Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Facebook— tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
- Group Buying Startups Find New Avenue to Customers Through Social Games
- BranchOut Offers Better Career Networking on Facebook; Plus, a Q&A with Founder Rick Marini
- Facebook Places: The Real-Time Web Without Search
- Social Ridesharing Service Zimride Secures $1.2 Million In Funding
- Change to Facebook Page Tab Widths Officially Begins Today
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
- Facebook Becomes More Important to Red Cross Fundraising, Disaster Relief Efforts
- Eminem, Bieber, Gaga, TV and Tech on Facebook’s 20 Fastests-Growing Pages
- SocialBuzz Leads This Week’s List of Fastest-Gaining Facebook Apps
- Conversation Bridges Traditional Marketing and Facebook for Clients
- Facebook Updates Friend List Interface Again, Hoping to Increase Usage
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
- Windows Live Messenger Lives Big on This Week’s List of Fastest-Gaining Facebook Apps by DAU
- Since Introduction Of Facebook Places, Page Growth and Impressions-Per-Post Are Down
- Altoids’ Branded Facebook App Lets Users “Tune Out” Some Friends
- Facebook Improving Chat Stability, Asking Users to Upgrade from IE6 by September 15
- Facebook’s Spanish-Language Market Marked by Fragmentation, but Promises Opportunity
- Slide’s Max Levchin Becomes a VP of Engineering at Google
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
- Facebook Mobile Site m.facebook.com’s New Home Page Emphasizes Notifications
- How Facebook Could Integrate Places Into The Home Page, Events, and Photos
- Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job Board: MeYou Health, Mighty Play, Lolapps, & More
- Facebook Jobs This Week: Europe, India, Recruiting and Audience Research
- Arabic Takes a Clear Growth Lead Among Facebook’s Top Languages in August 2010
- Facebook Rolls Back Questions Access from Many Testers
- Y Combinator and Facebook Launch Social Startup Investment Partnership
Friday, August 27th, 2010
- Words, Pictures and Video Appear on This Week’s List of Emerging Facebook Apps
- Facebook Lets Advertisers Broaden Age Targeting, Potentially Providing Cheaper Valuable Inventory
- SCVNGR Mobile-Social Game Launches Facebook Places Integration
- Facebook Roundup: Questions, Places, Lawsuits, Privacy, Group Pay, Hires and Marijuana
Source: Inside Social Games