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How Facebook Messenger will help you discover new apps

Macworld - Finding new apps is easy. Remembering to use them more than once? Not gonna happen. Facebook found a new way to point you toward new, must-have apps with app install ads in News Feed. The...

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Facebook's iOS UI development framework goes open source

ITworld - Facebook has open-sourced ComponentKit, its React-inspired framework for iOS. Facebook says ComponentKit is a native Objective-C++ view framework with a declarative, functional approach to...

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Facebook's iOS UI development framework goes open source

CIO - Facebook has open-sourced ComponentKit, its React-inspired framework for iOS, Facebook says ComponentKit is a native Objective-C++ view framework with a declarative, functional approach to...

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Facebook's new 'virtual reality' News Feed is its biggest idea yet

UK Metro - Here's what you'll see in your feed

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Here's the problem with Facebook's virtual reality dreams (FB)

Business Insider - Exactly one year ago, Facebook purchased Oculus VR, one of the companies pioneering virtual reality experiences for the masses, for $2 billion. On Wednesday, Facebook announced the...

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Nuzzel Builds A News Feed Out Of What Your Friends Read, Has Just Released An...

Android Police - Do you ever feel like there's a lot of interesting news shared by your friends on Facebook and Twitter, but you can't possibly read it all or figure out wh... by Jacob Long in...

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Why Facebook keeps giving technology it invented away for free

SFGate - At this week's Facebook F8 developer conference alone, the social network released free tools to help mobile developers build better interfaces, and for Android developers to understand how...

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One secret Facebook doesn't want you to know

USA Today - Here's what the social network does behind the scenes to the News Feed.        

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Most Facebook users still don't know that their news feeds are filtered by an...

Fusion - For heavy Facebook users, let alone social media gurus, the idea that Facebook's news feed is filtered by an algorithm is very, very old news. But a

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Facebook Helps Musicians With Subscribe Button For Any Page's Nearby Events

TechCrunch - You don't want to miss your favorite band's concert in your town, even if you don't care to see every one of their News Feed posts. To give you a hand and..

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Facebook Launches A New Scrapbook Feature To Keep Photos Of Your Children...

Forbes - VideoMany of my friends and family members have newborn children and their photos flood my Facebook News Feed. Some of my friends have even resorted to creating a separate Facebook account for...

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Facebook's new nostalgia feature is already bringing up painful memories

The Verge - When Sean Forbes logged onto Facebook last week, he was confronted with the photograph of a Navy friend, standing in front of a tangerine sunset with his wife and son, smiling into the...

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Facebook suggests more privacy tips for keeping user accounts secure

ZDNet - With all the different features, tabs and widgets floating around profile pages and the news feed, managing Facebook privacy functions aren't actually all that easy or intuitive.

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The nostalgia machine: What I learned from months of looking at my old photos...

Vox - Go to Facebook on your desktop. Go to the most recent photo of yourself. Click the left arrow. In all likelihood, you're staring at a much younger version of yourself. At your fingertips is an...

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The Journey of a Gay Jesus

Huffington Post - Could Jesus have been gay? This is not a new question for many theologians, and certainly not for me. I've played the central role of Joshua in Terrence McNally's gay passion play...

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Where Do You Get Your Digital News -- Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn? -- Poll

The Street - SAN DIEGO (TheStreet) --When you think of news, do you think of Facebook ? The social network certainly hopes so. The company is anxious to be your one-stop shop for the day's news and is...

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Facebook Launches Dedicated Web Interface For Messenger

TechCrunch - Ever try to read a Facebook message on the web and get distracted by your News Feed and notifications? Well now Facebook has a way to let you use Messenger in..

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Facebook launches standalone Messenger for web browsers

The Verge - There's now a web browser version of Facebook Messenger to go along with the standalone smartphone apps the company is making everyone use. No, Facebook isn't taking away your ability to...

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Facebook releases a standalone Messenger web app

PC World - Facebook has launched a standalone Messenger app for chatting on the web outside of Facebook.com. The move is Facebook's attempt to create a dedicated hub for chats on the web as it...

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Facebook Messenger is now a standalone web app

WDIV NBC Detroit - Facebook has taken Messenger, its mobile messaging app, and made it into a standalone website. The new Messenger.com is a near-exact replica of what you see on your phone -- a list...

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Facebook releases a standalone Messenger web app

Computerworld - Facebook has launched a standalone Messenger app for chatting on the web outside of Facebook.com. The move is Facebook's attempt to create a dedicated hub for chats on the web as it...

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Autistic Child Wanders Off, Mom Calls 911, Is Accused of Neglect (A Tale of...

Daily Kos - One week into Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, this story hit my news feed yesterday: Autistic Child Wanders Off, Mom Calls 911, Is Accused of Neglect Here's the selection from the news...

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The FTC is worried about algorithmic transparency, and you should be too

Computerworld - It's no secret that algorithms power much of the technology we interact with every day, whether it's to search for information on Google or to browse through a Facebook news feed....

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Election 2016: Tune out politically sanctimonious Facebook friends from your...

ZDNet - Are your friends silly for Hillary? Crazy for Cruz? Facebook is alive with all sorts of requests to share annoying negative political posts and graphics. Here's how to mute most of it.

