Facebook may be planning to release its own music service at its F8 developer conference next month. Jon Fortt, a CNBC technology reporter, said that Facebook would enter the online music streaming market at the F8 conference, which will be help in San Francisco on September 22. “Next month is going to be a big one for music,” he said on the CNBC morning show ‘Fast Money Halftime Report.’ “I’m hearing from someone familiar with the plans that Facebook plans to launch its long-rumored music service at...
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Social networking giant Facebook is now working on adding photo filters in its arsenal, in a move that may take users away from Hipstamatic, Instagram and other apps that feature picture-filters. The New York Times reported that the company’s new feature was inspired by other photo sharing apps like Instagram, Color and Path. After failing to acquire Instagram earlier this year, it looks like the company will make their own filters instead. According to two engineers who work at Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg wants its artists and engineers...
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has formed a new unit to sniff out troublemakers by analyzing entries on social media networks that include Twitter and Facebook. Kevin O’Connor, the newly named assistant commissioner and one of the department’s gang and online gurus, is in charge of the new social media unit, reports the New York Daily News. O’Connor has over 23 years of police work, some of which involves online cases. The new unit will be operating under the Community Affairs Bureau, and will also be handling...
Facebook is teaming up with California prison authorities to disable Facebook accounts that belong to prisoners that are updated while they are incarcerated. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said that the effort was designed to protect the community and prevent prisoners from using the social network or mobile phones to deliver unwanted sexual advances or threats. “Access to social media allows inmates to circumvent our monitoring process and continue to engage in criminal activity,” said CDCR...
Anonymous, or someone claiming to be a member of the group, has set up a Twitter account and a YouTube channel to announce its plan called “Operation Facebook.’ Last month, the hackers posted a YouTube video, warning people of the group’s plans to take down the social networking giant. “Attention citizens of the world, we are Anonymous. We wish to get your attention, hoping you heed the warnings as follows: Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed,” said the speaker in the video. The...
Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s director of marketing and sister of co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company after a six-year tenure to start a new media company to help firms become more social. According to a report by All Things D, the older Zuckerberg recently handed her letter of resignation to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and communications head Elliot Schrage. The 29-year-old marketing director later tweeted about her resignation from the largest social network in the world, which now claims...
It’s been more than a year since the Apple iPad was released and despite the success of the iPhone Facebook app, the social networking site has yet to release a Facebook app specifically designed for the iPad. According to reports from the New York Times, Facebook is planning to launch an iPad app in the “coming weeks.” “One person who works with Facebook said Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive and founder, has been heavily invested in the process, overseeing design decisions and the app’s unique...
Facebook announced yesterday that when a user posts a URL in a comment, a preview of the content will be shown in-line. It is very much like posting a link to your wall, only it is done in the comments section of every post. This new feature was announced by the social networking giant through a caption to a Wall Photo, which said, “Today we are launching a commenting feature that allows you to embed videos, photos, or web sites in comments just by including a URL. Your comment will include a video player, a thumbnail of a photo,...
In a move that appears to take a shot at Google, Facebook announced on Wednesday that they have teamed up with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook users. This news comes more than a week after Google launched its beta version of Google+, its attempt to directly compete with Facebook. “The video calling is so great and it’s so easy,” said Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. “Your least-technical friend is going to be able to get online with video chat and get connected. You’ll...
Snack company Doritos has crossed over to the gaming world to entertain fans with its first game called ‘Dip Desperado’. Dip Desperado is a multi-platform game created using the Corona SDK technology for a fun, seamless user experience. The game is available to play on Facebook, and can be downloaded for free at Apple’s App Store and the Android Market. The game was designed by ACNE Production (not to be confused with Looney Tunes’ ACME Corporation), makers of the Pizza Boy app. Markus Forsberg, creative director...