How to get Facebook’s new News Feed

Facebook just announced its new News Feed, but your Facebook looks just the same as it did yesterday. How come?

Advertisers and marketers should love Facebook’s new feed — but they better refocus on being awesome

Facebook just released its new news feed and marketers should be happy: Facebook is providing a rich canvas on which to display their wares. But it'll be best for social marketing experts.

News Feed’s design finally catches up with Timeline

Facebook is announcing the latest changes to its News Feed today, and we're reporting live from its headquarters. Check out this post for live updates on what you can expect to see on your Facebook soon.

Facebook changes News Feed forever — but for the better?

What most are hoping for is a massive change that would toy with Facebook's long-cultivated revenue streams and tinker with one of its most precious pieces of IP: The News Feed algorithm.

WordPress.com testing promoted posts with iReach, a PR Newswire company

Automattic, the company behind Wordpress.com and its 3.6 billion monthly pageviews, is testing a new native advertising monetization option with its massive blogging community: promoted posts.

Facebook: 15 million businesses, companies, and organizations now have a Facebook page

We've known for some time that Facebook has over a billion users. Now the company has announced that it has over 15 million brands, too.

Should Google force people to use their real names? Vint Cerf says nope

While the Internet giants have become increasingly aggressive towards the notion of online anonymity, Vint Cerf says that the pseudonym still has its place. God bless him.

New Tumblr mobile monetization plan: pay-per-view (you pay, they view)

With 74 million daily posts, Tumblr is a big haystack to get lost in. Which is why the company is planning to monetize its mobile product the new old-fashioned way: pay-per-view. You pay, that is, and others view.

Sprout Social launches #BePresent to give brands free social media checkups

How is your company doing in social? Are you engaging customers, fans, and potential customers? And are you doing it better than your competitors?

Following Facebook & Apple hacking, Oracle issues emergency Java update

Oracle has issued an emergency patch for its Java software after a string of high-profile hacking incidents at companies including Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft.

Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, Page, and Brin (but no women) among world’s top 10 tech billionaires

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple are not just engines of technological innovation in America ... they're also the path to Forbes' World's Billionaires list. But there is a little catch -- you gotta be a man.

Why Google needs Facebook for Android to win

In a critical moment, Facebook fixed a huge Android flaw. Here's why Google needs the social network to make Android the worldwide dominant platform.

Why ‘Lean In’ irks successful women — and why you should still read it

I know many women who are irked by Sheryl Sandberg’s dictum to “lean in,” the subject of her new book.

Bootcamp! How Facebook indoctrinates every new engineer it hires

Facebook engineers all go through six weeks of indoctrination and learning the hard way to find the teams they'll be on for years. Here's our look inside the bootcamp process.

Here comes another Facebook News Feed redesign

Facebook is on the verge of its first major News Feed redesign since 2011. Your Facebook friends are going to love it.

Microsoft newsdump includes tablets, translation, and $2.1B in fines

Microsoft had six pieces of news come out today, including the Surface worldwide expansion, Yammer's new translation service, and getting slapped with regulatory fines from the EU.

Atlas Shrugged: Facebook acquires Atlas ad platform from Microsoft

Facebook purchased Atlas Solutions from Microsoft to help build out its own ad network and take on Google.

OpenTable now competing with Facebook Graph with new Facebook app ‘Places I’ve Eaten’

OpenTable has released a Facebook application to help friends connect around food. My question: won't Facebook Graph support this kind of thing natively?