If you thought Facebook advertising couldn't become any more irritating, think again. The world's largest social network is reportedly in the experimental/early testing stages of a new program that would allow users to bypass the default Facebook Messages spam folder when contacting people that they don't know. Currently, when a user or brand attempts to contact someone that they don't know, the messages they send are delivered to the recipient's "Other" folder in their Facebook Messages inbox.

In the updated Facebook Messages system, those users are given a new option. Rather than having their message fall into the user's "Other" folder a place that few ever want/remember to check with any regularity the group of Facebook users now have an option to spend $1 to have their message delivered straight to the recipient's inbox. And, from the sounds of things, it doesn't matter how high your privacy settings are.

For now, Facebook claims that the $1 fee to send messages straight to a user's inbox will be limited to a single usage each week, and brand's won't have the option of using the new feature just yet. The company also cited unidentified researchers' theories, claiming Facebook's $1 fee could cut down on the number of unwanted messages received each day, as justification for testing out the new program.

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You may recall that Facebook purchased Instagram App for $1 Billion. However, Facebook did promise to keep Instagram as a separate entity and not fold it into Facebook proper, but that doesn't mean that there won't be some data sharing as time goes on. And, that time is coming pretty soon as Instagram has shown off its new privacy policy with does include sharing data with Facebook.

The change in the Instagram privacy policy comes after Facebook had made similar changes to allow for data-sharing between itself and Instagram. With the changes to Instagram's policy, Instagram will be able to "share user content and your information," including cookies, location data, device identifiers, and other information with Facebook-owned companies.

However, Instagram says on its Offiical blog that "nothing has changed about your photos' ownership or who can see them," which is great to hear given that Facebook's copyright claims on photos is overly broad.

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After Updating the Native Android App to version 2.0, Facebook has also released its New Android SDK 3.0 adds a number of features and allows developers to more easily build-in common features.

This release includes several pre-built Fragments and Views for common tasks, Here is the full change-log:

• Built-in caching and on-demand loading makes these controls more efficient and responsive than web dialogs.

• Friend Picker lets people tag friends in an Open Graph action or find other people who installed your app.

• Places Picker shows nearby places with Customizable locations.

• Profile Picture control shows the profile picture for any Facebook object, including people, places and things.

• Login controls simplify how you manage user identity and app permissions.

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No sooner had Instagram updated its site, adding a new filter called "Willow" among a number of other improvements, than Twitter announces that its site is now ready to be updated with 8 new color photo filters.

This was one of the worst surprises as word had already leaked that Twitter would be offering the Instagram-like filters to photographs taken by its users. The eight filters include Black and White, Warm, Cool, Vintage, Cinematic, and Happy. Using grid or swiping views, the effect of each filter can be seen before applied to an image. Images can also be auto-enhanced and there is a new cropping tool.

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Facebook was testing a new feature back in August that allows users to sync photos from their devices to their Facebook profiles. Today, Facebook Photo Sync feature is now available on the Android and iOS client apps. If you used them just recently you should have already got a notification about this feature..

Facebook Photo Sync automatically uploads your captured photos to a private album on Facebook. You can share them with your friends later if you want.

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