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 […]

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

Facebook will be introducing publisher logos next to articles found in the Trending and Search sections, in an effort to push source recognition. Here’s your news and here’s where it came from According to Facebook Product Manager Andrew Anker, publishers can now upload their logo thanks to the new Brand Asset Library, enabling logos to

Facebook is shifting the sponsored content of social personalities into paid posts, and leaving the boosting of influencers to the advertiser’s discretion. Brand influencers get put into new pecking order Brands will now have to choose which influencers are allowed to use a tag, as well as compile analytics on individual engagement and reach. The

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Facebook’s new strategy to bolster the media industry is to use an old tactic: subscriptions. For one low monthly payment In a growing culture of algorithm driven news feeds, Facebook is looking to inject new revenue into publishers through a subscription focused model. Payments will go directly to publishers using

Marketers utilising Facebook’s Audience Network no longer need be concerned with paying for unintentional clicks of their adverts. Accidental clicks no more Brett Vogel, Facebook’s Product Marketing Manager, has announced their metrics will no longer be including false clicks in the analytics released to publishers and marketers using the service. When a user backtracks to

Facebook has thrown down the gauntlet to streaming, by unveiling its own original video content, produced exclusively by its partners. Faceflix Facebook has rolled out original content to a small group of U.S. users via desktop, mobile, and TV apps, and it knows how to thank its partners. Facebook’s production partners will earn 55% of