Facebook has been acquiring plenty of talent to help the company grow on mobile. Earlier this week, Facebook acquired the team behind Spaceport, and Thursday, the social network purchased Parse, a cloud application platform for iOS, Android, JavaScript, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and OS X. This is an acquisition, not a talent hire, and financial terms were not disclosed.
Lisa Raphael (left), the social media producer at Katie Couric's daytime talk show Katie, is one of our featured speakers in Mediabistro's upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, an online event and workshop starting June 6, 2013. Lisa will share a case study on how the hit show uses Twitter to build interest and buzz around upcoming segments. Learn more about our our twelve event speakers and register here. 
Facebook announced the launch of a new video channel aimed at developers, Developers Live, which will host news, tutorials, speaking sessions, and other content.
Even a casual Facebook user can see that the site has changed dramatically over the past year. On Thursday, Facebook’s developers team took some time to reflect on some of the highlights that made the social network what it is today.
Facebook touted the success of the Aug. 23 release of Facebook 5.0 for iOS, saying that one-half of its users on that platform updated their applications within four days, and adding that the app’s average rating in the iTunes App Store rose from 1.5 stars prior to the launch of the new version to four stars currently.
