Facebook has unveiled a new app recently for Apple iPhone or iPod touch. Called Pages Manager, the new app is compatible with Apple iOS devices and it is designed to help you manage your Facebook pages and keep in touch with followers. The app is focused at people who maintain pages for businesses, personal use, or for other reasons and gives access to all sorts of things that will help you manage and keep track of your page. The new Facebook Pages Manager app allows users to compose posts, view recent fan activity, and access engagement statistics on the fly. It’ll notify you [...]

Facebook has just finished a deal to acquire Instagram and Instagram’s team will be joining Facebook. The compensation will be approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. Mark Zuckerberg announced the deal in a Facebook post: 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 [...]

Facebook has just officially launched its Messenger for Windows. The Facebook Messenger is a standalone app that lets users IM friends via Windows 7. It also lets users persistently chat, receive notifications, and read their news feed from your desktop. The Facebook Messenger for Windows is officially available through Facebook’s website and can be installed here. The app will be rolling out to all users over the coming weeks, however. A post on Facebook’s blog state following: “Millions of people log into Facebook every day to keep up with friends. They also browse other websites and run computer programs, so [...]

The world’s largest online social network Facebook could file papers as early as next week on Wednesday February 1st for its long-awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO), according to WSJ. The company is considering a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will probably play a “major role” in the IPO, according to report. Facebook’s IPO, which could raise as much as $10 billion in capital and value the company at up to $100 billion, has been the subject of intense speculation from Wall Street to Silicon Valley this week, after Facebook’s lawyers temporarily suspended trading of [...]

Facebook has announced the latest update to their Android app, one that sees a drastic shift in layout and boosted performance. The new version is claimed to be faster especially when it comes to viewing and sharing photographs, and it features a redesigned UI that’s much closer to the iOS/mobile page version of the social network. Moving around the UI is reminiscent of the iOS version, particularly version 4.0, which is available for the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod touch. The biggest improvement over the previous version of the Facebook app is its main navigation. Now, there are links to [...]

New Zealand will be the first country to get Facebook’s brand-spanking new Timeline feature – and the rest of the world will be made to wait. In NZ, the company rolled out the new changes at 14:00 New Zealand time (17:00 PST). If successful there it will release the profile redesign elsewhere. The country was likely picked because it speaks English, which eases feedback processing, and isn’t as interconnected with the rest of the user base as some other countries, the company said in a blog post. Other regions will get it in the “near future.” Facebook Timeline feature, which was [...]

The world’s largest social networking service Facebook is reportedly buying Austin-based Gowalla, a location-based social networking site, according to a source close to Gowalla cited by CNN. Neither Facebook nor Gowalla have confirmed this news directly at this point. Gowalla is a primarily mobile web application that allows users to check in to locations that they visit using their mobile device. Citing sources, CNN said the Austin, Texas based Gowalla will help Facebook in developing new Timeline feature. Reports said a major team from Gowalla would move to Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. And most of Gowalla’s 30-odd employees will [...]

Facebook, which has about 800 million users worldwide, is currently in “internal discussions” with US regulator Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the timing of its initial public offering. Facebook is looking to go public with revealing Facebook IPO between April and June next year, the Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying. Facebook is considering raising $10 billion in an IPO that could value it at more than $100 billion. That would be one of the largest offerings ever- bigger than other social media IPOs like LinkedIn, Groupon and Pandora; which have been trickling on to [...]

These days anyone can create a Facebook fan page.  I’ve actually seen Facebook fan pages for peoples’ pets (and, yes, they have a surprising amount of fans).  If you’re a business, then creating a Facebook fan page is a great way to stay current in today’s techno-centric market.  However, as a business, it’s also important to stay true to your brand and to create a fan page that is representative of the kind of quality you want your business to stand for, all while earning and keeping your fans.  How do you go about making your business’s fan page stand [...]

After Facebook recently launched its Messenger application for iOS and Android devices, bringing a separate way to chat with your Friends from your phone, the social network is now launching the BlackBerry counterpart of the software. The Android Facebook Messenger app also now includes support for 22 additional languages, and the iPhone app has added 12 new languages. The app is really just a quick way to send messages to your friends through Facebook, and they are delivered through notifications and texts to their device. This way you won’t have to struggle deciding if you should send a text or email, and you’ll [...]

Facebook App for iPad was leaked in July, has now finally released its official app for iPad; the version found embedded in the iPhone application looks pretty legit. If you’re code-savvy Flo’s weblog has posted instructions on how to activate the application on your iPad now. The app is available now as a universal app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, and is a free download from the App Store. The new app brings support for Facebook games, an improved interface, and more. It’s pretty great, browsing your feed, photos, and friends’ profiles is a nice experience. The UI design is also a great implementation of [...]

As scheduled Facebook’s annual conference, F8 begins yesterday and as expected, brought lot of fresh news and exciting features. I’ve summarized all important events below at one place which is all you need to know. 800 Million Users: Yes, Facebook now have 800 million users and most of them are active. Report ran from last month data shows whooping 500 million active users daily. Mark Zuckerburg confirmed 750 million users back in June. so, 50 million users added in just 4 months. This shows the incredible growth rate of Facebook. Timeline to replace profile: Facebook brings this major update to [...]