New ‘Action Links’ make third-party Facebook apps more interactive

Following in the steps of its “actions,” Facebook on Wednesday introduced a new Timeline tool for third-party applications called action links. These customizable links will appear below an app’s post on your timeline or news feed alongside the links for …

Facebook debuts ‘life-saving’ option to add organ donation to Timeline

After teasing a new “life-saving” feature yesterday, Facebook has announced the ability to add organ donation status to a person’s Facebook Timeline.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Good Morning America early today to talk about the feature, saying that …

Viddy, the Instagram for video, raising $30M at a $300M+ valuation

If Instagram is worth an eye-popping one billion dollars, who’s to say the fast growing Viddy, which lets users easily record videos, apply filters and share with friends, isn’t on the same rocket ship trajectory.

The company, founded in April …

3,000 Facebook Timeline apps later, Foursquare, The Onion, VEVO and more hit the scene

Coinciding with the South by Southwest festival in Austin, a slew of major companies are finally offering apps for Facebook’s new Timeline.

The new Timeline apps include Foursquare, VEVO, The Onion, Fandango, and others.

The new apps join more than …

Gowalla goes dark during SXSW 3 years after launch

Location-based social network Gowalla is, as of today, no longer available to the public. The company was recently purchased by social networking giant Facebook.

Gowalla’s website now loads to a page that says, “”Thank you for going out with Gowalla. …

Facebook Pages for brands are getting a Timeline-flavored overhaul

We’re loving the new Facebook Timeline features for personal profiles, and those features (and a few more) are now launching for brand-focused Pages, too.

At Facebook’s headquarters Tuesday, we got a sneak peek of the new Pages, and the new …

Media companies cling to Facebook, release social news apps

Tomorrow’s news organization will be the one that reaches the more than 845 million monthly active users on Facebook, or at least that’s the prediction 11 different media companies are making today.

MTV News, the Today Show, The Daily Show, …

Facebook launches Timeline on Android and mobile sites

In addition to the worldwide launch of its new Timeline feature, Facebook is rolling out Timeline on its mobile site as well as its Android application, the company announced today.

Timeline, which was announced at the f8 conference in September, …

Twitter reveals new timeline features

Patrick Bisch, founder of Pinglio.com, was on his Twitter earlier today when he noticed something different. His timeline, or stream of tweets, suddenly had new features including a button to expand tweets.

Thus far, Twitter’s timeline has been fairly cut …