Just when you thought Facebook was being too generous for buying Whatsapp for $19 billion, we have another surprising news again today. From Facebook’s official blog post, Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder and CEO) announced that Facebook has acquired Oculus for $2 billion ($400 million in cash + Facebook shares valued at around $1.6 billion). Oculus […]
In an unsuspected move, Facebook today announced that they have acquired WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging service for mobile devices, for $16 billion purchase price and $3 billion worth of RSUs (Restricted Stock Unit). Oh, and there is a requirement that Jan Koum (WhatsApp co-founder and CEO) to join the Facebook board. $19 billion! That’s
Facebook Paper Review – Finally, we can all download the most anticipated, official, new app from Facebook, Facebook Paper. The app looks better than the stock Facebook app, very intuitive to interact with, and comes with its very own news feed from media outlets around the world. So is it worth a download and to
Facebook is officially releasing an app called “Paper”. You can think of it as Flipboard for Facebook on iOS7 steroids. It’s what Facebook app should have been on iOS7 (not that I’m complaining about the current Facebook iOS app). Facebook Paper explores all the “stories” on your Facebook news feed and transform them into elegant,
Note: This is a guest post written by Roz Visarra Facebook announced this week that they will be launching a new video ad format that will be displayed on user news feeds, and the company is testing it with movie trailers, starting with the movie, Divergent. Facebook’s autoplay video ad does exactly that, play automatically
Sometimes, friends of yours on Facebook will recommend (or invite) you to play a game that he/she plays. This is fine, but at times, it can be quite annoying if you are the type who don’t like to play games. Or perhaps you just can’t be bothered and don’t want your Facebook notifications to be
I’m still waiting for the new Facebook interface on my News Feed, even though I have registered my interest from day one. Another new update has been released by Facebook today and thankfully, it seems to be rolling out live for everyone now. The new feature is a great one – Shared Album on Facebook.
Note: This is a guest post written by Ashish Bhatnagar Privacy has always remained the biggest topic of debate for social networks and IT companies. If you’re one of those people who care about their privacy a lot on social networking sites then surely you won’t be happy after reading this news. Today, Facebook said
Note: This is a guest post written by Ashish Bhatnagar Facebook’s transformation from a social network to a personalized newspaper is in progress and they’re continuously rolling out new features for making this newspaper attractive. In a series of efforts to do so, today they launched a longtime missing feature of hashtags.
So you think your Facebook account is secure? You’ve got a super-long-and-complicated password? Well, good for you! However, what if your Facebook account gets compromised, someone hacks into your account, and then changes your profile completely (email, password, etc)? This actually happened to a friend of mine and as a result, his Facebook account was
How to enable Facebook’s Reply to Comment – Ah.. the beauty of threaded comments. There are times when you wanted to reply to a specific person on a Facebook status (yours or someone else’s). Currently (or previously), you need to use an “@Facebook friend’s name” to point that you only meant to say something to
Facebook is updating its interface again. Oh no, what? Love it or hate it, the new update will be rolling to all Facebook users sooner than you think. This time, Facebook is targeting the news feed, which is the bare bone of Facebook. As such, this is a really crucial update and whether you love
