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Facebook Apps Draining Your Batteries? Try Uninstalling And Using Its Mobile Site

David Cohen — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:17:46 +0000

Reports continue to circulate that Facebook’s mobile applications are draining the batteries of users’ devices, so Kevin Purdy, who writes the Mobilize! blog for IT World, reminded readers of an old solution — using Facebook’s mobile site as an alternative to its apps.

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Social Gaming Network’s Acquisition Of Mob Science Continues Trend Away From Facebook-Only Social Games

Will M — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:18 +0000

Take a close look at Social Gaming Network’s story, and you will see how social games are evolving away from a focus on Facebook-only games. SGN is rising as a multiplatform social game developer, while Facebook-focused Zynga has been declining. SGN is even hiring the talent that was laid off by Zynga.

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Wrapp Wraps $15M Funding Round

David Cohen — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:30:30 +0000

A series-B funding round totaling $15 million? That’s a Wrapp for the social gift card provider, which announced the closing of the funding round Thursday.

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FACEBOOK ANNUAL MEETING: Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Concerns About Stock Price

David Cohen — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:51:15 +0000

Facebook held its first-ever annual meeting Tuesday at the Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae, Calif., and Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed shareholders’ concerns about the company’s stock price, which has never approached its initial public offering mark of $38 per share since its first day of trading last May 18.

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Facebook Android Update Includes Ability For Home Users To Dock Their Favorite Apps

David Cohen — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:59:14 +0000

Facebook released an update to its Android application Thursday, and the biggest change is a new feature for its Home Android overlay — a new favorites tray that will allow users to store and access shortcuts to their favorite Android apps.

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Facebook Offers Best Practices For Mobile Developers To Thwart Security Threats

David Cohen — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:15:22 +0000

Facebook participated in the Federal Trade Commission’s Public Forum on Threats to Mobile Devices earlier this week, and it shared some of the best practices agreed upon at the forum in a note on the Facebook Security page.

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Facebook Asks Mobile Users To Verify Phone Numbers For Security

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:15:45 +0000

Facebook recently began asking desktop users to add their phone numbers to verify their accounts and make them more secure. Now it seems that the social network is doing the same on mobile. Some Facebook mobile users have seen prompts in their mobile applications to input their phone numbers, “to help secure your account and more.”

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Facebook Users Seeing Polls About Home In Sponsored Stories

David Cohen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:04:12 +0000

In the past, Facebook has used polls in sponsored stories to collect user feedback on features such as News Feed. The social network is at it again, this time seeking input on its Home Android overlay.

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Facebook Offers Tips For This Year’s Graduates

David Cohen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:18:57 +0000

Graduation season is upon us, and with that in mind, Facebook offered a few tips on how graduates can use some of its features, including activity log, Graph Search, and messaging via desktop or its Facebook Messenger mobile applications.

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Facebook Sees Record Gaming Numbers In 1Q

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:20:15 +0000

Facebook Monday released its latest gaming statistics, showing that 250 million people are playing games on the social network each month. The first quarter of the year also represented the most successful three-month period in terms of revenue and people playing games to date.

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Facebook Reminds Users That They Can Turn Home Off

David Cohen — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:34:02 +0000

Is Facebook attempting to use reverse psychology, or merely attempting to address one of the most prominent concerns about its Home Android overlay? The Facebook Mobile page published a post reminding Home users that they can turn the overlay off and use their devices normally.

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Facebook Prompts Mobile Users To Chat More

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 30 May 2013 15:10:21 +0000

Facebook has been trying to push its chat feature through desktop, but now users are seeing prompts to use it on mobile. On the mobile News Feed, some users are seeing a “Chat With Friends” box with buttons to chat with active friends.

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INQ Android App SO.HO Now Includes Instagram Feeds, Along With Facebook News Feed, Twitter

David Cohen — Thu, 30 May 2013 08:00:50 +0000

In March, U.K.-based social application creator INQ released Android app SO.HO, which allows users to toggle back-and-forth between their Facebook and Twitter feeds without having to switch between those apps. Thursday, INQ added Instagram to the mix.

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VIDEOS: Highlights From Facebook Mobile DevCon 2013

David Cohen — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:38:47 +0000

Facebook held three Facebook Mobile DevCon 2013 events in New York (April 18), London (May 2), and Seoul (May 7), and the social network is making slides from the various sessions and videos available for mobile developers who couldn’t make the events.

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Facebook Squashes Bug That Made Privately Uploaded Photos Via Android Page Manager Public

David Cohen — Tue, 28 May 2013 10:34:42 +0000

Facebook Security fixed a bug over the weekend that affected its Pages Manager application for Android, making privately uploaded photos visible by the public.

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