We all knew it was coming and the day is here for Facebook users. Video ads will start playing in your news feed. The move could mean an additional 915 million in revenue for the social media giant. For Facebook users this just means added annoyance and possible data consuming maintenance to be careful of. … Read more
Could this be a new trend? Let’s offer free internet data to users on the form of accessing Facebook only. Well, ridiculously profitable ad based Facebook can afford to apparently subsidize T-Mobile’s prepaid brand GoSmart Mobile free data as long as you pollute your mind with Facebook ads. We already have ad based free content … Read more
Microsoft has been doing some serious work behind the scenes with their Facebook beta app. The latest work has resulted in a set of phenomenal live tiles that show why Live Tiles are one of the most powerful things introduced to smartphones. Not only does the Live Tile for the Facebook Beta app alerts you … Read more
Today is another great day for Windows Phone. Instagram has now launched their increasingly popular and dominant social sharing platform Instagram on Windows Phone. The standard features are all included and the team has pledged to deliver newer features as soon as possible. Now that the Windows Phone community numbers in the tens of millions … Read more
It was announced with some fanfare earlier this week that Microsoft has released APIs which will allow Windows 8 / Windows Phone 8 apps to use Facebook/Twitter credentials to login. Many apps like; Foursquare, iHeart Radio and Adobe will start to make use of these APIs. I am sure this makes many developers happy. And … Read more
So a HTC device can stop a bullet huh? Well can it survive three months underwater? Not many devices can make that claim but according to a Swedish resident Roger Nilsson, a Nokia Lumia 800 cannonball into the water and stay there for three months! Posting on his Facebook page Roger states that his Lumia … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg kicks off event talking about Facebook’s mission and the different kinds of content people like to share. Today they have chosen to focus on Instagram. The Instagram team is 3x what it was when Facebook bought them last year. Instagram does not add any new value to Facebook. That is the big takeaway … Read more
I’ve kept a close eye on Waze for a number of years now, ever since it’s Windows Mobile days! I must say, it has come a long way, a very long way. The concept behind Waze has always been interesting to me, a crowd sourced experience to ultimately get you where you’re going a bit … Read more
Starting today, Instagram users will get an update for a new features called “Photos of you,” aka Facebook! This feature will now allow you to tag not only people, but brands as well, along with the geotag information. But wait, it gets better, there’s an all new tab that will allow you to see pictures … Read more
Surprisingly quickly after the release of Facebook’s latest master piece, Facebook Home, the iOS (iPhone and iPad) receives an update featuring the super popular Chat Heads. Chat Head’s are pretty much floating icons off to the side of your screen waiting for your Facebook Chat goodness. Most with early access to Facebook Home have actually … Read more