Breaking news: Facebook announces a slew of new features

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September 22, 2011 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF Share | Sign up | Archive | Advertise Facebook's Zuckerberg announces a slew of new features Facebook's F8 Conference keynote is over and CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not disappoint. The social network -- which now has 800 million members -- is getting a fresh batch of new features, which can be lumped into three major categories: Profile changes: Users will have a "Timeline" page that reconfigures profiles into a kind of digital scrapbook. Sharing changes: The network's sharing features will be deeper than ever, especially with music-integration tools for Spotify that enable listening with friends. API changes: Applications won't have to constantly ask for permission to post content. We hope you enjoy this special report, share it with your colleagues and encourage them to sign up for the daily edition of SmartBrief on Social Media. Get your social marketing industry news fix with the Vitrue Social Marketing Minute, a video series on social marketing thought leadership featuring brand marketers, community managers, authors and experts in the industry. Watch this Vitrue's Social Marketing Minute as Intel's Ekaterina Walter gives her thoughts on delivering consumer value. Breaking News  Monetizing Facebook's "power users" Facebook's new subscriptions and Timeline features have the potential to create a new class of power users with active and responsive subscriber lists that advertisers can target, SmartBrief's Adam Mazmanian writes. It's like a blog network, except that Facebook doesn't have to bother with paying revenue shares to users, Mazmanian writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Social Media (9/22)      Other News Timeline profile will give users a glimpse into their past Mashable (9/22)      Check out what the visually striking Timeline feature will look like TechCrunch (9/22)      Embedded content returns to profiles with Timeline TechCrunch (9/22)      "Open graph" features will help Facebook spot trends and make connections TheNextWeb.com (9/22)      Zuckerberg announces new peak of 500 million daily active users TechCrunch (9/22)      "Open graph" will allow users to share music and other files VentureBeat/SocialBeat (9/22)      "Listen with a friend" takes Facebook deeper into the music world TheNextWeb.com (9/22)      "Open graph" will add more live options for sharing Mashable (9/22)      Washington Post's "Social Reader" app is unveiled at F8 Wired.com/Epicenter blog (9/22)      Changes will make Facebook more integral to operations of media companies All Things D (9/22)      Don't like the new Facebook? Here's how to revive the old news feed CNET (9/22)      F8 keynote starts on a light note with spoof by an "SNL" star TechCrunch (9/22)      SmartPulse  What's your favorite new Facebook feature? Timeline profile API changes Changes to sharing features "Real-time serendipity"/pattern-recognition features Music integration As a user, do you like the recent changes to Facebook's interface? Love them Hate them Confused by them I find them challenging, but they're growing on me Haven't logged in to see the changes yet Did you watch the F8 keynote online? Yes No SmartQuote  We're more than what we did recently." --Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as quoted by Mashable          SmartBrief delivers need-to-know news in over 100 targeted email newsletters to over 3 million readers. All our industry briefings are FREE and open to everyone—sign up today! 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