Nielsen adds Facebook to measure popularity of TV shows online

Nielsen used to only use Twitter chatter to measure how popular a television show is online. Now, Facebook will be included in rating the popularity of shows on the web. Nielsen will be calling it Social Content Ratings, which replaces the existing Twitter TV Ratings, and it’ll track live activity during awards shows, original series premieres, and sporting events.

The information it gets from Facebook will be the stuff you share publicly or those you share with friends and followers. These will be included in the ratings Nielsen will release for the first half of 2016. They won’t get the specifics on the content, though. Instead, Facebook will be offering aggregate data. We won’t be surprised if Instagram is the next to be added and your memes might be put to use.

Source: Engadget

Facebook's iOS app will soon be able to show and share Live Photos

Facebook's iOS app is expected to let users share and experience Live Photos shot on iPhone 6S. This is one of the landmark features of the new 12 megapixel camera in the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus which gives users an option to shoot brief moving pictures that capture moments before and after the picture for an animated Live Photo. Tumblr currently allows Live Photos to be shared on its service as well.

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Facebook tests new feature on iOS to help you find events in your area

Facebook knows everything about you so it might as well make use of that. A new feature being tested out on iOS shows you a revamped Events page on the app. It’ll let you browse events in your area that you might be interested in. Or you can also search by date to see if there’s anything happening in the coming weekend.

Source: Lifehacker

Facebook Messenger gets festive with new features

Facebook is getting into the spirit of the holidays with new features for its Messenger app. One feature is Photo Magic. What this does is it makes it easier for you to share holiday snaps with friends and loved ones. When you take photos, Facebook’s face recognition will look for your friends on Messenger and then prompt you to send these photos to your friends. You can also opt out of this. The feature was limited before but is now more available for users. You can check if you have it by going to Messenger settings (the cogwheel) and then tapping on Photos & Media. The Photo Magic option should be there.

Another new feature is some Christmas-themed options in Messenger. Just tap on the info button of one of your conversation and from there you can change color of your chat window, or even your emojis to something more season-appropriate. If you select the likes of Christmas tree or snowman, you can even make it snow on your mobile screen phone. Or you can download Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Frozen sticker packs for some snowy surprises. And those on Android should see the snow globe effect on friends’ chat heads again for a limited time.

Source: Facebook Newsroom