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Facebook News Feed Reprioritizes Your Real Friends Above Pages

TechCrunch - No one likes brands more than their friends, and there are plenty of ways to get their marketing updates. Facebook's unique value is keeping you up to date on..

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Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more updates from friends, fewer stories...

VentureBeat - Want to master the CMO role? Join us for GrowthBeat Summit on June 1-2 in Boston, where we'll discuss how to merge creativity with technology to drive growth. Space is limited and we're...

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Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more updates from friends, fewer stories...

VentureBeat - Facebook just made the News Feed more useful.

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Facebook tilts the News Feed algorithm back to your friends

The Verge - Facebook has announced it's twisting the knobs that control what content you see in your News Feed to favor more content from your close friends. In a post titled "News Feed FYI: Balancing...

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Facebook News Feed Reprioritizes Your Real Friends Above Pages

TechCrunch - No one likes brands more than their friends, and there are plenty of ways to get their marketing updates. Facebook's unique value is keeping you up to date on your real-life friends. So to...

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Facebook balances content from Friends and Pages in latest News Feed changes

Windows Central - Finding a good balance between too much content and not enough content is a tough task and Facebook has been taking user feedback to heart on this. Facebook is once again changing the...

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Facebook balances content from Friends and Pages in latest News Feed changes

Windows Central - Finding a good balance between too much content and not enough content is a tough task and Facebook has been taking user feedback to heart on this. Facebook is once again changing the...

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With News Feed tweaks, Facebook wants to make Facebook less annoying

Daily Dot - The algorithm changes are here!

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Facebook Likes don't go as far as they used to in News Feed update

Mashable - Most people just want to be liked — even if that means a cursory thumbs up on Facebook. But a News Feed update announced Tuesday, which will roll out over the coming weeks, will somewhat...

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Facebook's News Feed tweak could add another ding to mobile site traffic

ZDNet - The changes, which focus on 'balancing content,' could mean that publishers and marketers will see diminished referral traffic going forward.

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Facebook Is Removing Junk From News Feed -- at the Expense of Marketers,...

The Street - Facebook is tweaking its News Feed with the goal of selecting the very best content for its users, but the changes could present new challenges for marketers.

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Facebook Just Made Life A Little Harder For Brands

Fast Company - Facebook's latest news feed algorithm update is great for friends, not so great for business.

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Facebook News Feed Shift Embraces Friends Not Pages, Leaving Media, Brands In...

International Business Times - With Facebook's latest algorithm change, it's like the social network is returning to its original purpose of sharing updates with friends.

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Facebook tweaks News Feed to favor friends

KSDK NBC St. Louis - The algorithm change could choke traffic to some publishers and Facebook pages.

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Facebook is making your News Feed more about your actual friends

TechRadar - Facebook is making your News Feed more about your actual friends | You might actually notice the latest changes to Facebook's News Feed. Buying advice from the leading technology site

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Facebook Changes News Feed Algorithm to Affect 'Media Content'

Infowars - Social media-giant admits "post reach and referral traffic could potentially decline..."

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FACEBOOK Changes News Feed Algorithm to Affect 'Media Content'

Drudge Report - FACEBOOK Changes News Feed Algorithm to Affect 'Media Content'... (First column, 9th story) Related stories:GOOGLE Is 'New Evil Empire'... Archives EVERYTHING you've EVER searched......

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Facebook's Latest Tweaks Favor Friends, Could Hurt Page Reach

Marketing Land - Three updates to the News Feed algorithm prioritize posts from friends; company warns that reach might decline for some Pages.

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Facebook Says Your News Feed Will Get Friendlier

TIME - The company announced key changes to what content it displays in your News Feed.

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Facebook wants you to see more from your friends, less from us

Engadget - If you're like me, your News Feed on Facebook is filled with just as much content from brands as it is updates about your classmate's vacation. Based on

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Facebook Doesn't Want To Share With Media, Marketers

Investor's Business Daily - Facebook (FB) reports earnings after the market close Wednesday. But the social networking giant already had a message for publishers and marketers on Tuesday. They've heard...

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Facebook Tweaks Cause Concern Among Marketers, but Not Necessarily Panic

Adweek - Facebook today unveiled changes to the way its news feed algorithm distributes page posts, giving more credence to posts by users' friends than from publishers. For instance, news articles...

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Facebook: latest news feed tweak gives more priority to your friends

UK Guardian - Less posts from pages or strangers that friends have interacted with: 'People are worried about missing important updates from the friends they care about' Facebook is rolling out the...

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Is Facebook for BB10 broken again? - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

Crackberry - 'an error occurred on the Facebook server. Please try again later' Reboot/delete/re-install not helped. Receiving messages, and notifications in the hub, but news feed is dead for

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Facebook gives priority to friends in News Feed change

Computerworld - Over the next few weeks, Facebook users may see a dramatic difference in what they see in their News Feeds. Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is changing the algorithm that handles...

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The unstoppable rise of social media as a source for news

Quartz - Yesterday, Facebook tweaked the algorithm behind its news feed, striking fear into the hearts of many web publishers and causing widespread panic in the media industry. OK maybe not quite, but...

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