Facebook Timeline Goes Live Today


Updated 12/15/11 5:36 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Facebook Timeline

Mark Zuckerberg introduced Timeline, which puts all of your activity in chronological order in a visually pleasing way, during the F8 conference earlier this year. Almost like a personal webpage for Facebook, this timeline beautifully shows off your large photos, status updates, and activity, but there's also a space for your favorite apps and a big profile photo up top. Privacy is top of mind on Read more

Facebook's F8 Keynote Recap: Timeline, Open Graph, and More


Updated 09/22/11 12:56 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Facebook F8 2011 Keynote Recap

Mark Zuckerberg took the stage for today's F8 keynote address earlier this morning, and if you missed all the news — which includes a brand-new way to view your profile, and lots of new partnerships — then get caught up here! Check out all the latest news below. Timeline A new way to view your profile, Timeline gives you an in-depth look at your history on Facebook. More than just a line of Read more

Watch the Same Movies and TV Shows Your Friends Are Watching Within Facebook


Updated 09/23/11 1:33 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Hulu and Netflix Integration in Facebook

Watching TV is about to get a bit more social. If you've connected your Facebook account to sites like Hulu and Netflix, you'll soon be able to watch TV and movies right in Facebook with a few links. For example, if one of your friends is watching Glee on Hulu and shares this activity on Facebook, you'll be able to click on their update and watch the same show within Facebook thanks to some new Read more

Listen to the Same Tunes as Your Friends Within the Ticker


Updated 09/22/11 10:59 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Facebook Spotify Partnership

Mark Zuckerberg announced the ability to listen to the same music as your friends within the new Facebook Ticker. When your friends share what they're listening to on Facebook via Spotify, those updates will show up in Ticker. By hovering over the update, you can listen to the song instantly along with them. It's a great way to share and discover new music. Spotify released a demo video Read more

View All Facebook Activity in New Activity Log


Updated 09/22/11 11:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Facebook Activity Log

Timeline may be the big attention-grabber at today's F8 keynote, but there's something else that users will love — a new Activity Log that gives you an overview of all your Facebook activity since the day you joined and allows you to manage privacy on all of your posts, as well as add or subtract items from your Timeline. Read more

Three Possible Reveals From Facebook at This Week's F8 Conference


Updated 09/20/11 10:38 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Facebook F8 2011 Rumors

Facebook's annual developers conference is happening this week in San Francisco, and there are a few rumors floating about as to what could be revealed. Speculation has been that Facebook will roll out its own media service that would partner up with sites like Spotify to share what you're listening to on your profile, but would also extend into TV, movies, and videos. The data would be shown off Read more

Facebook Infiltrates the Web With the "Like" Button


Updated 04/22/10 9:53 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

What Is the Facebook Like Button?

At yesterday's F8 Developers Conference here in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed a new feature that lets Facebook roam free on the Web. Called the "Like" button, this feature allows you to "like" something you've found interesting anywhere a button is available. Used to be that liking something was restricted to your Facebook news feed, but now you'll see these buttons Read more