Google+ adds much-welcomed features to Pages, activity stream and more
Google+ will add a few major improvements to its service over the next few days, including new activity stream controls, welcome changes to business Pages, better notifications and a dramatically better photo experience, the company announced today.
Despite contrary claims from Google, Google+ is a social network that competes with Facebook and Twitter for eyeballs. It has been rapidly adding new features to bring the network up to speed against the competition. One of the … Continue Reading
Instagram is Apple’s No. 1 app of 2011 in a year heavy on fun and sharing
If you made plans for your weekend, you might want to kiss them goodbye. Apple yesterday released its iTunes Rewind 2011 list, with the 40 top iPhone and iPad apps of the year. The iTunes store now has more than 500,000 apps in it, but this year’s top apps list shows that fun is the dominant theme. Games and social networking tools dominated, and photo sharing tool Instagram was chosen as the No. 1 app … Continue Reading
DEMO: Fetch Fans helps holding companies create social profiles
Fetch Fans is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.
Fetch Fans is launching a new service at today’s DEMO conference to help companies that own multiple businesses or locations create Facebook Pages and Twitter profiles.
The service lets users create individual custom tabs within their Facebook Page. … Continue Reading
Facebook provides recommendations with new Page Browser tool
This morning, Facebook officially launched Page Browser, a new tool that seeks to help its users discover and “like” new pages on the site using data from one’s previous likes, and that of users in their immediate social network.
Facebook’s like pages, previously termed “fan pages”, comprise of pages on the site representing artists, movies, and brands — some officially managed, some not. Over time, they’ve become a popular way of expressing interest and showing … Continue Reading
Yes, you can work on the iPad — but why would you?
This morning, Facebook officially launched Page Browser, a new tool that seeks to help its users discover and “like” new pages on the site using data from one’s previous likes, and that of users in their immediate social network.
Facebook’s like pages, previously termed “fan pages”, comprise of pages on the site representing artists, movies, and brands — some officially managed, some not. Over time, they’ve become a popular way of expressing interest and showing … Continue Reading
