One of the sure ways to boost engagement and likes on Facebook Pages is to create a contest and use a customized Facebook contest app.
However, not every business owner who has used this strategy can say that they did it right.
One of the biggest problem business owners have to tackle when using a Facebook contest app is the complexity of Facebook’s rules. Another is the process of creation of an app that fulfills the uses business owners want it to have.
For business owners who are not …

The lead manager for the Facebook Home project has left the world’s largest social network.
According to Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bubba Murarka has joined their firm as General Partner and Managing Director.
The development comes after Charles Jolley, another key Facebook Home project member, was reported to have left Facebook and joined Battery Ventures.
Facebook Home is Facebook’s “experience” for Android phones, currently the world’s most popular mobile operating platform.

Murarka …

After only a month from being released, the Facebook phone – otherwise known as the HTC First – can now be had for only 99 cents on AT&T.
That is a massive drop from its $99.99 initial cash out offering and may be an indication how well the smartphone is selling, various mobile technology industry observers note.
AT&T even makes matters look worse for the HTC First as it displays a 99.27 percent discount from the original price of $350.99 minus a gargantuan discount of $350.
This …

Facebook may be in the advanced stages of courting Waze for a possible acquisition worth $1 billion, various reports reveal.
According to Israeli publication Calcalist, the crowdsourced traffic and navigation application and the world’s largest social network have already signed a term sheet.
This signifies that Waze and Facebook are in the final stages of negotiations.
The development follows reports that Apple was in talks with the Israeli company for an acquisition worth $400 …

For the site owners out there who want to better understand Google Analytics in order to see how visitors are engaging with their sites, this infographic will prove priceless.
Created by Jeff Sauer at Jeffalytics, the thorough Google Analytics Periodic Table covers UA (Accounts – all that is Google Analytics is contained in an account) to Wt (Webmaster Tools – Search Query Data and landing pages).
“Early this year I began working on a project to categorize and visually display all of the …

If a person or an organization wanted to spread hate and terror through the use of social media, Twitter should be on top of their list.
Twitter is the best social network to promote hate and terror, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said in an annual report presented on Capitol Hill by the organization on Tuesday.
The global Jewish human rights that tackle anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism in the report gauged how social networks monitored hate and terror groups using their services.

“Twitter is …

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has spoken up against blocking social media.
Aptly using a social network to voice his opposition to blocking social media, the prince wrote on his Twitter account on Monday about censorship of social media is a “losing war”.
“Dear Saudi Telecommunication Authority, social media is a tool for the people to make the government hear their voices,” the prince posted through Twitter, CNN reports.
“Just thinking of blocking them is a losing war, and a way to …

Authorities in Michigan have revealed that a woman from Comstock Park used Facebook to harass herself in an effort to frame up her former boyfriend.
According to MLive.com, 52-year-old Cheryl Nelson has admitted to using fake Facebook accounts which featured the personal information of her former boyfriend Kevin Haarsma to make it appear that the man’s new girlfriend was threatening her.
Nelson is facing charges of false report of a felony and unlawful posting of a message, the publication …

What type of content should you post on Facebook and when should you post it?
The answer to that is that it depends.
However, what is certain is that if you are a tech savvy business looking to take advantage of the tools social media offers, you should post on Facebook.
According to Pagemodo in the infographic, “When you post great content, your followers will engage with it by liking, sharing and commenting.”
“Aside from endearing people to your brand, engaging content drives social …

Did you know that there are 13 million Facebook users who have never touched their Facebook privacy settings?
That may seem like a small number when taken in light of the 751 million monthly active users the company recently reported but 13 million is still a number which should not be dismissed.
READ: Facebook Reaches 751 Million Monthly Active Users, Earns More From Mobile Ads
According to this infographic, 28 percent of all Facebook users share all, or almost all, of their wall posts with an …