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Facebook Tests Ads Targeted At Status Updates

It appears Facebook has begun publicly testing advertisements based on status updates and wall posts published by users. This is something we’ve been expecting for over a year but now we’re finally beginning to see the first implementations of it live on the site.

Rather than posting the standard “Sponsored” title above advertisements on the… »

Facebook Tests Ads Targeted At Status Updates

It appears Facebook has begun publicly testing advertisements based on status updates and wall posts published by users. This is something we’ve been expecting for over a year but now we’re finally beginning to see the first implementations of it live on the site.

Rather than posting the standard “Sponsored” title above advertisements on the… »

ALERT: Facebook Chat Hijackings Continue To Spread

We’re seeing lots of people warning about — or at least apologizing for – chat hijackings.

The latest one says “Hey, check out this girl, lol, she must be out of her mind for making that video!” and includes a shortened bit.ly web address.

That URL leads to a Facebook page running an application called Congood. Clicking “allow” on the permission box leads to a page that… »

ALERT: Facebook Chat Hijackings Continue To Spread

We’re seeing lots of people warning about — or at least apologizing for – chat hijackings.

The latest one says “Hey, check out this girl, lol, she must be out of her mind for making that video!” and includes a shortened bit.ly web address.

That URL leads to a Facebook page running an application called Congood. Clicking “allow” on the permission box leads to a page that… »

Suggesting Facebook Pages Returns For Some

Facebook has quietly restored the ability for some administrators to suggest pages to friends.

Some administrators don’t have the ability to suggest their pages to friends; we wonder whether the “haves” and “have-nots” are a test group and a control group for Facebook to study whether to permanently reinstate the feature for all admins.
The feature now has… »

Newer BlackBerries Get Better Facebook Beta

If you’ve got one of the newer BlackBerry models — running version six of the operating system — you can upgrade to the beta version of Facebook 2.0 officially released today.

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30… »

Newer BlackBerries Get Better Facebook Beta

If you’ve got one of the newer BlackBerry models — running version six of the operating system — you can upgrade to the beta version of Facebook 2.0 officially released today.

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30… »

Newer BlackBerries Get Better Facebook Beta

If you’ve got one of the newer BlackBerry models — running version six of the operating system — you can upgrade to the beta version of Facebook 2.0 officially released today.

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30… »

Newer BlackBerries Get Better Facebook Beta

If you’ve got one of the newer BlackBerry models — running version six of the operating system — you can upgrade to the beta version of Facebook 2.0 officially released today.

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30… »

Newer BlackBerries Get Better Facebook Beta

If you’ve got one of the newer BlackBerry models — running version six of the operating system — you can upgrade to the beta version of Facebook 2.0 officially released today.

Parent company Research In Motion says that about 21 million people actively use Facebook on the BlackBerry every day, while monthly average users tops 30… »