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by Alex Dobie
Jul 31, 2012
As part of its continuing promotional deal with British rapper Professor Green, Chinese phone-maker ZTE is launching a new Facebook video contest, where fans have the chance to win £1000 in ca...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 26, 2012
Earnings call season continued in full flow today with a new addition to the usual crowd. Facebook made their first post-IPO earnings call, and while the numbers don't really interest us greatly...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 25, 2012
Despite failing to set the world alight with 2011's ChaCha and Salsa, HTC and Facebook will collaborate once again to bring another Facebook phone to market next year, according to reports from ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 12, 2012
We'll believe it when we see it, but Facebook's latest Android app update promises to actually speed up login and navigation within the app. We know, we know. It's Facebook, whose mobile...
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by Michelle Haag
Jul 09, 2012
Not long ago, Scope for Android (formerly known as SocialScope) entered beta bringing a ton of new features and great updates. This all-in-one social app has support for Facebook, Twitter, Inst...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 26, 2012
When Facebook acquired Instagram nearly three months ago now, we knew there would be some enhanced Facebook integration coming eventually. As it so happens, eventually is right now as the latest Ins...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 25, 2012
Socialscope is something of an enigma in the mobile, social networking world. First arriving on BlackBerry, before progressing over to Android, the application has always required an invitation to u...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 08, 2012
Been having issues with Facebook for Android logging you out or just outright crashing seemingly for no reason? If so, time to grab the latest version that is now appearing in the Google Play Store....
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2012
If you're using the official Facebook application for Android, you'll want to head to Google Play and grab the latest version, as it's just been updated with "improved performance a...
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by Joshua Munoz
May 23, 2012
With all the hubbub around photo sharing services on Facebook, it only seems natural that someone would make an app that lets you not only snap pictures and add totally hipster effects to them, but ...
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by Richard Devine
May 15, 2012
Seems like the Facebook train just keeps on rolling, with todays news that the Lightbox team will be joining the social network. For Lightbox users, the end is sadly nigh as the service will be clos...
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by Chris Parsons
May 14, 2012
For Facebook fans, it's always a little bit scary when Facebook decides to rollout some new layout changes considering you never know if they're going to make the experience better or worse....
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by Alex Dobie
May 05, 2012
The official Facebook application for Android has received an update today, eliminating the much-maligned "Camera" and "Messenger" shortcuts within the app drawer. The apps were fi...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 25, 2012
Let's offer a little context right off the bat -- Taiwanese tech rumor site Digitimes has an at-best patchy record when it comes to reports on unannounced devices. So naturally we'd recommen...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 25, 2012
The official Facebook app for Android has been updated with a couple of small changes to the "Camera" and "Messenger" applications that come bundled with it. The new app icons, whi...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 21, 2012
By now we've heard plenty of rumored details, though nothing confirmed, about what Samsung's going to be showing off on May 3 in London. And today the plot thickens somewhat with the un...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 20, 2012
A freshly updated version of Facebook for Android has now landed in the Google Play Store and is ready for download. Getting bumped to v1.9, this release fixes some old bugs and introduces some new ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 20, 2012
So you've got your shiny new HTC One X or One S, but maybe you're a little underwhelmed by its battery life. Given the phones' lack of removable batteries, you might think you're out...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 10, 2012
Back in 1996 when Motorola was still building the Motorola StarTac, a PC based instant messaging program called ICQ was released. It eventually grew to over 100 million registered users but after a ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2012
Apparently, Instagram finally making its way to Android was a good business move. At least Facebook thinks so, and they bought out the photo-sharing company for a cool billion dollars. Congrats to a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
There goes the neighborhood. Only a week after finally arriving on Android, Instagram has sold out -- to Facebook. The price, according to a press release: $1 billion in cash and Facebook stock.
Fa...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 06, 2012
That other Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, just received an update that among other things is supposed to make it play better with Ice Cream Sandwich.
The visuals have also been updated, an...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 05, 2012
For all you Facebook fans out there not overly pleased with Facebook for Android, Friendcaster for Facebook has always been a great alternative. The latest update pushes the release to v5.0 and brin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 12, 2012
Android's Facebook app got an update today. Presumably something has been fixed in Version 1.8.4. But just like the last update, there's no changelog to be found, and Facebook's Android ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2012
Rumors of a March launch for the Samsung Galaxy S II's Android 4.0 upgrade have been circulating for a while, but now it seems we may have the first official word on when the update will land. S...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2012
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The Sophos security website has reported a new bit of Android malware, and this time it's being spread on Facebook. If you watch the video above, you'll see ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 15, 2012
Android's official Facebook app just got a sizable update this evening. Here's a look at what's new:
Navigate anywhere, fast: Get to your groups, apps, pages, and settings with a...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 14, 2012
Those that read up on my most-used apps of 2011 will know that I am a big fan of Alphascope, the private alpha version of the BlackBerry favourite Socialscope. The application still isn't finish...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 10, 2012
LinkedIn, the business professionals choice in social networking, is set to introduce advertising into their mobile applications according to their Chief Executive.
On an earnings call this week, J...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 02, 2012
Facebook's Android application just got an update that the social network says will bring better memory management, and "all kinds of bug fixes." If history repeats, we should see an u...
