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Facebook Blocks Access To Unauthorized Pre-Release Version Of Home

David Cohen — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:51:16 +0000

Some tech-savvy users of Android devices were able to experiment with a pre-release version of Facebook Home prior to its scheduled release in the Google Play store Friday on selected smartphones, but it seems that Facebook was able to pull the plug on the unauthorized preview.

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Is The HTC First Android’s Facebook Phone?

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:48:32 +0000

The worst-kept secret in the tech world this week has been the so-called “Facebook phone” that the social network is allegedly building on Android. According to The Verge, the Facebook-heavy smartphone will be called the HTC First, and it has a body style similar to an iPhone.

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Twitter Video-Sharing App Vine Hung Out To Dry By Facebook

David Cohen — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:22:56 +0000

Add one more application to the list of those being blocked by Facebook: Vine, a new video-sharing app from Twitter, joined Russian search engine Yandex’s Wonder and voice-messaging app Voxer on the list of apps that have been denied access to the social network’s data during the past week.

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Facebook Launching ‘Save For Later’ Option

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:44:56 +0000

Facebook is expanding well beyond the like button. First, there were reports of a want button. Now, multiple sources say that Facebook is launching a save for later option that would allow users to save their favorite posts for reading at a more opportune time.

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Compared To Yahoo And Formspring, Is Facebook A Secure Network?

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:53:03 +0000

Facebook may play fast and loose with most of your personal information, but at least it has never had a major password breach — like Yahoo or Formspring. That got a writer for The Verge wondering: Is Facebook actually safer when it comes to the security of your password?

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No. 1 Facebook App Socialcam Sold For $60 Million

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:11:45 +0000

The top Facebook application, Socialcam, has been sold — but no, this isn’t another Mark Zuckerberg purchase. The vide0-sharing app has been acquired for $60 million by design firm Autodesk.

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Report: Six Ways To Keep Facebook Users Coming Back To Your Page

David Cohen — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:10:11 +0000

Facebook marketing software provider Wildfire Interactive is all too aware that getting Facebook users to visit a brand’s page is only the first skirmish of the battle, and that the key to winning the war is to get them to come back , repeatedly.

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