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Separate signal from noise with Relevance, a news stream reader with a difference Like most avid consumers of news our streams are often clogged with venial content that only serves to distract us from what's most important and most relevant personally. Now, a new iOS app known as Relevance, which launches on the App Store next Wednesday, attempts to overcome this. We got early access to the app and were quite impressed. Darren McCarra One response 21st July 2012
BBC investigation doubts value of Facebook advertising A BBC investigation doubts the value of advertising on Facebook, suggesting that companies are wasting "large sums" of money in a bid to garner more page Likes. Darren McCarra 4 responses 15th July 2012
Facebook to reach one billion users next month Facebook will reach one billion users next month according to official figures published by the social network and a growth trajectory based on these. Darren McCarra 34 responses 8th July 2012
It begins: Facebook's third-party ad network developes on Zynga.com Facebook has begun to display Facebook ads on Zynga.com, the first time the company has done so on any domain other than Facebook.com. Darren McCarra 2 responses 24th June 2012
Microsoft to buy enterprise social network Yammer? Microsoft is reportedly in acquisition talks with enterprise communication service Yammer, with sources close to the matter stating that such a deal may cost Microsoft more than $1 billion, that's according to Bloomberg. Darren McCarra 2 responses 14th June 2012
Facebook introduces Camera, a standalone photo sharing app Facebook is increasingly being used solely as a photo sharing service by a lot of its users and today Facebook has somewhat proved this to be true by releasing a standalone photo sharing app known as Camera. Darren McCarra No responses 24th May 2012
Eric Schmidt defends Google+, says it's "absolutely" a success Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the company's social strategy at its Big Tent event in London today. When questioned whether he believed that Google+ was a success or not, Schmidt replied "absolutely". Darren McCarra 3 responses 23rd May 2012
Facebook may begin to display ads on third-party websites Facebook is making the headlines this week, and not just because its IPO is expected to be completed late Thursday. SlashGear reports that Facebook may begin to serve ads on third-party sites in the future. Darren McCarra 2 responses 15th May 2012
StumbleUpon upgrades Facebook Timeline app to include frictionless sharing StumbleUpon has become the latest service to enable Facebook frictionless sharing via an update to its Facebook app. Now, Stumblers can decide to share all their StumbleUpon activity seamlessly to Facebook Timeline. Darren McCarra 4 responses 12th April 2012
Instagram's zero to $1 billion valuation within 19 months [Infographic] Instagram has always been a stand-out app ever since it first launched on the iPhone in October 2010. Some 19 months later, however, who'd have thought it would be acquired by Facebook for $1 billion? Darren McCarra No responses 11th April 2012