Facebook has announced an update is coming to their Nearby feature within their iOS app. The update will make it easier to discover local places your friends have checked into and other places, like restaurants: From the app menu, open the tab to find local spots your friends have recommended, checked into, or liked. If...
Yesterday Facebook released another update to its iOS app, which aims to improve the speed at which your timeline and news feeds load. Also added is the ability to upload photos to albums of your choosing. What's New in Version 5.3 Post your photos to albums and enjoy a speedier app. • You can now...
Business Insider reports Facebook has confirmed ads are coming to Instagram, the popular photo sharing network it acquired in a $1 billion deal. The confirmation comes from Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. She told BI ads are coming at their Ignition 2012 conference. BI: Will you put ads in Instagram? CE: Eventually...
Facebook's Year in Review for 2012 has been published and it takes a look back at the most popular trends and events this past year. In the Technology category, two Apple-related items made the list--the iPhone 5 and Siri. The former was fifth on the list, while the latter was ninth. Instagram, originally an iOS-only...
Last night TechCrunch reported on a rumour popular cross platform messaging app WhatsApp was in talks to be acquired to Facebook. Now, AllThingsD reports their sources say talks aren't happening. The latter was able to get a statement from WhatsApp regarding the story in question: “The TechCrunch article is a rumor and not factually accurate....
Here's a Sunday night rumour to end the evening--TechCrunch reports their sources note Facebook is in talks to acquire WhatsApp, the popular cross-platform messaging app: Whatsapp, the multiplatform mobile messaging app that has been one of the runaway success stories for ad-free, paid services, has been in talks to be acquired by Facebook, according to...
Earlier this month it was reported Facebook was testing its new Photo Sync feature on iOS. Today the social network has announced the Photo Sync feature is officially rolling out for users: Today we’re excited to roll out photo sync, which makes it easier to share photos. With this feature, photos from your phone sync...
A couple of months back, Facebook unveiled Gifts, the company’s social gifting e-commerce service. Today, the company has joined hands with Apple, allowing purchase of iTunes credits for friends using Gifts, as noted by AllThingsD. Facebook has recently undergone a series of new partnerships, including subscriptions to Hulu, Pandora and Rdio. It’s no coincidence that the iTunes deal is...
In an effort to improve the Facebook experience on Android platform, the company has put up "switch today" posters in its HQ hallways begging its employees to ditch their iPhones and use Android phones instead, TechCruch reports. Apparently, the idea is that if more Facebook employees are using the Android app, they'll report back with any flaws...
Facebook has started to roll out their Photo Sync feature for iOS users. What is Photo Sync? Here's how Facebook describes the feature: When you turn on photo syncing, your mobile photos will be saved to a private section of your Facebook Photos. You can easily share your synced photos on your timeline from desktop,...
Yesterday Facebook updated its mobile site with a much requested 'share' button, and now that feature has reached its iOS app today. Other new features in the latest 5.2 update includes the ability to tag friends anywhere (finally), use emoji icons and more: What's New in Version 5.2Now you can share the best stories from...
Facebook has released the much anticipated 'share' button for its mobile news feed (m.facebook.com) and TechCrunch notes it will soon be coming to the iOS app as well. Previously, the ability to share a story was limited to the full web version of Facebook, but that has now changed. Facebook has just confirmed with me...
