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Facebook finally releases iPad app

Josh — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:40:45 +0000

I didn’t think this day would ever arrive, but finally, Facebook has released its iPad app. After playing around with the app, it’s a much improved experience than using the Safari browser, especially scrolling through the News Feed and viewing photos.

Facebook for iPad is now available for download in the App Store.

Chrome plugin plays music on Facebook

Josh — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:44:55 +0000

If you love listing to music while surfing the web, then you’re going to love this new Chrome plugin called Music+. The Chrome plugin uses several APIs to make it easy to find and listen to music.

The plugin is very easy to use. Once downloaded, you can pull up a toolbar in which you can search for playable music to listen to while browsing. However, probably the coolest feature of the plugin is when you use it with Facebook. Every artist on Facebook will have a “Play” button next to their name, which will allow you to listen to tracks by that artist right within Facebook. Now I can blast Jay-Z from his Facebook page without leaving the site. How cool is that?!?

Adoption of social plugins by top websites

Josh — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:43:02 +0000

According to a report cited by VatorNews, Google+ now has more sharing buttons installed on top websites than compared to Twitter Share and Twitter Instant follow buttons.

Facebook adds video chat

Josh — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:53:58 +0000

Today, Facebook rolled out a new Skype-powered feature that will allow you to make video calls on Facebook. According to the Facebook blog, “A few months ago, we started working with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook. We built it right into chat, so all your conversations start from the same place. To call your friend, just click the video call button at the top of your chat window.”

According to a Mashable “How To” post, the first time you try to use the video chat feature, you will be asked to download a program and select some Flash settings.

I’ve never been a big video chat user (I’ve only used Skype one time), so I guess I’m not all that excited about the launch of this new feature. However, I have been playing around with Google+ over the past coupole of days and their group chat let’s you chat with multiple people at one time (which I find more interesting). You can find me on Google+ at Gplus.to/jmart.

What do you think about video chat on Facebook? Will you use it?

Woman’s social tattoo turns out to be a publicity stunt

Josh — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:57:10 +0000

[Updated at 4:00 PM] It appears the tattoo of 152 Facebook profile photos was a hoax. According to an update from CNN – the tattoo artist was looking to get some publicity. What you saw in the video was a try out tattoo, a transfer, that washes off in a few days. As punishment, I think she should get a tattoo of all the Facebook profile photos of the 7,000 people who had shared/recommended this bogus story on Facebook.

[Original Blog Post] Talk about taking Facebook friendship to a new level – a woman got a sleeve tattoo of 152 of her Facebook friends’ faces. The video below goes into detail of the making of the tattoo. According to the video description, the tattoo is not of all her Facebook friends and she did get their permission.

The question I have is what happens if one of those friends de-friends her on Facebook – does she remove them from her arm too?

- Blog #122of 365 of PostADay2011

When will Facebook hit 1 billion users?

Josh — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:54:35 +0000

According to JESS3‘s new Geosocial Universe infographic, Facebook is quickly approaching 700 million users – which got me thinking – when will Facebook hit 1 billion users? At this point there is no “if” they will reach a billion users, but when. Facebook reached 600 million users earlier this year in January, and will probably hit the 700 million mark at the end of June.

My prediction: Facebook will hit 1 billion users by Spring of 2012. I think they can easily be close to 900 million users by the end of this year.

When do you think Facebook will reach 1 billion users? Leave a comment with your prediction.

Also, who knew Skype had more users than Facebook? – ’cause I sure didn’t….

Blog #121 of 365 of PostADay2011.

Facebook nearing 700 million

Josh — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:55:27 +0000

According to Socialbakers - a blog that tracks Facebook statistics – Facebook is quickly approaching 700 million users. According to the data, the top growing country was Brazil with more than 1.9 million new users on Facebook in the last month alone.

Do you think any other social network will ever be able to surpass Facebook in total number of users?

Blog #115 of 365 of PostADay2011.

33% of Facebook Posts via Mobile Phone

Josh — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:07:18 +0000

According to research compiled by Dan Zarrella, 33% of Facebook posts come from mobile devices. What was so surprising about this research was that majority of these updates came through m.facebook.com, and not through smartphone devices like the iPhone, Android, etc. I imagine that mobile Facebook usage will continue to climb in the future.

What do you think of this data?

Blog #108 of 365 of PostADay2011.

California Pizza Kitchen launches Facebook #1 Fan Contest

Josh — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:38:12 +0000

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) will be ‘Thanking’ its #1 Facebook Fan with a trip for two to any CPK in the world, plus $10,000. Everyone who visits the CPK Facebook page to register or vote will have the opportunity to “spin a globe” for a chance to win restaurant incentives, iPads, Kindles and Hartmann travel luggage.

To enter for a chance to win or to vote, you must first “Like” CPK to participate. At the moment, CPK has just under 90,000 fans – so this promotion should do a good job at increasing fans (especially if there is a chance to win prizes for just voting).

Click here to register as the #1 Fan or to vote for your friends.

Blog #94 of 365 of PostADay2011.

Seattle’s Best hosting live 24-hour comedy show on Facebook

Josh — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:05:58 +0000

To promote a new line of coffee, Seattle’s Best is hosting a live 24-hour comedy show via Facebook starting on Wednesday, April 13. Oh, and they will be giving away free samples and coupons.

The first 100,000 users to declare their favorite coffee level will get a free sample. The next 500,000 will receive a coupon for Seattle’s Best coffee. Currently, Seattle’s Best has just over 70,000 fans on Facebook.

I like this approach with adding the comedy show. It’s bold and daring. They could’ve easily given away those samples/coupons without doing anything else, but to try something like this to get people talking and engaging is genius (if it works).