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Facebook’s iPhone Messenger to get video chat, enlarged variant for iPad?
Been itching for Facebook’s iPhone-dedicated Messenger app to make its way over to the iPad? ? Maybe for the iPhone variant to finally reap the benefits of Skype video chat integration as well? Well, according to 9to5Mac, Camp Zuckerberg is testing both in-house, with the latter planned to hit iPhones this summer. According to the site, one of its trustworthy tipsters was able to grant it access to beta versions of the new apps, and it has the pictures to prove it. Unsurprisingly, the Messenger app for iPad is described as simply a sized-up port of the iPhone version, but surely the bump would be appreciated by many if it ever gets officially released. Perhaps more interesting, though, is having Skype video chat baked into the iPhone version — tapping an arrow next to a contact initiates your video session, and 9to5Mac reports that it’s “smooth most of the time.” Of course, it’s always worth taking such leaks with a grain of salt, but hit up the source link below if you’d like to find more information and screenshots of the apps in question.
Facebook revealing the personal data it collects, won’t spare your drunk-poking blushes
Facebook’s massively expanding its Download Your Information service into an all-encompassing archive of the data Mr. Zuckerberg collects about your daily dose of people-stalking. DYL was introduced in 2010 and allowed you to pull down all the photos, posts, messages, friend lists and chat conversations in the archives — but now will also offer stored IP addresses, previous names you’ve used, friend requests you’ve made, with further categories due in the future. It’ll have to sate the concerns of privacy organizations worldwide, since it’s rumored to collect 84 different categories of information about you (85 if you count all those Instagramphotos it just bought). It’ll be gradually rolled out to all 845 million users in the coming weeks and is available from your general account settings.
Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion
Facebook has announced that they have purchased the popular iOS and Android photo sharing app Instagram, the news was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.
Facebook also announced how much they paid for Instagram, the deal is worth a total of $1 billion, and Facebook also announced that Instagram will continue to be run as a separate app.
I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom also announce the news on the Instagram blog, and announced that they will be working with the Facebook team to evolve Instagram as a separate app from Facebook.
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Curiosità: Facebook denuncia “Mark Zuckerberg”
Facebook ha minacciato di citare in giudizio Mark Zuckerberg, un imprenditore israeliano che ha recentemente preso il nome del fondatore del social network. Un aneddoto curioso che non è piaciuto all’entourage del giovane milionario. Il nuovo Zuckerberg, nato Rotem Guez, ha cambiato legalmente il suo nome il 7 dicembre. Tramite il suo sito web, MarkZuckerbergOfficial.com, afferma di aver depositato una causa contro Facebook a gennaio, dopo che il social network ha rifiutato di dare l’accesso al suo profilo.
Facebook partners up to bring music, news and videos to your profile through Open Graph (video)
Facebook’s f8 developer conference is going on today, and Andy Samberg Mark Zuckerberg has just revealed another part of his master plan for the social network. Open Graph will now integrate many of your favorite news and music services, including Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio and MOG onto your Facebook page with custom apps, and will also bring video from Vevo, Netflix, Hulu and many more. The media platform’s already up and running, so you can see (and hear) the results of Mark’s labor right now.
Update: Unfortunately for Facebook users in the US, Netflix has confirmed that its Facebook integration will only be available in Canada and Latin America initially, due to a US law that “creates some confusion over our ability to allow U.S. members to share what they watch.” That doesn’t apply to the music services, however, and you can get an idea how Spotify will work in the video after the break. Even TiVo’s gotten in on the action, announcing new sharing buttons for its iPhone and iPad mobile apps, although there’s no direct DVR integration mentioned yet.
Facebook outs Timeline, gives your profile page a new outfit (video)
Well, Mark’s just unveiled Facebook’s new look at his f8 keynote, and he’s calling it Timeline. The idea is to make it easier to see events, pics and posts from your past by placing a, surprise surprise, timeline on the right edge of your profile page that breaks down your content by year and month. It’s a much more visual experience than Facebook’s previous incarnation, and Timeline Views allow you to filter the content by photos, locations (courtesy of Bing maps integration) and much more. You can also add apps, “likes”, and all of your other content in neatly organized panes on your profile page to let you “tell the story of your life” in the way you want to — including the ability to go back and add stuff to your timeline after the fact, no flux capacitor required. Timeline’s going live in beta immediately for some, and a broader roll-out will be happening over the next few weeks. Get ready people, Facebook’s future is here.
