Google (GOOG) and WhatsApp have reportedly been locked in negotiations about an acquisition for more than a month — and WhatsApp is pushing for nearly $1 billion valuation, Digital Trendsrecently reported. This sounds like a huge number, but even though WhatsApp has not released its user base estimate, it is widely assumed to be more than 300 million. Continue reading …
It seems like only yesterday (2010), when Facebook Inc introduced its targeted ads platform that changed the advertising world. That introduction boosted Facebook’s ad sales to nearly $2 billion in 2010, and over $3 billion in 2011. Presently, analysts, despite other revenue streams, estimate that advertising makes up over 60% of Facebook’s total revenue. Continue reading …
For the first time, the number of active daily visitors checking Facebook on mobile devices is higher than the number of people checking the social network on the Web. Overall, the company says there are 1.06 billion active Facebook users in the world. Of those, 618 million of them are visiting daily and 157 million are doing it from mobile devices. Continue reading …
Facebook has a mind-blowing amount of useful information sitting on its servers — 500 terabytes of new data every day, at last count — but until now it lacked an efficient way for any one person to take advantage of it. So it created “Graph Search,” which will allow all of us to pillage our friends’ status updates, interests, photos and general Facebook activity. Continue reading …
Due to Facebook’s timeline changes, it is now more difficult for small businesses to advertise without paying money out of pocket. That’s why some are now turning to Facebook group marketing to help branch out and develop new connections and new business, for free on the worlds largest social network. Continue reading …
If you want to understand the biggest bet Facebook is making right now, you’ve got to check out the App Center. Heck, you can’t miss it. In an unprecedented move, Facebook is advertising its in-house app directory on its homepage when you’re not logged in.
Why? According to a prominent Facebook critic, an executive said that the social network could make a billion dollars a year by collecting a toll on installations of apps. Continue reading …
Finally, a way to manage your business communications on Facebook from your mobile device. Facebook unveiled its new app on Monday that lets you manage your branded Facebook fan page tabs from your iPhone. Using the Facebook Pages Manager app you can respond, post and comment on your page, plus post updates and photos. Continue reading …
Most have either made the switch to Facebooks new timeline layout or we are holding on for dear life until they do it for you at the end of the month. Either way, come April 1 everyone will be using the new timeline layout. As everyone is migrating over to the new layout, there is a growing interest in finding interesting timeline cover photo design ideas. Look no further, we’ve got some great Facebook cover photo designs right here! Continue reading …
If you are like everyone else, scrambling to get your new Facebook timeline design squared away, you may have come across this problem – why can’t I get the custom tab thumbnails that appear below the timeline banner to fill up the entire space Facebook gives me!! The tab thumbnails don’t fit under the timeline banner and there is extra space on the sides! No worries, we have a simple solution for you right here. Continue reading …
Well we’ve all see the note when you log into Facebook – timeline is coming and it’s coming quickly. Time to migrate over, learn the ropes of the new layout, or get left in the dust. The good news is that although there seems to be quite a backlash the new timeline layout isn’t all that bad – there are a lot of possibilities with what you can do with the new layout and we’d like to share some of those with you now. Continue reading …
So your business has a website — or you’re in need of one for your brand new venture. Web design can be an overwhelming process, so we’ve spoken to a few web designers who told us what you need to have on your site … and what you can probably do without (like crazy Flash animation). Continue reading …
Few, if any, companies have experienced Facebook’s level of meteoric growth. In less than a decade, the company has gone from a Harvard kid’s dorm-room hobby to a multibillion-dollar enterprise and a worldwide phenomenon. Continue reading …
We are getting a lot of inquiries from customers who are frustrated with the new setup that Facebook has implemented regarding adding custom tabs to your facebook fan pages. Facebook recently removed the “add to page” option on the app pages which has left many of us in the dark about how to go about adding a custom tab to a page. The good news is we have a simple solution for you, a quick script that will allow you to add your custom tabs to your fanpage with ease. Continue reading …
On Tuesday, Facebook announced in an updated blog post that its radically revamped profile design, called “Timeline,” will become the mandatory format for all users “over the next few weeks.” Continue reading …
It was a joyous day for Lucie Fink when she received her acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins University. Like most prospective students, she wanted to know exactly what she was getting into before she made her decision between schools. The shiny pamphlets were all fine, but Fink really needed to hear more about the school from the students. Continue reading …
In the coming weeks, Facebook is going to start replacing peoples’ profile pages with a new blog-like template, where photos and check-ins and status updates are strung along the backbone of chronology — days, months and, here’s the big leap, years. Continue reading …
How many long nights have you spent researching and reading, trying to find a solution to your problem? I get stumped all the time, which is sometimes half the fun. Finding out how things work can lead to a wealth of knowledge. But this is not to say that I don’t get frustrated with what I feel is a very SMALL project, that has now consumed all of my attention, and appetite. Like recently, when I noticed these iFrame scrollbars kept appearing on the custom Facebook tabs we were designing, so annoying! all I wanted to do was find a solution to remove scrollbars from my Facebook fan page! Two days later I found my solution but not after a huge effort. Posting questions, emailing friends that are in the business, the search for an answer goes on and on. Continue reading …
Facebook design refers to the creation of a custom layout for your fan page. You can create custom “tabs” that are essentially web pages, all of which live on your fan page. There is no limit to the number of fan page tabs you create, which means you can basically create a mini website for your company or brand within the walls of Facebook. Continue reading …
Chances are if you’ve made your way to this article you’ve been having some of the same problems we’ve had with removing scrollbars from a Facebook tab. On March 11th, Facebook once again changed the way fan page tabs are structured. Instead of adding your custom facebook tab with FBML (Facebook Markup Language) you now have to host your tab on your own server, and feed it to your tab with an iFrame. Continue reading …
The power of the web never ceases to amaze me. Over the last several years, I find myself constantly awestruck at how things that could have happened during my teen years without anyone even blinking an eye, now attract hundreds of thousands, if not millions of followers, likes, comments, tags, posts, blogs, and whatever else those 3 w’s have to offer. Continue reading …
Facebook and Google are reportedly each separately looking into teaming up with Skype, or even buying the web video conferencing company outright for a deal estimated to be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion. Sources with direct knowledge of the discussions say that Skype has delayed its IPO, with which it expects to raise about $1 billion, until the second half of 2011 while it engages in talks with the two massive entities. Continue reading …
Regular visitors of KnockMedia.com may have noticed a few things over the past couple of weeks. Although, I do welcome all of you to do some browsing after reading this post, it’s not our brand new site or all new portfolio that I am referring too. Between all of the hustle and bustle of launching a new website, we managed to work on a little something we call…(drumroll please)…Facebook Shopping Carts. Continue reading …
Social networks providing a platform for businesses to attract potential and continuing customers is nothing new. Having the ability to virtually create a mini website using Facebook Page Design in fact is. The introduction of custom Facebook tabs has made it possible to market your brand to any demographic you choose while keeping the end-user within the walls of the site. Simply put, more buying and less bailing! Continue reading …
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