Advertisers using Facebook will no longer be able to specifically target demographics based on sex, gender, or “ethnic affinity.” On Notice Facebook recently found itself in hot water at the discovery of its long-adopted practice of excluding ads promoting housing, credit, and employment opportunities based on one’s ethnicity, among many other discriminatory factors. The outcome […]

Videos in your Facebook timeline are going to change. Autoplay sound, watch-and-scroll, and larger vertical videos are just some of the tweaks coming your way. Autoplay sound Until now, autoplaying videos in your Facebook newsfeed have been silent by default, required a click to activate sound. With the latest video revamp, videos will autoplay with

In lieu of traditional email password recovery, Facebook will be introducing encrypted tokens that can be stored for a rainy day. Brad Hill gives his two cents Facebook engineer Brad Hill announced at the USENIX Enigma conference that a new step in personal cyber-security was underway. The interest in this new form of security back-up is due

Looking to connect with even more people on Facebook? Now there's a feature that may boost your digital buddy count. Friendship Circle? The Facebook app on iOS and Android now includes Discover People. The feature displays a list of Facebook users who live in your area, are employed by your company, or are attending the

Facebook has tinkered with the News Feed in an effort to cough up more relevant stories. Sing me a song Facebook is teaming new signals with a real-time prediction algorithm to better identify stories considered authentic and more targeted to your preferences. Facebook also takes into account the relationship between you and the user or

First there was mobile. Then there was video and live streaming. Now Facebook is turning its gaze towards television. Watch this space Facebook is reportedly working on developing a TV app for streaming set-top boxes. The app would work with Apple TV, and is being seen as a way to woo Facebook users into longer

Facebook search has just got a lot more powerful – and visual. A recent update lets you search for images using keywords. Imagine that Now if you want to search for pictures of kittens, you just type kittens in the search bar. You can also get more creative – for example searching for a specific

Facebook has announced a range of new metrics designed for marketers to gain deeper insights around cross-channel campaigns and user behaviour. Measuring stick The new tools will live at the Measurement FYI page (previously known as FYI). Here you’ll find all manner of marketing goodies including metrics, partnerships, research, and products. Facebook says the data

Facebook has recently tweaked the News Feed, giving more weight to videos watched in their entirety Happy Ending? Facebook calls the new ranking "percentage completion", and as the name implies this metric looks at how long a video post is watched on average. As longer videos require more investment from viewers, Facebook figures that videos with