Skype comes to Facebook, and Facebook comes to Skype (update: available now!)
It ain’t the first time Mark Zuckerberg has taken the stage to announce… something, but today’s shindig is resulting in “something” that’s a bit more exciting for the average user. As rumored, the world’s most notable VoIP service is set to become exceedingly integrated with the world’s most notable social network. Skype has just thrown up a teaser page for v5.3 for Windows (and v5.5 Beta), noting that Skype and Facebook will aim to provide “the best of both worlds.”
Zuck is primarily announcing three main things today: group chat, a new way to chat (“an easier way to find someone who is online”) and Skype-enabled video chat. Oh, and the tiny, tiny fact that there’s now 750 million Facebook members. What’s notable is just how easy it is to fire up a group chat (or send transcripts to group members who miss out) and get a video call going using your existing Skype contact list. A single click is all it takes, and we’re told that it’ll be rolled out to everyone “over the next few weeks” in 70 different languages. The new chat design will be scalable based on your browser size, and the company made a point to mention that it’ll be listening closely to user input in order to iterate as it moves forward.
Facebook, Google rumored to be vying for Skype deal
Like two knights jostling for the hand of a fair maiden, both Facebook and Google appear to be courting the graces of Skype. A source close to Facebook recently told Reuters that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is thinking about buying Skype outright, as part of a deal that could be worth $3 to $4 billion. A second source, meanwhile, claimed that both Facebook and Google are more interested in forming a joint venture with the teleconferencing company, which has yet to issue an IPO. With discussions still in a nascent stage, both suitors are playing their cards close to their chests, while Skype, rather coyly, has declined to comment on the speculation. At this point, details are still hazy and rumor-infused, though it’s certainly not shocking to hear these kinds of murmurs buzzing around. Skype’s been integrating Facebook more deeply into its software for a while now and has gradually branched out to Android, as well (albeit with mixed results). Both Facebook and Google would also stand to benefit from Skype’s millions of users and all the targeted advertising potential they’d offer. Until we receive more substantiated reports, however, all discussions of possible unions remain restricted to the realm of conjecture.
Man Who Claims He Owns 50 Percent Of Facebook Reveals Alleged Zuckerberg Emails
Earlier this week we found out that the Winkelvoss twins lost their recent lawsuit to get more money of of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and now Facebook are facing another lawsuit, and this time the person who brought the lawsuit is claiming he owns 50 percent of Facebook.
Some of our readers will remember last year that we reported that Paul D. Ceglia of Wellsville N.Y. claimed he owned 84 percent of Facebook, Facebook refuted the claims and even said that Zuckerberg signature had been forged on the documents Mr Ceglia held.
Now Ceglia has amended his lawsuit, and is now claiming that he owns 50 percent of Facebook, and has even revealed some emails, which he alleges were from Mark Zuckerberg.
According to Ceglia the alleged agreement entitled Ceglia to a 50 percent stake in Facebook and a $1,000 fee, he also alleged that he would receive 1% for every day until Facebook is completed and he says this amounts to a total of 84 percent and has now revealed an email which he claims is from Zuckerberg.
“Paul, I have a rather serious issue to discuss with you, according to our contract I owe you over 30% more of the business in late penalties which would give you over 80% of the company,” the alleged email says. “Mostly, though, I just won’t even bother putting the site live if you are going to insist on such a large percentage. I’d like to suggest that you drop the penalty completely and that we officially return to 50/50 ownership.”
If the emails do turn out to be from Zuckerberg, it could spell trouble for Facebook, as someone else having a 50 percent stake in the company would mean they would have control in the day to day decisions of the company.
This would be something that Zuckerberg would want to avoid and if it is found in court that Ceglia is entitled to shares in Facebook it would mean that Zuckerberg would have to make a large payout to remain in control of his company.
