Facebook is testing a new feature focused on making plans with friends and generating get-togethers. Facebook wants you to get friendly Select Facebook users within Toronto and New Zealand are seeing notifications announcing that X number of friends may want to meet up during the week. Clicking the link brings users to a page with […]
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Facebook could soon release a feature allowing users to network themselves as mentors on the popular social platform. Professional life finds a way Somewhat to LinkedIn’s chagrin, Facebook hast started preliminary coding towards a mentorship feature to be made available to users in the future. Though not officially announced, social media manager Matt Navarra discovered
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AL.com is using Facebook Groups to engage audiences with quality coverage, rather than a broadcasting one way to the largest audience possible. Quality over quantity The new approach included engaging target audiences through Facebook, so when AI.com wanted to focus on improving futures for girls across Alabama, they tailored to mothers, and teachers of the
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In an ongoing effort to boost Stories, Facebook has been testing a new feature to share Instagram Stories directly to Facebook. Instant Instagram on your Facebook Facebook’s me-too version of Snapchat’s Stories has yet to find its stride in comparison, so it seems adding a direct to Facebook share option is more than a natural
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In partnership with a group of small publishers, Facebook is testing support around new subscription models for Instant Articles. Efficient access to news As a result of Facebook’s achievement through the Facebook Journalism Project, the company is working with publishers around the globe to better comprehend the necessities in collaborating to develop new products. Publishers
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Facebook IQ has rounded out its article series of trending fashion across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the US to inform fashion retailers and boost campaigns. Facebook gets spiffy After sifting through Facebook conversations, Instagram posts, and trending hashtags, Facebook is using AI to analyse posts across six countries to single out key
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Facebook is beginning to use third-party fact-checkers to flag advertisers running ads linking to fake news. Fake news no more Facebook has been taking enormous steps to curtail the amount of ads leading to questionable news sources via Pages. Their latest step consists of removing any links being shared via their site that have already
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Undesirables are using Facebook Messenger to spread infectious links to fool users into downloading potentially harmful adware. Trust no one Speculation on how the spread occurred suggests hackers may have used anything from “clickjacking” to hijacked web browsers according to Kaspersky Lab cyber security expert, David Jacoby. Tactics such as tricking users into clicking a
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In a continuous effort to improve content and minimise clickbait, Facebook has launched two updates to limit videos containing a static image, and posts with fake video play icons. Hold on now, this button is just painted on Avid users of Facebook’s News Feed are no strangers to the trickery of fake posts. When a
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Last May Facebook launched a photo-sharing app in China, where its popular social networking services are currently banned. China relaxes (a bit) on social media According to The New York Times, Facebook quietly released a new app, specific to China, called Colorful Balloons, allowing friends and family to share photos amongst one and other. Unique
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