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Android

Facebook Messenger Gets SMS Support on Android

June 15, 2016 0 Arpit Verma

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and perhaps your SMS app. That is about the three most used apps for communicating with our friends. Once upon a time, they were all three independent apps, today though, they are all basically Facebook. The first…

News

Will Canvas by Facebook Intrigue Advertisers?

February 26, 2016 0 Ruchita Mahimkar

Facebook recently announced ‘Instant Articles’ which loads articles at a quicker pace than the usual and publishers are already liking it as it’s increasing their readers. As opposed to the old format, where the article would consume time to load thus…

social media

Facebook Takes Facebook ‘Like’ to the Next Level and Adds Reactions

February 25, 2016 0 Arpit Verma

Facebook has rolled out the much talked about and discussed Reactions globally. The feature basically replaces the iconic Like button and allows the users to more explicitly state their feelings on a story that has been shared on the Social…

News

Facebook Launched ‘Who Deleted Me On Facebook’

July 8, 2015 0 Trupti Gupta

Facebook has always been in news concerning something nor the other. Usually its about a new update trying to keep itself at the top. Facebook did it once again as now, users can precisely know who have ‘un-friended’ them on…

News

Facebook News Feed Will Show Videos Based On Interests

July 3, 2015 0 Akanksha Lakra

Facebook has once again decided to play with the mathematical analysis of the News Feed. The most used feature of the social network, news feed will now show more videos similar to ones you expand. Now, whenever you expand a video to…

Apps

Facebook’s Payment Feature Now Launches In New York

May 28, 2015 0 Trupti Gupta

Facebook has been working on a lot on updates and trying to keep itself as fresh as possible. The company earlier introduced new payment features in Facebook Messenger, which is now getting launched in New York. This feature lets friends…

News

Facebook Messenger’s Video Calling Feature Now Rolling Out Globally

May 20, 2015 0 Amol Bapat

One among the few of our basic needs in our daily life, Social networking has made a huge impact on our lifestyle. Whatsapp,Facebook,Twitter and many more have not only been embraced by the Tech geeks but also the common man…

News

Facebook In Talks For Business To Consumer (B2C) Chat Through WhatsApp

May 19, 2015 0 Trupti Gupta

After the roll outs of Instant Articles and the option to send money through Messenger, Facebook has now planned something in collaboration with WhatsApp, Facebook at this year’s F8 conference stated that they probably will allow businesses to contact users.…

App (Marketplace)

Facebook’s ‘Instant Articles’ Rolls Out For iOS

May 13, 2015 0 Trupti Gupta

Facebook had previously reported launching a new application called the ‘Instant Articles’. This application will let Facebook host third party content. This particular update, as Facebook claims, is created so that the user will no longer have to wait for…

Facebook

Facebook’s Tries To Woo Publishers With Their New Initiative Called ‘Instant Articles’

May 5, 2015 0 Trupti Gupta

In order to enhance their service Facebook is soon going to let its users send money via Facebook Messenger. Talking about user experience, Facebook is now planning for a new initiative called the ‘Instant Articles’, in which Facebook will host third-party…

Facebook

Now You Can Send Money Through Facebook Messenger!

March 18, 2015 1 Criselle Lobo

Couple of months back, ICICI Bank let its users share money with their friends via Twitter. The only condition being your friend should be on Twitter, too. Facebook announced a similar money-transferring feature for the Facebook messenger which is apparently available only in…

Facebook

Facebook’s ‘Team Avengers’: ThreatExchange To Work Against Security Threats

February 13, 2015 0 Ronak

Although one might know the tech world to be fiercely competitively place but there is no scarcity on philanthropic projects too. Check the proceedings of Project Ara if in doubt. Or read more on the recent project of Facebook launching…

Facebook

Facebook At Work – Competing with LinkedIn And Yammer?

November 24, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

Facebook is working on extending its network beyond the social realm and into the professional world. Facebook aims to gain a foothold in your office space too now. The social networking giant is working on its new offering called “Facebook…

Apps

In Disaster? Check in on Facebook via Safety Check

October 17, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Facebook has launched a new tool called “Safety Check” which claims to help its users to notify their friends and family that they are safe during or after natural disasters. Facebook’s tool, will be available worldwide to its 1.32 billion…

Internet

Facebook Closes WhatsApp For 21.8 Billion Dollars

October 7, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Facebook has finally sealed the WhatsApp deal for a mighty 21.8 billion dollars. On 19th February, 2014, Facebook had announced its acquisition of instant messaging app — WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars. This amount shot up thanks to the rise…

News

Meanwhile In Kerala, Inmates Upload Photos To Facebook From Jail!

December 2, 2013 0 Rahul S

This might be a classic case of people landing in a fix thanks to the lack of knowledge of technology – and more importantly, Facebook’s privacy options. In the southern Indian state of Kerala, a bunch of jail inmates who…

App (Marketplace)

Facebook Home beta apk leaked; Compatible with a host of devices

April 8, 2013 0 Harshit

Huge grain of salt alert! Facebook’s new Home UI has been leaked from a pre-release HTC First ROM and its yours for the taking if you have a phone with the maximum resolution of 1280×768 and can uninstall your original…

Android

Facebook Home and the HTC First Officially Launched; Present Nirvana for Facebook Fans

April 5, 2013 0 Harshit

As repeatedly leaked, Facebook just launched its new launcher for Android devices, Facebook Home, accompanied by the first device to run it out of the box, the aptly named HTC First. As expected, there is a very deep integration with…

Tech Industry News

Update: More images of Facebook’s new Home UI for Android leak

April 4, 2013 0 Harshit

After the hardware leaks that we saw earlier, 9to5Google in conjunction with @evleaks have brought us a look at the custom launcher Facebook has built for Android, namely: Facebook Home. Compared to traditional Android launchers, Facebook Home seems like a…

Android

Images Of HTC’s Facebook Phone Emerge Before Launch

April 3, 2013 0 Rahul S

I am sure you might be well aware of the Facebook event scheduled for later this month. The popular perception is that Facebook would be launching a phone at this event. Now, folks from over at @evleaks have posted an…

Nokia

Nokia Asha 205 Arrives; Sports Dedicated Facebook Button

December 12, 2012 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Asha Series has just received yet another member with the addition of the Asha 205 to the family. The Asha 205 – along with its cousin the Asha 206 were announced just a few days ago. The phone, the…

Tech Industry News

Facebook’s First Financial Report Mediocre After it Went Public!

