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Facebook’s plan to weave various actions we take across the web into the social network via “frictionless” sharing is finally ready to be deployed, YourFacebookStuff has learned.

The remaining pieces of Facebook’s new Open Graph are in the final stages of testing and are nearing release. Facebook developers have been working quickly to validate partners and could turn on the latest element, Facebook Actions, any day now or, at the most, in a few weeks, a source familiar with the matter said.

The updated Open Graph, unveiled at Facebook’s f8 developer conference in September of 2011, is made up of three key elements: Timeline, Ticker and Actions. Now, it’s time for the world to be introduced to a whole new type of social sharing with Actions. (more…)

Maha Ibrahim, partner at Canaan Partners, appeared on Bloomberg West to discuss what Facebook’s IPO would look like. Because the company has waited so long, she suspects that Facebook will “own the decade” when it goes public.

Ibarahim also discusses technology company valuations, the venture capital industry and the outlook for mobile devices.

What are your thoughts about Facebook’s possible IPO? (more…)

NBC and Facebook have teamed up to co-host a Republican debate Sunday night with a social media component.

The debate, moderated by Meet the Press host David Gregory, will air on NBC Sunday, Jan. 8 at 9 a.m. ET, two days before the New Hampshire primary. The debate will also be streaming live on MSNBC.com and on Facebook, allowing political junkies to tune-in online.

Users who watch online will be able to submit questions directly to candidates via a Facebook widget.

This isn’t the first time Facebook has been heavily involved with a political debate, but the built-in stream and widgets are a significant evolution in Facebook’s involvement with politics.

To follow the debate Sunday, tune your TV to NBC or visit MSNBC or U.S. Politics on Facebook.

Any of our readers Instagram users? If so, now when you choose to share your Instagram photos on Facebook, your images will automatically be added to an “Instagram Photos” Facebook album.

The photos will appear full-sized in the News Feed along with the caption that you’ve added to the Instagram photo, and a link to the image’s public URL. The change will also display your Instagram photos beautifully in your timeline to share with your friends and family.

Also, if there are any previously uploaded photos in your Instagram feed you’d like to add to the “Instagram Photos” album, or you forgot to share while posting, just follow the steps outlined in Instagram’s support center in order to share & add them to the album.

You can also share Instagram images that another friend has posted to Facebook by using the “Share” button below that friend’s image in order to post the photo to your own timeline, on a friend’s timeline, in a group, on your page, or in a private message.

Working closely with the Facebook Timeline team, print company MOO translated their Cover Photo concept to a Business Card format by mirroring the fonts, layout and iconography of the Timeline. See image above for how your Cover Photos translate to Facebook Cards.

Each pack contains all of your Cover Photos and each card will display your name, company or college, where you live as well as your Facebook URL, phone number and e-mail address. Located on the back of the card is space for you to add your own quotation or sentence about yourself. By default MOO will pull in the first quote we find in your Favourite Quotations field but you can edit this to say whatever you like. (more…)