Facebook gives users option to hide Ticker
Post appears courtesy of Inside Facebook & Brittany Darwell Some Facebook users are seeing a new option to hide Ticker, the real-time activity feed in the right sidebar of the homepage. Although the feature can be distracting, it is a key component of the new Open Graph ecosystem that lets apps continuously publish lightweight stories to Ticker and larger aggregate…
Facebook Test 7 ads on single page
Original article written by Britney Darwell, appears courtesy of InsideFacebook Facebook now shows some users up to seven ads on one page — an increase from the former maximum six. Adding more ads to the same page could reduce clickthrough rates because it increases competition and pushes ads down to parts of the page that…
Twitter to Launch Brand Apps February 1st
Starting next week Twitter brand profiles may start to look a lot like Facebook Pages, at least that’s what a source close to Business Insider says. Twitter looks to cash in on the success of Facebook Pages by opening up their profiles to allow for iFrame apps, just like the Facebook tab apps we all…
