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Instagram launches full image feed for desktop browsers

By Nathan Ingraham on February 5, 2013 01:08 pm + 60 comments

Instagram has slowly been transitioning towards a model where users can interact with its content on Continue reading…
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Facebook inches closer to straight-up advertising with new Sponsored Stories test

By Jeff Blagdon on August 14, 2012 11:26 pm + 24 comments

The day is upon us: Facebook is testing the idea of selling sponsored posts directly on users’ Continue reading…
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Facebook promotes weddings and engagements to the top of your News Feed

By Ellis Hamburger on July 12, 2012 04:00 pm + 9 comments

Facebook today announced that engagements and weddings will now inhabit the important top-right box Continue reading…
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Facebook introduces in-app follow feature, ad education shortcuts

By Amar Toor on June 28, 2012 03:55 am + 2 comments

Facebook introduced two changes to its News Feed today, adding a new in-app follow action, along Continue reading…
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Facebook agrees to let users control whether Likes turn into Sponsored Stories

By Ellis Hamburger on June 21, 2012 02:44 pm + 4 comments

If you're annoyed that your Likes frequently get turned into Sponsored Story ads your friends see in Continue reading…
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Facebook tweaks news feed to show more and bigger photos

By David Pierce on June 4, 2012 07:06 pm + 23 comments

Facebook's status as the world's largest photo-sharing network has been talked about a lot recently, Continue reading…
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CEO David Karp on how Tumblr ads will work, and why he hasn't coded in six months

By Ellis Hamburger on May 21, 2012 07:12 pm + 30 comments

At the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York today, Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp took a few Continue reading…
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Facebook updates news feed with larger picture previews on iPhone, Android, and mobile web

By Dante D'Orazio on May 14, 2012 04:03 pm + 12 comments

Facebook has certainly taken notice of its photo offerings with (Google+ inspired) updates to the Continue reading…
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Facebook in New York: the search for 'universal truths' and the future of news

By Ellis Hamburger on May 11, 2012 12:36 pm + 27 comments

I spent some time last night at Facebook's New York office with Vadim Lavrusik, a "Journalist Continue reading…
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Facebook highlights 'trending articles' inside the News Feed

By Ellis Hamburger on April 18, 2012 03:32 pm

In an effort to drive traffic to Open Graph-enabled news sites like The Washington Post, Yahoo, and H Continue reading…