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...
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...
Update 1: Facebook Canada's PR company contacted us and clarified these new filters are only available to camera phones (non-smartphones): We just wanted to clarify this was just an announcement for the Facebook for Every Phone app which is only for camera-enabled feature phones. According to a post on the Facebook Brazil page, upcoming versions...
In an interview with ABC News, Mark Zuckerberg reveals the new option to add organ donor status to Facebook timelines available today in the U.S. and UK was inspired by the late Steve Jobs: Zuckerberg said he was further prompted make Facebook an important tool to encourage donors to register following the death of Steve...
The tech world was buzzing when it was revealed Facebook had acquired the hot photo sharing app Instagram for a $1 billion dollar cash and stock deal. Instagram has no ad revenue model, but its userbase has grown like a weed to more than 30 million users in less than two years. Venture Beat describes...
Facebook today released an updated amendment to its S-1 document for its upcoming IPO filing and within it we learn the social network now has over 500 million monthly active users, either via their official apps or mobile sites. There are currently 901 million monthly active users in total. Also within the S1, we discover...
Being able to share to multiple networks at once is something that a lot of internet social savvy folks look for. There are many Twitter clients out there, but there are fewer that will post to other networks, as well. If you have a jailbroken iDevice, you can now update your status on multiple...
Some huge news has hit the web today--Facebook has agreed to purchase popular iOS photo sharing app Instagram for $1 billion dollars. The news was announced on Instagram's blog and by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself. From Instagram: When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve...
It was revealed today that there is a security issue with the Facebook apps for iOS and Android, where any knowing wrong-doers could steal your Facebook log in credentials, through some type of hole in the security. Apparently, the information is not encrypted properly, when being entered, and if you know what you're doing, you...
Today, Facebook has updated their iOS app, bringing it to version 4.1.1. This update brings numerous bug fixes, retina display support for the new iPad, and a few other features What's New in Version 4.1.1 In this release, we added some features and fixed some bugs so now: - You can go offline in...
Social apps seem to be the most popular on our iPhones. They keep us connected, no matter where we are. Facebook and Twitter are by far the most popular, and it seems like there is no way to surpass the incredible amount of people on these social networks. There is another sub genre of apps...
Facebook has reportedly hired Rebecca Van Dyck, a former Apple executive, as its head of global marketing (via Edible Apple). The news was revealed last week at Facebook's Initial Public Offering (IPO) filing. Before joining Facebook, Van Dyck was employed at Levi’s and before that she was with Apple since January 2007 where she played a role in...
