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Facebook for Android Updated for Speed & Functionality [Facebook Announces New Mobile App for Android; Will be 2x Faster Than Previous Version]
Facebook’s Android app has always been a little behind its releases for other mobile platforms, notably iOS, as Mark Zuckerberg once admitted. But with the next Android release, the official Facebook application is intended to be faster and more functional.
MagnetU Device Gives You Quick & Easy Social Networking On The Go [MagnetU Allows For Easy Social Networking From A Device Devoted To It When Used With A Smartphone]
Ah, social networking…many people have come to enjoy being able to tell other people, including many complete strangers, about their lives and travails and hopes and successes via a few simple button presses. And if you want to serve as your own paparazzi, you’ll now have a way to make [...]
Facebook to Open Engineering Office in New York; Will Hire Thousands of New Employees in 2012 [Facebook Gears Up for Expansion & Possible IPO; Will Open a New Engineering Office in New York & Seattle]
Facebook is hiring. The company’s COO Sheryl Sandberg says the company will heavily invest in engineering centers in the East Coast, and will add thousands of new employees through 2012.
Google+ Hangouts Now Support Conferencing From Regular Telephones [Google+ Users Can Now Invite Participants Through Telephone Within U.S. & Canada, Plus Non Google+ Users Can Also be Invited]
Google has updated the features of Google+ Hangouts to include talking to people on regular telephones. With this, users can invite, and talk to, people on their landline or mobile numbers — no Google+ account required.
Twitter Self-Service Ad Platform Launched [Twitter Now Lets Businesses & Individuals Buy Promoted Accounts & Promoted Tweets]
Twitter has launched a self-serve advertising platform that lets advertisers purchase “promoted” tweets and accounts. Currently available in beta, the service will soon open to the public, for direct ad spot purchases with a credit card.
Sony Bravia Televisions Get Firmware Upgrade With Facebook, Twitter & More [Sony Recently Updates Bravia Firmware With A Substantial Note Of Extra Features, Confirms Purpose Of Getting More Onto The Web]
If you’ve got a Sony Bravia television, or were looking to get your hands on one, then you’ll have some very good news coming up here, if you haven’t already received said good news. The good news in question is in the form of a firmware upgrade for Bravias that’s [...]
Google+: Plus One for Barack Obama as the President Joins Google+ [Barack Obama Expands Social Networking Presence With Obama for America Page on Google+]
Barack Obama has just been plus-one’d, with a new page on Google+. Fans, followers and prospective voters can now visit the page for updates, and even click that little +1 button. Google has verified it to be the real thing!
Facebook Messenger For Windows Brings Chat & Ticker in a Native Windows 7 App [Facebook Testing Windows-Native Messenger in Beta]
While social networking mostly involves the web and mobile apps, Facebook is looking into making communication more convenient, by launching a desktop application that will offer easy access to a user’s Facebook chat and ticker.
HTC “Buffy” is the Real Facebook Phone [Facebook Has Reportedly Asked HTC to Build an Android Smartphone That Integrates Facebook Services, Dubbed Project Buffy]
For Facebook, mobile is the next frontier. The social network has already captured a market of almost a billion Internet users. But with the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, the company will need to ensure its future in the mobile industry, and Facebook has reportedly asked HTC to do a [...]
Facebook Frictionless Sharing Gets Criticism Amid Privacy Debates [Careful Where You Click; Your Actions Might be Automatically Broadcast to Your Facebook Friends With Seamless Sharing]
Facebook is about to become more intrusive, as privacy advocates are pointing out. The “frictionless sharing” that the social network is already implementing in some applications will automatically share whatever content you read without your explicit consent.

