When Facebook announced it would be launching 'something awesome' this past Wednesday, many in the industry thought that the mystery new product could be a music service. With Spotify reportedly in cahoots with Facebook, a new music streaming service wouldn't have been a huge surprise, but alas it was not to be.
At a Q&A session at today's Facebook's event, Mark Zuckerberg, the company's CEO and founder, was asked about his opinion on Google+. According to Mark, he simply sees Google's service as a validation for his vision, much like personal computing today is a validation of the vision of just a few people several decades ago.
Facebook has greatly enhanced it's Chat functionality, with three major new features: group chats, video calls and a new look and feel for the feature, making the contacts list more prominent than ever before.
Twitter appears to be rolling out a new change to its users' profile pages, with the alteration apparently coming in an attempt to aid the conversation between tweeters.
Google+ is currently polarizing the web-based community. Whether you love it or hate it, few can deny that Google's first entry into the social networking space (we're not going to count Buzz, because it, well, sucks) has some interesting features.
If you were lucky enough to have received in invite for Google+, you're probably trying to figure out how to customize it. What if you made the new social network look like Facebook? Thanks to a browser add-on known as Stylish, that's possible.
Earlier today, we reported on a minor update for Facebook's iPhone client. It turns out that Facebook had something much bigger up its sleeve: Facebook 2.0 for Windows Phone 7. The new version sports improved aesthetics and push notifications, ahead of the Mango update, which is expected to come out later this year.
Facebook has been rather leaky lately. We’ve heard and covered a leaked photo sharing app, “Project Spartan” and a reportedly imminent iPad app. Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has confirmed the launch of a new Facebook feature/product which is set to be announced next week. Could this be in reaction to all the attention that Google+ has been getting this week? Maybe, just maybe!
As Facebook continues its process of world domination, HTC has introduced a new phone with heavy Facebook integration. The Status, as it's now called (formerly HTC ChaCha), is a new AT&T phone with many Facebook oriented features, including a dedicated Facebook button, making sharing content on Facebook just a few seconds away.
According to a market valuation, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, might be the third wealthiest tech titan, just behind Oracle's Larry Ellison and Bill Gates. What makes this even more interesting is that he's by far the youngest.
