- Facebook usage in Ireland is declining, down 4.1% in three months Facebook usage in Ireland is declining, with the social network losing 94,620 active users, or 4.11% of its user base in the country, in the previous three months.
- Facebook working with third-party data vendors to help marketers better target ads Facebook today announced that it is bringing even more ways for marketers to "reach the right customers on Facebook" by allowing them to enhance ad targeting on the network using third-party data.
- Facebook is expanding its workforce in Ireland, 100 new jobs available Facebook is expanding its workforce at its international headquarters in Ireland, adding 100 new positions and growing the company's total head count to 500 at its base in Ireland's capital, Dublin.
- Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner confirms deletion of Facebook facial recognition data in the EU Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany have independently confirmed today that all Facebook facial recognition data of European Union citizens has been deleted by the social network.
- Instagram continues to abandon mobile-only approach, further expands to desktop web Instagram is continuing to abandon its mobile-only approach as the company's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, today announced that, for the first time, users' feeds can be viewed on the desktop web.
- Facebook now has 50 million brand Pages, 10 million apps Facebook now has more than 50 million brand Pages and 10 million apps, according to a mandatory annual report filed by the company on Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Facebook finishes 2012 as number one smartphone app Despite trailing Google Maps for most of 2012, Facebook catapulted in popularity through the final quarter to become the number one mobile app in terms of monthly unique users.
- Facebook photo uploads double during New Year 2013, new record set New Year 2013 set an all-time Facebook record as 1.1 billion photos were uploaded during the 48-hour period beginning New Year's Eve and continuing through New Year's Day.
- Bing brings five times more of your friends' Facebook to search Following on from Facebook's Graph Search announcement Tuesday, Microsoft has given its second-rate search engine, Bing, a social update with "five times more of your friends' Facebook" displayed alongside normal web results.
- Twitter reaches 200 million active users, grows 42.9% in nine months Twitter has reached 200 million monthly active users - the company announced by tweet earlier today - representing a 42.9% increase in monthly active users since March of this year.