Reports of Facebook working on making their own mobile phone is coming out AGAIN. The latest report came from The New York Times who have spoken to several Facebook employees and engineers who have been briefed on the plans.
Facebook is currently working on a Facebook phone, which it plans to launch next year and this time it is going to be more than just a button to launch the app. For this the company has also hired more than half a dozen software and hardware engineers who formerly worked at Apple on the iPhone and iPad.
According to NYT, Zuckerberg feels that Facebook should make its own phone or it will end up being just an app. Having their own phone will also be a source of revenue, something that the free apps cannot achieve.
Facebook has just released a brand new Facebook Camera App for iOS devices. The app is completely separate from the main Facebook app and concentrates only on capturing, sharing and viewing photos on Facebook.
The launch of this app has come as a surprise to everyone considering it has only been a month since Facebook as announced the $1 billion Instagram deal. Facebook Camera App has a couple of advantages over Instagram. The App also Coming very soon to Android devices via Google PLAY as a separated App beside the Facebook & Messenger Apps.
With Facebook Camera, you can share photos on Facebook faster than ever, and see what friends are up to in a feed of nothing but their photos. Here is the Features list:
- Post a bunch of photos at once
- See friends' latest photos in one place
- Play with crops and filters
- Tag friends, add captions and say where you are
- See photos from different apps
According to a couple of sources out there in the internet, Facebook has started to roll out the Promoted Post feature for Brand Page administrators. Whenever the feature arrives for you and yours, you'll notice a new "Promote" option next to the box where you type your status update which is next to the blue "Post" button.
Essentially, the purpose of paying to promote your update is to reach a larger audience. Upon clicking the "Promote" button, you'll be presented with a menu of pricing options. The prices to promote a post are staggered based on how much of a reach you want for your post. If you're aiming for the fences, for example, you can pay $20 to reach about a wide audience of Facebookers who have liked your Page.
The Google+ App has been redesign and made its way onto the Google Play Store bringing not only the new looks, but also some neat functionalities and better support for High Resolution Smartphones, like the Galaxy S III and HTC One X. Get the App now from Google Play.
Here are some of the new things you can do with the new Google+ application:
- Initiate a Hangout from the main menu
- Support for ringing hangout notification
- Support for post editing
- Messenger suggestions for people you may know
- Download photos from posts or Messenger conversations
In a surprise ceremony, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, in a private wedding at his home in Palo Alto, on Saturday. Mark posted photo above on his timeline.
According to the Associated Press, Zuckerberg's marriage to Priscilla Chan took place in front of about 100 invited guests who thought they were celebrating Ms. Chan's medical school graduation. It all happened in Zuckerberg's backyard.
Congrats Mark!
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