If at first it doesn't succeed, Facebook tries and tries again. First there was Poke, then Slingshot. Now Facebook's latest grab at the teen market is standalone app Lifestage. Life Be in It Lifestage is designed for secondary school students to share content with students both from their school, and nearby schools. Profile photos have […]

While film purists may scorn the aesthetic, the fact remains that many users prefer to shoot mobile videos in portrait (vertical) mode.  In a nod to the winds of change, Facebook's mobile News Feed is adjusting to accomodate. Taller tales Facebook will soon optimise its flagship app to better display portrait style videos. At the

Facebook has released two new tools to give creators more control over 360 degree video. Full spectrum Facebook announced the news in a blog post. "As more and more people immerse themselves in 360 video experiences, we want to help publishers and creators better engage their audiences and learn more about how they respond to their

Facebook has released a report outlining how people are using multiple devices en masse in Australia, Thailand, and Taiwan. Less isn't more Facebook IQ commissioned GfK to find out how users in these regions are switching up their devices. For the study 1000 adults aged 18 – 54 years were surveyed, with near equal mutli-device

Always iterating its News Feed, Facebook's latest change is another push to rid users' feeds of clickbait and unscrupulous headlines. Having previously tried to punish pages by reducing their reach if users didn't spend long enough reading an article, the company has stepped up its fight against clickbait tactics. Fool me once Manually analysing tens

A new study says that Facebook will continue to surge as Twitter looks set to sputter. New World Order According to research from eMarketer, Facebook is set to increase its US user base by 2.9% this year, to claim 167 million Facebookers.  The data predicts Facebook will gain another 15.2 million US users by 2020.

Facebook has tweaked the News Feed yet again. This time to make it feel more personal. Feed me Facebook announced the news in a blog post. "Our goal with News Feed is to show people the stories most relevant to them, so we rank stories so what’s most important to each person shows up highest

It’s been a decent month for Facebook. Messenger recently passed the 1 billion mark. Now it transpires that Facebook owns 67% of social media ad spend. Hey Big Spender According to research from eMarketer, Facebook is set to pocket US$22.3 billion in net ad revenues by the end of 2016. This is up from a

It’s been a big month for Facebook Live – the streaming service got longer, enhanced features, and even audience targeting. Now Twitter’s Periscope is keeping up with the Joneses with its latest raft of updates. Trailer Park The major new announcement is Highlights. Essentially this will create a short hype reel for every Periscope broadcast

The Messenger experience just became more immersive, nabbing the popular Instant Articles feature from the Facebook app. Fast and friendly The latest move comes as the company continues to separate Messenger from Facebook, most recently giving the app a home screen to replace its list of active conversations. Instant Articles allows Facebook to keep users