Mr. Zuckerberg has long been focused on finding ways of making Facebook more lucrative. Since the IPO launch and its subsequent failure, Facebook has tried and tested multiple revenue generating schemes. On one hand, Facebook introduced Online Gifting (US only) and thus forayed into the e-commerce space. They even launched gifting of iTunes credit to lure music lovers and Apple addicts. In a move that...

After much speculation on the web about Facebook’s big announcement, it has emerged that the social networking giant has been working on ‘Search’, something that it has lacked sorely in spite of its growth and rise as the biggest social medium in the world. Industry watchers looking for a Facebook phone would have been heavily disappointed and I think Facebook will not pursue the phone idea just...

When Facebook Poke released, apparently within 12 days of it being “ideated” and with Mark Zuckerberg contributing to its code, attention was drawn to the reason behind the launch. The reason was not because the Gods of Innovation showered love on Mr. Zuckerberg or Facebook’s desire to do something that would excite consumers about its service; it was in fact another well-performing app SnapChat. To...

Facebook sure is desperate to monetize its business. It only recently announced the launch of auto-play video ads that will appear in the news feed. Earlier in April, it launched Facebook Offers in a bid to help brands connect with consumers and earn revenue via sponsored ads. Now, Facebook has announced that it will start charging for messages. First, let’s understand how the revamped Facebook...

In September, Facebook launched Online Gifting. The decision to enter the e-commerce space was taken because Facebook is looking at different ways, apart from advertising, to generate revenue. Taking the gifting experience one step ahead, Facebook will now allow users to gift iTunes digital credit. A Facebook statement said, “Starting today with Facebook Gifts, you can instantly gift your friends...

Anything that Facebook does is headline news material; be it the launch of their IPO or changes in their timeline format. The fact that Facebook has 1 billion users means that everyone who is logged in has an opinion on how Facebook looks, what it should look like, how it should function and so on. The last time Facebook made changes to its TL, the uproar was deafening. People were not happy with...

Most people who use social media are connected to each other by way Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. All of these platforms offer communication with friends and connections primarily through an exchange of ‘text, videos and images’. There have been concerns that increasing dependency on social media platforms will forever alter the way we communicate with each other. This is...

There was a sudden security issue that displayed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg‘s private pictures. It was downloaded from one site called Imgur and posted in his online gallery recently. These were found on Facebook and were then posted on the photo-sharing site Imgur Tuesday. The gallery read ,”It’s time to fix those security flaws Facebook.” The system however betrayed...

There you have it. Straight from the horse’s mouth. Facebook will not develop any games. Mark Zuckerberg himself confirmed the same during his interview with Charlie Rose, wherein he discussed about many things including, “war” with Google, Amazon, “Little Facebook” (Google+), the idea of an IPO (to attract & retain talent) & this bombshell to remain “focused on doing one thing...

2010 has been the year for Facebook. Amongst all the highs and lows, the news that came last will end the year on a high for the social networking king — Facebook is the most-visited website in the United States, overtaking Google. Experian Hitwise revealed that Facebook got 8.93% of all visits, while Google got only 7.19% of visits. In the 2009 report of Hitwise, Google was at the top while...