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17, Feb, 12

Yet another way to search Google directly from Notification Center

Posted by Jeff Benjamin, under Google, iOS 5, iPhone News, Jailbreak Apps, Notification Center, Search, Tweak, Video, widget

The oddly named OpenURL NCWidget is yet another way to go about performing Google searches from Notification Center. As you may already be aware of, there are already a couple of tweaks in the Cydia store to make searching from Notification Center a reality, but this one adds a few new features not found elsewhere…(…)Read [...]

04, Feb, 12

Yahoo Rolls Out New App Search Page

Posted by Cody, under App Store Apps, apps, iPhone News, Search, Yahoo

You have to feel bad for Yahoo. The one-time dominate web company now seems to be constantly staving off the thought of bankruptcy as a result of failing to transition into the mobile market as its counterparts have. But that doesn’t mean that it’s giving up on the mobile world. Last year, the company launched [...]

27, Jan, 12

Facebook Roundup: EU Privacy, economic impact, games, Google, security, more

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Applications, Business, Games, Google, Privacy, Search, Security

Facebook COO Shifts Europe focus from privacy to economy - At a recent conference in Europe, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the audience that the economy is probably more of a concern than privacy. She said so given an impending … Continue reading →

26, Jan, 12

Facebook Platform Update: subscriptions, search, notifications

Posted by Brittany Darwell, under Development, graph api, Insights, Search, Subscribe

Developers can now request permission to access lists of users’ subscribers and who they subscribe to via the Graph API. Facebook announced this and a few other changes in a blog post Wednesday. With read permissions for subscriptions, apps can … Continue reading →

23, Dec, 11

Facebook Roundup: Ad Lawsuit, Search, Pages and Christmas

Posted by Sara Inés Calderón, under Applications, Connect, Facebook, Legal, Page Management, Pages, Search

California Facebook Ad Lawsuit Proceeds - A U.S. District Judge in California has rejected Facebook’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from people claiming the site’s social advertisements count as unauthorized use of their names and likenesses. Facebook the Top Searched … Continue reading →

01, Dec, 11

Facebook Now Directing Typeahead Search Traffic Straight to Apps

Posted by AJ Glasser, under Canvas apps, Facebook, Games, Search, Social Games Hack

Facebook has updated the functionality of typeahead search to direct users straight to applications instead of navigating users to the app’s About Page. This change makes it easier for existing users to find apps they’ve already installed (and perhaps cannot … Continue reading →

23, Aug, 11

Study: SEO Matters for Facebook Pages as 34% of External Referral Traffic Comes From Search

Posted by Josh Constine, under Metrics, Page Management, Search, SEO

Search makes up 34% of all external referral traffic to Facebook Pages, with Google 27.5% coming from Google, according to a six month study of 1,000 Pages by analytics provider PageLever. This means Facebook Page admins should be concerned with search engine optimization when naming Pages, filling in fields on the Info tab, posting content, [...]

18, Aug, 11

Bookmarklet Lets Facebook Users View the “Friend Rankings” List of Those They Interact With Most

Posted by Josh Constine, under Facebook, Privacy, Search, Security

Facebook users can currently see the usually hidden list of which friends they interact with most by running a line of JavaScript through a bookmarklet created by developer Jeremy Keeshin. When the bookmarklet is clicked while one browses Facebook, an overlay called “Facebook Friend Rankings” appears in which the lower the number next to a [...]

05, Aug, 11

Quixey’s Keyword-Based Facebook App Search Engine Could Become a Powerful Discovery Tool

Posted by Josh Constine, under Applications, Facebook, Search

Keyword-based app search engine startup Quixey added the ability to find Facebook apps this week. Users can now type in what they’re trying to do, such as “promote my band” and receive recommendations of apps across mobile operating systems, browsers, social networks, and the web. Quixey does a satisfactory job, returning generally relevant results, but missing some of the [...]

12, Jul, 11

Facebook Scraps Little-Used App Directory, Simplifies App Submission to Search Index

Posted by Eric Eldon, under Applications, Development, Facebook, Search

The primary means of app discovery on Facebook is sharing between friends, but the company is today announcing changes to the other options — search, and its Application Directory. “Many developers have been confused about what it means to submit to the App Directory and frustrated by the length of time it took to get [...]

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