Facebook continues its mobile focus with quiet launch of Facebook Pages Manager on Android

Facebook continues its mobile focus with quiet launch of Facebook Pages Manager on Android

Ensuring that Android smartphone and tablet owners are able to enjoy the same features as their iOS counterparts, Facebook has quietly launched its Pages Manager app on Google Play, just hours after it updated its iOS and Android Messenger apps to include voice messaging. The Appside noticed the new Facebook app, which will provide Page admins with the opportunity to post new updates and photos across multiple pages, view and reply to private … [Read more...]

Facebook launches voice in iOS and Android Messenger apps, tests VoIP calling in Canada

Facebook launches voice in iOS and Android Messenger apps, tests VoIP calling in Canada

Facebook is continuing to fine-tune and adapt its Messenger mobile apps (iOS/Android), today pushing live updates which include a potentially disruptive feature: voice messages. The iOS and Android Messenger apps (which will be available later today) have been outfitted with a new option alongside the photo and camera buttons, offering a ‘Record’ toggle that can be pushed and held to record voice messages. If you don’t like … [Read more...]

Billions, Pokes and an IPO: A look back at Facebook in 2012

Billions, Pokes and an IPO: A look back at Facebook in 2012

Facebook’s 2012 has quite literally been its biggest year in its 8-year existence – we’ve seen sponsored stories, sponsored posts, sponsored sponsors, privacy gaffes, a billion dollar acquisition, a billon user milestone and an IPO, just to name a few highlights. Mark Zuckerberg’s baby has come a long way in 2012, evolving from a private company that had never looked twice at monetizing mobile, to a public company that … [Read more...]

German data commissioner orders Facebook to drop its real name policy

German data commissioner orders Facebook to drop its real name policy

Germany’s data commissioner — the Unabhaengiges Landeszentrum fuer Datenschutz (ULD) — has ordered Facebook to drop its real name policy, accusing the company of violating German data protection laws which give users the right to use pseudonyms online. The regulator includes both Facebook’s US and Irish offices in its report, noting that it has “instructed the two companies by decree to [amend the policy] and … [Read more...]

Facebook Gifts now available to everyone in the US, with new wine and charity options

Facebook Gifts now available to everyone in the US, with new wine and charity options

Facebook announced today that its Facebook Gifts service is now available to everyone in the US, and that as part of its public rollout, the company has now enabled users to make charitable contributions to a number of non-profit partners. Starting today, users can donate to the Robin Hood Foundation’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, adding to its other non-profit partners including Blue Star Families, Girls Inc. or Donor’s Choose, … [Read more...]

Instagram confirms it disabled Twitter Cards support so it could boost its own Web presence

Instagram confirms it disabled Twitter Cards support so it could boost its own Web presence

Despite assurances that it would stay independent following its acquisition by Facebook, a recent move by Instagram may affect the way images are displayed on rival social network Twitter, after the photo-sharing service disabled support for media displayed Cards. This means that over time, Instagram images will no longer display inline on Twitter.com and will require users to click links to view images on the Instagram website. “Because of … [Read more...]