. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) Facebook's new News Feed, unveiled with pomp and circumstance back in March,...
View ArticleBooting Up: Facebook Wants News Feed To Be More Like a Newspaper Since Those...
New York Observer - Not happening. (Photo: Facebook) If Facebook's VP of Product Chris Cox has his way with the redesigned News Feed, content from viral aggregators like BuzzFeed won't be surfaced as...
View ArticleSpotify mobile music is free - with a catch
CNET - CNET Update has a message for Santa: Spotify mobile music is free - with a catch In this episode of CNET Update: - Stream Spotify for free on your phone, but you'll have limited control over...
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