July 27, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The day, May 18, 2012, was nothing short of a milestone in the history of internet and technology. That was the day, when the social networking company Facebook Inc. went public with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion.…

Apple

“Blazing Fast” iOS App for Facebook this Summer: The New York Times

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

We all know how Facebook is struggling with its slow apps for the iOS and the Android platforms, not to mention the sluggish and obsolete looking Windows Phone 7 app as well. As per the New York Times’ Nick Bilton,…

Rumors

Ex Apple UI Designer Joins Facebook, Fuels Smartphone Rumor

June 22, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Facebook phone rumor has reared its head again as Apple’s ex UI Design Manager Chris Weeldreyer has now joined Facebook.

Apps

Facebook Acquires Israel’s Face.Com

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

In an interesting move yesterday, Facebook has acquired Israel’s Face.com which is the team behind the face recognition technology on the social networking site. Face.com is a face recognition technology company which makes mobile and Facebook apps which identifies people’s…

Rumors

Facebook Hires Apple Employees to Develop Smartphone?

May 28, 2012 0 Rahul S

Rumors of the Facebook phone have been doing the rounds of the Interweb for quite some time now. In fact, there has been quite a number of Facebook approved handsets including the HTC ChaCha, HTC Status and the likes which…

Apps

Facebook Launches Facebook Camera App for iOS

May 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

Just a few weeks after purchasing Instagram, Facebook has launched its own camera app called Facebook Camera. But contrary to expectations, the Facebook Camera is not Instagram. It does have filters but it’s far from being like Instagram, although the…

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Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringements

March 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

Just when you thought that patent infringement suits and litigations were a part of the smartphones and tablets industry only, here comes a real cracker of a patent infringement suit that involves two of the biggest Internet giants. Longtime allies…

Internet

Delhi High Court to Hear Google, Facebook Petition

January 16, 2012 0 Rahul S

The Delhi High Court is set to hear a petition filed by Google, Facebook and as many as 21 other social networking websites against warning by a trial court that ruled that these websites could face a ban if they did…

Internet

Facebook expected to hit 1 Billion users by August 2012

January 13, 2012 0 Rahul S

As the world’s biggest social network, Facebook marches on – adding more and more people to its bandwagon, it keeps on hitting mind boggling numbers. We have been hearing about this ever since 2009 when the site really began to…

Internet

Facebook acquires Location Sharing Service Gowalla

December 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it was clear that Foursquare had already won the location sharing app wars long back, there is no doubt that another service known by the name “Gowalla” was fairly popular. But then, it could never match the popularity of…

Tech Industry News

After Twitter, FTC Settles Privacy Case With Facebook

November 30, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was just yesterday that we discussed about Twitter overtaking Whisper Systems for making Twitter more secure. The step was most probably a result of the fact that they were pulled up by the FTC for lack of adequate security…

HTC

Facebook, HTC working on yet another Facebook Phone?

November 23, 2011 0 Rahul S

There was a time earlier this year when the term Facebook Phone evicted only a handful of responses. There were specific “Facebook phone” launches this year as well. The “official” Facebook phone – meaning the one backed by Facebook too…

Motorola

Motokey Social, Facebook Phone by Motorola

November 5, 2011 0 Tassavur

Motorola has also jumped on the social networking bandwagon and will be launching their Facebook dedicated phone called Motokey Social (EX225) soon.

Apple

Facebook Application For iPad Delayed, Team Leader Quits For Google

September 27, 2011 0 Monis

Months ago, New York Times reported that Facebook application for iPad would arrive in weeks. Later on, folks at TechCrunch told us about a hack on how to install the fully functional application on iPad. However, the method was soon…

Reviews

OG Review: Vodafone Blue 555 Facebook Phone

September 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s been well over a week since I got my hands on the Vodafone Blue 555 “Facebook” phone, and it’s time I thought I should pen down my views about this latest attempt by Vodafone to cash in on the…

Android

Daily App: Facebook for Android

September 14, 2011 0 Nimish

  A new version of Facebook is always reason to celebrate for its members. And this time, Zuckerberg’s company has finally gone and added some muscle to its Android avatar. The latest version of Facebook for Android, version 1.7, is…

Motorola

Motorola’s Facebook Phone EX 225 on The Cards

September 11, 2011 0 Rahul S

By the time you read this, you might have already seen how serious Vodafone is about its partnership with Facebook here in India. The company had launched its “Facebook Phone”, the Vodafone Blue 555 here just days ago and along…

Internet

Facebook Partners with Vodafone; Launches “Vodafone Blue” Facebook Phone in India

September 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vodafone and Facebook have jointly announced the release of a new Facebook phone called the Vodafone Blue here in India. The device, designed to offer a complete, all-encompassing Facebook experience also gets a decent array of features making it a…

Android

HTC To Salsa With Weibo In China, No Facebook Blues

July 26, 2011 0 Annkur

HTC announced it’s first Facebook phones Salsa and Chacha at MWC, these phones come with a physical button for sharing your status updates, music or photos on Facebook. Not, that these phones flew off the shelf in millions, but as…