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Facebook Integrates News Stories Into Search – Facebook now displays items friends have Liked on third-party web sites within the suggested matches drop-down menu of its top search bar. Articles are not surfaced solely on the number of Likes a given article receives, the company explains, and adds that the feature launched to all users… »

Facebook Prevents Users From Sending Suspicious Friend Requests To Strangers

Facebook has begun implementing new security measures to prevent friend request spamming. Some users are  being shown a “This Request Can’t Be Sent” pop-up if their request is deemed suspicious.

To determine if a request is suspicious, Facebook takes into account how many mutual friends you and the person potentially receiving the request have…. »

Users Not Able to Comment or Like Some Posts on Facebook Page Walls

Facebook Pages began exhibiting a change yesterday afternoon wherein posts made to a Page’s wall directly or through tagging do not show the option to comment. Page admins are frustrated because they can’t respond to comments, queries or accusations made to their Page through tagged updates, and can only remove… »

Users Not Able to Comment or Like Posts on Facebook Page Walls

Facebook Pages began exhibiting a bug yesterday afternoon wherein posts made to a Page’s wall directly or through tagging do not show the option to comment. Page admins are frustrated because they can’t respond to comments, queries or accusations made to their Page through tagged updates, and can only remove… »

New Security Features Lets Users End Active Facebook Sessions Remotely

Facebook is rolling out a new security allowing users to remotely log out of any Facebook session active on another device. If a user logs in to Facebook on a public computer or a friend’s mobile device and forgets to log out when they’re done, they can visit their Account->Account … »

The Facebook Global Monitor, September 2010 Edition, is Now Available

We’ve just released the September 2010 edition of the Facebook Global Monitor through Inside Facebook Gold.
The Facebook Global Monitor is our data report tracking Facebook’s audience growth around the world, and now includes an expanded leaderboard where we have begun tracking more than 60 new country markets that are seeing Facebook adoption and growth.
The Global… »

PlacePop Facebook App Brings Places Check-Ins Feed To The Web Interface

PlacePop, maker of a digital loyalty card iPhone app, released a Facebook app this week for monitoring activity in Facebook’s location product Places. It includes a Places activity feed for viewing the recent check-ins by your friends, a feature included in the touch.facebook.com and Facebook for iPhone versions of Places,… »

The Facebook Global Monitor, September 2010 Edition, is Now Available

We’ve just released the September 2010 edition of the Facebook Global Monitor through Inside Facebook Gold.
The Facebook Global Monitor is our data report tracking Facebook’s audience growth around the world, and now includes an expanded leaderboard where we have begun tracking more than 60 new country markets that are seeing Facebook adoption and growth.
The Global… »

PlacePop Facebook App Brings Places Check-Ins Feed To The Web Interface

PlacePop, maker of a digital loyalty card iPhone app, released a Facebook app this week for monitoring activity in Facebook’s location product Places. It includes a Places activity feed for viewing the recent check-ins by your friends, a feature included in the touch.facebook.com and Facebook for iPhone versions of Places,… »

Facebook Tests New “Subscribe To” Option for Friends and Pages

Facebook is testing out another way of keeping track of your friends or Pages: an option to “subscribe to” them, then see all of their updates within your notifications list, accessible at the top of the Facebook interface. The feature, at least as it has appeared in the wild, could be especially useful if there’s… »