We’ve been aware for some time that Facebook ads can be a great way to effectively get in front of your target audience. You can set it up brilliantly so that it only shows in front of exactly the people you want it to. Apparently, the rest of the world Read more…
Social media giant Facebook has agreed to purchase FB.com for a cool $8.5 million. The domain had been used by the American Farm Bureau Federation. where to apply for a loan The original deal was announced back on November 15th, but financial details were not disclosed at the time. “The Read more…
So there are several big stories floating around regarding Facebook right now. We posted recently on Facebook’s possible IPO in 2012. That wouldn’t seem to dovetail with the other big rumor making the rounds right now: That Facebook is shutting down on March 15th. According to this rumor, Facebook is Read more…
According to multiple news reports, Facebook could be looking to go public as soon as 2012. They are either going to hold an IPO, or begin disclosing their financial results. Goldman Sachs is in the process of distributing deal information to wealthy clients who might be interested in becoming part Read more…
As with anything in life, if there is something that becomes big and a lot of people enjoy it, there will be those that abuse it. And Facebook and Twitter are no different. We can’t just have people put their stuff up there and share it with others, we have Read more…
A Facebook intern (they don’t pay him anything for this stuff??) has created a visual map of Facebook friendships all over the world. Paul Butler took a sample of 10 million users and color coded and weighted connections, accounting for longitude and latitude. A rough outline of the world was Read more…
In what some are referring to the end to the battle for dominance in the social media war, MySpace has introduced Facebook Mashup. Basically, MySpace will use information in your Facebook profile to stream content updates through Facebook Connect. “Sharing entertainment and music interests is part of many of our Read more…
Have you heard about Path yet? It’s apparently the newest social network on the block and it’s model is the complete opposite of Facebook and Twitter. Whereas the latter two are all about building your huge empire of friends, family and associates, Path limits you to just 50 friends. It’s Read more…
Perhaps you’ve heard about Facebook’s new “non-mail” system. According to the folks at Facebook, it combines email with SMS, IM and texting. Based on who you ask, this could be a good or a bad thing. We are reserving judgment until we actually get to, you know, use it. But Read more…
So, Large Media went down to the Bahamas for a week and we come back to this. Facebook has yet again tweaked the look and feel of their site in order to enhance the user experience, even if that “enhancement” means that it’s tougher to read. That’s right, Facebook just Read more…