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Google Glass getting apps for Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, CNN and more

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has just announced a slew of new apps that are coming to Google Glass. In an effort to expand Glass's abilities, a handful of different apps will become available to users, including Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, CNN, Tumblr, and Elle. Previously, only Path and The New York Times were available as apps on Google Glass. Read The Full Story

Facebook “Trial by Timeline” app shows instances of self-incrimination

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

For years now, law enforcement has utilized social networks - Facebook in particular - as part of their evidence-gathering efforts, in some instances finding cause to arrest or ticket individuals who incriminate themselves with status updates. Such was perhaps the inspiration for Amnesty International's "Trial by Timeline" app, which searches your Facebook accounts and shows you the various ways you've incriminated yourself and the punishments you would receive in different locations around the world. Read The Full Story

Facebook kills bizarre social roulette app

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook is the world's largest social network and boasts millions of users all around the world. I'd wager a huge number of those users have a love-hate relationship with social network. They love being able to keep in touch with friends and family, but there always seems to be at least a few people on your friends list that are more intent on creating drama and getting on your nerves than keeping in touch. Read The Full Story

Facebook used Pixar illustrator and psychologist to develop Finch emoticons

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar talked to the folks over at Popular Science, discussing how the new emoticons available for Messenger were created. In early 2012, the engineer crossed paths with a UC Berkeley professor of psychology who specializes in emotions, Dacher Keltner, who soon partnered with Facebook to offer his expertice. Soon after Pixar illustrator Matt Jones was on board as well. Read The Full Story

HTC First reportedly discontinued by AT&T: Facebook Home hopeless?

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week it's become apparent that not only are sales of the HTC One lacking - that device also known as the first "true" Facebook Phone - the software isn't doing so hot either. As the Facebook Home software for Android reaches 1 million downloads, it also falls off the top 100 downloaded apps list. Much less exciting than it was when it first launched - finding more excitement specifically on SlashGear's own Facebook page than any other subject in the past few months (barring the GALAXY S 4 and the HTC One, of course). Read The Full Story

Elon Musk and David Sacks abandon Zuckerberg’s lobbying group FWD.Us

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame launched a lobbying group called FWD.Us, which purports to be for immigration reform and has more than a few big names associated with it, including Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, who joined a couple weeks after its unveiling. Among those big-name supporters was Elon Musk of Tesla and David Sacks of Yammer, both of whom have abandoned the group, according to sources who are said to be familiar with the matter. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Bing integrates Facebook Likes and comments

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is continuously adding new features to its Bing search engine, and this time around the company has added integration for Facebook that allows users of the social networking site to comment and Like stuff directly in Bing search results. Microsoft has been researching ways to distinguish itself from Google, and it seems social is the way to go for them. Read The Full Story

Facebook and Waze: blending your worlds together one data point at a time

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Word has it Facebook is looking to acquire crowdsource navigation app Waze for a hefty $1 billion. Such a move would provide the social network with an array of location-based data far more substantial than any it has had thus far, adding the information on top of what it already knows about consumers' likes, check-ins, and social circles. There's been a lot of talk about what Waze could do for Facebook, but the end result of that is more personal: what a Waze acquisition could mean for mobile users. Location data presents the ability to uniquely blend our real-world and digital worlds, mixing them together in such a way that one is always fueling the other. Read The Full Story

Facebook Home hits HTC One and Galaxy S 4 in quiet social update

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook Home has quietly added support for the HTC One and - unofficially - the Samsung Galaxy S 4, as the social network Android homescreen replacement attempts to build on its 1m+ existing users. The app originally launched for the Galaxy S III, Note II, HTC One X, and One X+, with the promise of One and Galaxy S 4 support when both handsets were released. Now that appears to have been added, albeit with a slightly confusing error message on the Samsung phone. Read The Full Story

Facebook Home downloads reach seven digits, minor update incoming

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has announced that its new Facebook Home app launcher for Android has reached one million downloads in just four weeks. The social network giant first launched the home screen app launcher almost a month ago, alongside the HTC First "Facebook phone." This comes just a couple weeks after Facebook Home eclipsed 500,000 downloads late last month. Read The Full Story

Facebook buying Waze in $1bn social map deal tip insiders

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook could splash up to $1bn on social mapping app specialist Waze, new leaks suggest, potentially ramping up the social site's mobile functionality. The imminent deal, tipped in Calcalist, Ynet, and The Market, comes after a claimed six months of negotiations between the firms, and would echo Facebook's billion-dollar Instagram acquisition by falling somewhere in the $800m-$1bn range, sources claim. Read The Full Story

HTC First struggling as AT&T ramps Facebook phone subsidy

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

The HTC First is the Facebook phone that social networking addicts have been craving for, but it seems AT&T is desperately trying move inventory of the new device because they just dropped the subsidy price of the First down to a mere $0.99 for a limited time. Previously, the phone sold for $99 after signing a two-year contract. Read The Full Story
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