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Facebook takes aim at SMS with Messenger update As the humble SMS - short message service - celebrated its 20th birthday earlier this week, its future is far from certain. Facebook today released an update to its Messenger app for Android that allows users to message each other without the need for a Facebook account - something that's sure to accelerate SMS's demise. Darren McCarra No responses 5th December 2012
Irish data protection regulators seek "urgent" clarification from Facebook over proposed policy changes The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner is seeking "urgent" clarification from Facebook concerning proposed changes to its privacy policy. Darren McCarra No responses 23rd November 2012
How to get more subscribers on Facebook Facebook's Subscribe button is a great way to spread your ideas and message, but how can you get more subscribers on Facebook? Follows our eight simple steps. Darren McCarra One response 19th November 2012
Facebook may ditch Bing search partnership in favour of Yahoo! Facebook and Yahoo! have reportedly held discussions in regard to both companies working more closely together, and specifically collaborating on search, reports The Telegraph. Darren McCarra One response 18th November 2012
Twitter wants to introduce Instagram-like photo filters Twitter is planning to introduce Instagram-like photo filters to its suite of mobile apps in the "coming months" that will allow users, and more importantly brands, tweet stylised images directly to the service and bypass Instagram. Darren McCarra No responses 3rd November 2012
Twitter's planning to overhaul its Favourite button Twitter is planning to overhaul its Favourite button, instead replacing it with a more 'lightweight' Like or Star button similar to Facebook's own simple acknowledgment or endorsement feature, reports V3. Darren McCarra No responses 27th October 2012
Measuring the monetary value of sharing on social networks Since 2010, the monetary value per share action across social networks has almost doubled from $1.78 to $3.23, that's according to aggregate data from online event creation, sharing and ticketing service Eventbrite. Darren McCarra No responses 27th October 2012
As expected, Facebook reaches one billion monthly active users A few weeks later than this site previously suggested back in January, and again in July, Facebook has reached one billion monthly active users as of September 14, 2012. Darren McCarra No responses 4th October 2012
Google Chrome for iOS adds native share buttons Google Chrome has updated its iOS app, adding native share buttons to the popular mobile browser. Users can now share to email, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter more easily. Darren McCarra No responses 23rd August 2012
Facebook building mobile engineering team in London Facebook is building a new engineering team in London that will work on "key areas" like mobile and platform announced Philip Su earlier today, the new lead of engineering at Facebook's London offices. Darren McCarra No responses 25th July 2012