The once-controversial Facebook ticker will no longer be a part of the homepage for users with the revamped News Feed, but some users who are still using the “old” News Feed design are not seeing the ticker, either.
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. 
Most users do not have access to Facebook’s revamped News Feed yet, as the social network is rolling it out gradually, but if screen shots aren’t enough to quell the curiosity of those still awaiting the new News Feed, videos may do the trick.
Facebook’s new search engine, graph search, is every amateur stalker’s dream. Many posts already discussed the new feature for personal use, dating, and marketing, and dozens of others explained about graph search optimization.
A browser extension known as F.B. Purity is apparently impure when it comes to Facebook’s terms of service, as its developer claims to have been banned from the social network.
U.K. newspaper The Guardian will pull the plug on its Facebook social reader application Monday, sending users who click on its links on the social network directly to its website, rather than to pages within Facebook.
While there will likely never be a Facebook dislike button due to the prominent presence of the like button in marketing efforts throughout cyberspace, new Facebook application Defriendtion provides a robust alternative.
Friends of fans are a valuable group for many businesses on Facebook, and also the ones who see loads of advertising daily through sponsored stories, suggested posts, and promoted posts. While users are sometimes introduced to pages they end up liking, many times, posts from pages they haven’t connected with end up being unwanted messages. Social media expert Jon Loomer, in recent blog posts, explained how users aren’t shy about voicing their opinion and wrote about how brands can advertise to potential fans without aggravating them.
Social commerce firm 8thBridge released new features for its 8thBridge Graphite social commerce platform Wednesday, including a shopping experience that mirrors Pinterest.
For people who have photos all over the Web — on Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, etc. — Cooliris is a great way to bring all of those images to one place and organize them. Facebook’s developers team thinks highly of the application, as it earned a spotlight on its blog. Cooliris gained a strong following shortly after launch, and the app has taken off on the Facebook platform.
Facebook and CNN Wednesday officially launched the I’m Voting application, which they initially announced in early July.
