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Want to Run Facebook’s New Android App UI? Follow These Simple Steps

Tim April 1, 2014 91

Over the past couple of months, Facebook has been experimenting with a new UI for its official Android application. Members of the Beta testing group, as well as the Alpha testing group have seen it come and go, while others in the group have never been able...

Facebook Announces Messenger Beta Testing Program, Go Sign Yourself Up

Tim March 17, 2014 22

This afternoon, Facebook announced a new beta testing program, specifically for Facebook Messenger. For months, there has already been an official Facebook beta app for users, but this is the first time they have also opened it up to the Messenger side of...

Facebook Changes Stance on What to do With Profile After You Die

Tim February 21, 2014 20

If it wasn't obvious, when a person dies, many things are left behind. These things could usually consist of family, friends, and sometimes, a Facebook account. The way Facebook has handled the death of a member is to restrict visibility to the deceased member...

Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp for $16 Billion

Kellen February 19, 2014 120

Facebook announced this afternoon that it has reached agreement to acquire WhatsApp, the incredibly popular multi-platform mobile messaging service. Oh, you want to know how much the deal is for? How does $16 billion sound? The breakdown makes that $4 billion...

Video Tour: Facebook Paper Actually Looks Great, Will It Come to Android?

Kellen February 3, 2014 40

Does anyone remember Rockmelt's Android application? It was easily one of my favorite apps of 2013. You see, Rockmelt was great at bringing you random-yet-precise topics of your choosing without asking you to do much work. For me, I used it to unplug from the...

Facebook Announces “Paper” as a New Way to Consume Its Content, Forgets Android Exists

Kellen January 30, 2014 105

Facebook is about to release a barrage of stand-alone apps for its services to get you to pick and choose which you'd like to use. Facebook as an ecosystem is potentially too large to bring all of it into one app, so Zuckerberg and the crew will lean (not the...

Facebook Readies “Paper,” a Flipboard-like Competitor for Possible January Launch

Tim January 14, 2014 19

According to sources of Recode inside Facebook, the social network is almost set to launch a reader application, known as Paper. Paper, much like Flipboard, will be an aggregator, combining the web's top stories, your friend's status updates and paid...

Facebook Home Update Includes a Customizable Lock Screen with Notifications

Kyle December 20, 2013 31

Facebook Home, the Facebook-made replacement launcher for Android devices, has been controversial (to put it mildly) ever since launch. Many lamented the fact that it wasn’t nearly as functional as other launchers, lacking features as simple as folder creation...