Fanzila is a new startup that lets brands upgrade Facebook pages with blogs, forums, competitions and more. The company announced this week that it raised $1 million in Series A funding in round led by Blumberg Capital, who joins previous investors, Dr. Yossi Vardi, Shiomo Nechama and the Haaretz Newspaper Group. The announcement was timed perfectly to coincidence with Fanzila's spot in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Alley, which is where we ran into them.

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If you've ever roved around Facebook's developer forums, you may have noticed that — aside from being loaded with complaints and bug reports — they're pretty basic. There's nothing wrong with them per se, but they feel like a pretty generic forum install, and not a hub for developers on one of the web's most popular web platforms.

Today, Facebook is announcing how it's going to fix the situation: it's abandoning its old forums, which it says are "showing their age", and launching a custom site [...]

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Social commerce is probably on the business minds of every retailer who wants to tap into the endless opportunities of social media. According to a recent study, Facebook is not a favorite platform for social commerce, but is a favorite for those who like to shop on the internet.


Read More: Online Shoppers Like Facebook More Than Blogs, Forums and Review Sites