Johnson’s Baby is encouraging experienced mothers in Australia and New Zealand to share some wisdom within the new “Mum to Mum Project.” The effort that lives on Facebook includes an interactive page made of virtual patches with tips for women who are just starting their parenting “career”.
Facebook is promoting its Home for Android interface in a new ad that aired in the USA during the Final Four on CBS on Saturday. The “Airplane” commercial by Wieden+Kennedy celebrates Home’s virtue which lies in enabling Facebook users to stay connected with friends anywhere and anytime, without making extra clicks on their mobile devices.
Facebook has finally unveiled its long-awaited software Facebook Home that enhances Android smartphones, making them more integrated into the social-media world. The steady stream of posts and photos from friends on Facebook is the first thing users see when they turn on the phone with the installed Home. Facebook notes that new product is not a new operating system or a smartphone, but a “family of apps that puts your friends at the heart of your phone.”
Facebook is now allowing advertisers to better target their potential customers to improve the performance of their ads on the platform. The new option, Lookalike Audiences, is rolling out within Power Editor this week. On the Help page, the company describes this feature as a way “to reach new people who are likely to be interested in your business because they are similar to a customer list you care about.”
Facebook has unveiled the latest redesign of its News Feed, aiming to make it cleaner and yet more informative for the users. The two pillars of the latest changes are categorization and focus on visual content. The feed, which has grown cluttered over the past years, is now split into several sections, “All Friends,” “Music,” “Photos,” “Following,” “Games,” “Close Friends,” as well as any of Interest Lists or Friend Lists. With the stories sorted into these categories, it has become easier to keep track of everything that appears in the news feed.
MINI Australia is helping those who haven’t had time to buy flowers or gifts for their sweethearts on Valentine’s Day. Through the auto brand’s Facebook page, anyone can dedicate a song to their precious other half—the brand posts YouTube videos to its page along with the name of the one it is dedicated to.
As Facebook is gaining momentum as an advertising platform now, Nanigans, a Facebook advertising-software company, has conducted a research to figure out, which types of ads work best to drive sales. The researchers have analyzed over 975 million Facebook ad impressions to retailers’ ads in the U.S. in December 2012 and January 2013.
Facebook wants to make its platform as developer-friendly as possible. The social media giant launches Developers Live, a Facebook app, which provides valuable curated content (tutorials, live and recorded speaking sessions and other visual educational pieces) and also helps them keep up to date on the latest Facebook news. The new hub targets mobile and game app developers as well as website managers and publishers, who will learn how to make a better content for the web and how to use the platform to maximize their profits.