Facebook to Launch App Centre
Facebook recently announced that it will be launching “a place to find social web, desktop, and mobile apps” in form of its own App Centre. This App Centre will not be for only Facebook apps but will serve as a portal for meeting all your app needs – Desktop, Mobile and Web. Facebook seems to be attempting to solve the problem of App Discovery which seems to plague... Read More
Facebook Introduces Facebook Offers [VIDEO]
Facebook has finally entered the deal offering industry with the newly introduced Facebook Offers. Facebook Offers works like any other deal offering service except the deals show up on your News Feed and you claim deals through the same feed. To get an offer, a page you’ve ‘Liked’ has to have created the offer. You then redeem it by clicking ‘Get Offer’.... Read More
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook just announced that they would be acquiring photo-sharing app, Instagram for an estimated $1 billion in ” a combination of cash and shares of Facebook.” Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the acquisition on his timeline saying “in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features... Read More
Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg Tells Goodluck Jonathan To Quit Facebook [VIDEO]
Here’s a parody video from OurOwnArea. It’s an animation of a phone dialogue between Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan and Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. In the video, Goodluck Jonathan is browsing his Facebook page on a Mac, then he gets a notification of “32,000 curses” on his wall. He then receives a call from “That Facebook Boy”... Read More
20 Crimes Solved And Caused By Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
Be careful who you friend because they just might kill you? Facebook is huge so it’s only not surprising people would use it to commit crimes or get ratted out for one. This infographic shows a timeline of 20 crimes committed and solved using Facebook – pun intended. Which do you think is most horrific? Sound off in the comments below. Via: Criminal Justice Degrees... Read More
Facebook To Hit 1 Billion Users In August[STUDY]
200 Million Users aren’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion Users! A study by a Senior Analyst at iCrossing, Gregory Lyons says Facebook will hit a billion users in August this year. He’s using linear regression from 2008 to 2011 to predict this movement. He also stated in the blog post that Facebook’s growth in the US or UK has slowed and might have... Read More
Facebook Tests Facebook Messenger For Windows
Facebook began rolling out a new Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 to a limited number of users. It allows users access Facebook Chat, Ticker and notifications. Facebook’s goal with this app is to keep you logged in to the service without opening your browser. Facebook has also started showing sponsored ads in Ticker, so this is another way to push ads. There’s currently... Read More
Call Facebook Friends Directly From Skype
After announcing Facebook-to-Facebook video calls in July, Skype and the world’s largest social network have announced something spectacular. Facebook users logged into Skype can now call their online friends on Facebook. This marks a significant step in the so-called social media war between the 800-pound gorilla Facebook and Google with its Google+ ‘project’. The... Read More
Facebook Faces $138,000 Fine For Holding Deleted Data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has begun auditing Facebook’s offices after a 24 year old law student, Max Schrems asked Facebook for a copy of all his personal data and received a CD including some of his deleted data. Schrems went on to start ‘Europe vs. Facebook’ and filed 22 claims about the social network giant’s practices. Facebook... Read More
Facebook Launches Facebook For iPad [PICS]
After an entire year of Clamor for an official Facebook app for iPad, Facebook eventually launched an iPad App and a new version of its iPhone App and m.facebook.com. Below are screenshots of the app as well as the functions. Navigation Navigation is a breeze with a sidebar containing Apps, Groups and Lists. Messages and Notifications stay at the top bar of every screen. Photos Like... Read More
