Inside Facebook
Tuesday January 6th, 2009
2.4
New Inside Facebook Top Jobs for January 5
From Inside Facebook, 4 days ago,
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New Inside Facebook Top Jobs for January 5:
Web Developer - Creative Software Developer for Java/PHP (Peanut Labs / San Francisco, CA)
Monday January 5th, 2009
4.2
Clearasil’s PixFix App is Starting Out the New Year Blemish Free
From Inside Facebook, 4 days ago,
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Inside Facebook recently wrote about up-and-coming Facebook apps that have seen the most growth this past week.
Although the PixFix app had been rising slowly and steadily throughout December, it topped the list, growing in the past few days from 20k users to 164k users — almost 650% growth! As you can see from the AppData [...]
4.2
Bonjour! Inside Facebook France Launches Today en Français
From Inside Facebook, 4 days ago,
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Today we are excited to announce the launch of Inside Facebook France, the world’s first blog dedicated to serving Facebook brand marketers, advertisers, and Facebook Platform application developers in French!
Inside Facebook France - Toute l’actualité de Facebook pour les développeurs et les acteurs du marketing
Facebook saw tremendous growth in France throughout 2008, increasing from 1 [...]
6.7
Facebook US Traffic Share Hits New High on Christmas Eve
From Inside Facebook, 4 days ago,
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A new report by traffic metrics firm Hitwise shows Facebook’s share of US Internet traffic hit an all time high on Christmas Eve 2008 at 2.18% of all US Internet visits.
While the report doesn’t show how total Internet visits trended on that day relative to the rest of the year, it does show that Facebook’s [...]
4.9
This Week Inside Social Games for January 4, 2009
From Inside Facebook, 5 days ago,
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Check out the latest news & insights this week from Inside Social Games:
SGN and David Maestri Reach Settlement over Mob Wars - The legal dispute between leading social game developer SGN and former employee David Maestri over the wildly popular Mob Wars game has come to an end. Check out all the details on [...]
Sunday January 4th, 2009
5.9
Facebook Policy: Removal of Breastfeeding Photos Stirs Protests On, At Facebook
From Inside Facebook, 5 days ago,
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Protests by mothers over Facebook’s removal of breastfeeding photos posted to the site have gained worldwide attention this week.
The protests were started back in August by Facebook users Kelli Roman and Stephanie Knapp Muir when they created the Facebook Group Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene! (Official petition to Facebook), dubbing the movement “MILC” (Mothers [...]
Saturday January 3rd, 2009
6.5
Facebook Files Suit Against Social Network Aggregator Power.com
From Inside Facebook, 7 days ago,
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Facebook has filed suit against social network aggregator Power.com for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unlawful competition, violation of the CAN-SPAM Act, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and other charges. Power.com is a service that offers users the ability to manage multiple social network, email, and IM accounts from one dashboard.
The suit, which [...]
Friday January 2nd, 2009
6.8
Chevy Has the Right Idea with Fuel Finder
From Inside Facebook, 7 days ago,
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Gas prices are falling, but that’s no reason to spend more than you have to. Now, with the Chevy Fuel Finder app, you can search for the least expensive gas in your region using, of all things, Facebook. Enter in your zip code and the Chevy Fuel Finder will give you a list of gas stations with [...]
5.8
Top 20 Up & Coming Facebook Apps for January 1, 2009
From Inside Facebook, 8 days ago,
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2008 was a year of many changes for Facebook application developers, culminating with the profile redesign in the fall. Now that several months have passed since the last major round of updates, new apps have begun to ascend the application leaderboards. Which Facebook apps will rise in 2009?
Here’s a look at today’s Top 20 fastest-growing [...]
Wednesday December 31st, 2008
4.3
Mobile Social Network Brightkite Launches Facebook Connect Integration
From Inside Facebook, 9 days ago,
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Mobile social network Brightkite is now one of the 126 websites to have implemented Facebook Connect. Although Facebook Connect for Brightkite has been available in beta for a few weeks, last night marked the official release.
Connecting your Brightkite account to your Facebook account only takes three simple steps:
On Brightkite, visit the Sharing tab in your [...]
5.3
Facebook UK Traffic Spikes on Christmas Day
From Inside Facebook, 9 days ago,
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A new report from Hitwise UK today shows that Christmas Day was Facebook’s busiest day ever in Great Britian.
According to Hitwise, Facebook accounted for 4.65% of all Internet traffic in the UK on Christmas day - a 69% increase over its share of Internet traffic on Christmas day 2007 - making it the second most [...]
3.9
Facebook Indonesia Outpaces Southeast Asian Counterparts in 2008
From Inside Facebook, 9 days ago,
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At a growth rate of 645% in 2008, Indonesia has been the fastest growing country on Facebook in Southeast Asia, outpacing growth in China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
Surprisingly, the 831,000 Indonesians on Facebook are a small minority in their own country. With 0.4% penetration, they represent just a small portion of the of 237 million people in [...]
9.4
Why Facebook Opted for Platform Growth Over Platform Monetization in 2008
From Inside Facebook, 9 days ago,
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When the Facebook Platform launched in May 2007, many speculated on Facebook’s various opportunities for revenue generation on Platform. However, while there has been much talk of Facebook’s revenues throughout 2008, Facebook has focused the majority of its monetization efforts on direct advertising and virtual gifts sales. Why hasn’t Facebook focused more on Platform monetization?
Based [...]
Tuesday December 30th, 2008
4.2
Facebook’s Growth in Turkey Jumps in Q3/Q4, Over 750 Turkish Apps Now Available
From Inside Facebook, 10 days ago,
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Facebook has made a great effort this year to increase its level of international outreach, and Turkey has taken note. Especially lately.
During the first of of the year, national penetration was lingering at about 4.5% with about 3 million of Turkey’s 71 million people signed up for and actively using Facbeook. During Q3 and Q4 of this year, however, [...]
2.6
This Week Inside Social Games for December 29, 2008
From Inside Facebook, 10 days ago,
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Check out the latest news & insights this week from Inside Social Games:
Playfish Lauches Premium In-Game Campaign with Procter & Gamble and Herbal Essences - Who says P&G isn’t advertising inside Facebook? The CPG conglomerate has partnered with Playfish to provide a special version of Geo Challenge on the Facebook Platform.
TouchLeague Offers a New Turn [...]