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Facebook Bringing the “Like” Button to Mobile Apps

Facebook has announced that the popular "Like" button will be coming to mobile apps. Developers can now build an official Facebook Like button right into their mobile apps. When some one "Likes" something in a mobile app, the content owner will receive the same type of notification, as if the button was used from the...

Facebook’s New App Center Leaks Within iOS App

Last month Facebook announced the coming launch of their App Center to iOS, a dedicated section to allow users to download apps for the social network. At the time Facebook encouraged developers to create their 'app detail page' prior to the launch of App Center. Now, it appears App Center has started to leak out early,...

Facebook Integration Set to Be Introduced with iOS 6 [Rumour]

When Twitter integration became a reality with iOS 5, it made things so much easier for existing twitter users with one-click logins and such. We've long wanted Facebook integration into iOS and that will soon become a reality after a longtime rocky relationship between the two companies, according to TechCrunch: Now the two sides appear...

Facebook Reportedly Has Hired Former Apple Engineers to Build a Smartphone

The New York Times has an apparent scoop in regards to Facebook's plans to release a smartphone in the future. The kicker? The social network has hired former Apple software and hardware engineers to make it happen: Employees of Facebook and several engineers who have been sought out by recruiters there, as well as people...

Facebook Camera iPhone App Now Available for Download

Facebook today has just announced the launch of a new photo sharing app called Facebook Camera. The app allows Facebook users to view and share photos to their timeline and add filters (a choice of 15), crop or rotate your images too. It looks like the $1 billion dollar acquisition of Instagram is starting to...

Rovio Releases ‘Angry Birds Friends’ Facebook Game [VIDEO]

Say hello to Angry Birds Friends, the latest addition to Rovio's massively hit Angry Birds franchise. However, this one is exclusive to the Facebook platform. Angry Birds Friends, which is also being referred to as Angry Birds for Facebook, is Rovio’s first app for the world's largest social network that lets users play weekly challenges against their Facebook friends. Players...

Facebook Goes Public, The Second Largest IPO Ever In U.S. History

Facebook (FB) has finally gone public today, the second largest IPO ever in the history of U.S. The company, which was launched by Mark Zuckerberg from his Harvard University dorm only eight years ago, started trading at $42 a share under the symbol “FB,” bringing the company’s worth to $116.6 billion. However, shortly after the stock made its debut, the price began...

Facebook Pages Manager iPhone App Now Available for Download

As noted by 9to5Mac, Facebook has launched their Facebook Pages Manager app to enable users to manage their pages from their iPhone. Admin access to pages is available from a web browser on your Mac/PC, but not from the Facebook iPhone app. Pages Manager changes all of this to make it a lot easier for...

Facebook Rolling Out New Mobile News Feed to Show Larger Images

Numerous users have started to notice a change in Facebook's news feed, as part of their mobile update announced earlier this afternoon: Starting today, we’re rolling out an improved design for posts in news feed on your mobile phone. Now photos are up to 3x larger, and all posts will fill your mobile screen from...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Adopted His Hiring Process From Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg seated next to President Obama, February 2011. The New York Times has profiled the 'education' of Mark Zuckerberg, essentially outlining all the people that have influenced the Facebook founder. One of those, as we know is the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. Jobs admitted in the Walter Isaacson biography he...

Facebook Announces App Center, Coming To iOS Soon.

Yesterday, Facebook announced plans to launch an "App Store" like place to get apps on Facebook. They are calling it the App Center. It will be the place to get all Facebook web, iOS, and Android apps. Similar to the App Store, each app will have it's own page detailing what the app it all...