How to See Facebook Timelines on Your iPhone

Back in September of this year, Facebook held its F8 developer conference. Like Apple’s WWDC event, Facebook uses F8 to announce new features and services. The big hit of this year’s conference was the company’s new Timeline feature.

Facebook Timelines allows you to see all of a user’s content on the social networking site in one convenient stream. I already shown you last night how to "Get It" new feature on your Facebook profile , and now i'm going to tell you how to see it on the iPhone…

Facebook recently rolled out some updates to its website that enabled the viewing of the new feature on mobile devices via the web app. This means that if you visit m.facebook.com from your iPhone, you should be able to see everyone’s Timelines.

To make sure yours is activated, visit www.facebook.com/about/timeline and click ‘Get Timeline.’ It’s not showing up in the native iPhone app yet, but since the app is just a frontend to the mobile website, it shouldn’t be too long before it’s available. Enjoy ~

[Via: idownloadblog]

Facebook's new Timeline feature is Live

Facebook's new Timeline feature, which offers a new way to present your Facebook profile to the world, has gone live today, but you'll have to opt in to get the new features right now.

To get Timeline on your profile, you need to first head over to Facebook's official Timeline page and click the "Get It Now" button at the bottom of the page. Once you enable it on your account, you need to set everything up. You have a seven day review period to tinker with the design before anyone else can see it, or you can hit the publish button and get it going immediately.

The review process is there so you can fiddle with your settings. As with the previous version of Facebook, you can hide or delete status updates, but you can now highlight the updates you want to feature on your Timeline by clicking on the star to the right of the update. You can also pick out a banner image for the top of your profile. A new tool called Activity Log also makes its debut and you can review every single thing you've ever done on Facebook since you opened your account.

As best as we can tell, your privacy setting seem to remain intact, but as with any Facebook update, you may want to check and make sure you're not accidentally sharing information you don't want to. Timeline comes with a few new settings of its own, including rules regarding who can post on your Timeline and who can't, so it's worth reviewing your settings before hitting the publish button.

[Via: lifehacker]

Facebook ready to Bring Video Calls to Messenger App

Earlier this year Facebook added Skype video calling to its social networking service. The new feature allows users to make free video calls to other Facebook friends from their computers.

We’ve been expecting Facebook to bring the service to the mobile space since it was introduced this summer, but we haven’t heard anything about it… until now. We’ve just gotten word that Facebook is testing a new Messenger app with the ability to make video calls.

Last night iDB received a tip from the folks over at iPhoneItalia that Facebook has just seeded a new version of its popular Messenger application to developers. The update includes a video calling feature that is likely based on the aforementioned Skype technology.

The interface is extremely simple. Users are able to make calls out from their friends list, and those receiving the call have the option to answer or decline it. Its basic design reminds us a lot of Apple’s FaceTime interface, although it could change between now and when it’s released.

Apple might want to keep an eye on this project. Facebook consists of over 700 million active subscribers — almost 3X the size of Apple’s iTunes account holders. Once this app is complete, it could pose a real threat to FaceTime, as Facebook Messenger has to iMessage.

Will you use Facebook’s video calling feature?

[Via: idownlaodblog]

The Real Facebook Phone Is Finally Coming?

You might remember the AT&T Status, the "Facebook phone" that didn't quite live up to its name. Now, AllThingsD claims, the rumors will finally bear fruit: a Facebook Phone made by Facebook. The real deal. And it sounds pointless.

ATD says "the phone is planned to run on a modified version of Android that Facebook has tweaked heavily to deeply integrate its services." Now, if that means a Kindle Fire take on Android—basically making it unrecognizable—that could be a great thing. But if it means stuffing Android with lots of Facebook links, it could be a race car wreck.

But here's a more urgent point—do we need this? Don't we already have this? "Facebook has worked to take things a step further," AllThingsD alleges, "allowing users to upload photos directly from the picture-taking app, or to integrate Facebook contacts with the phone's address book." You mean like Windows Phone 7 does? You mean like WebOS did from day one? What hole is Zuckerberg trying to fill here? And do we really trust Facebook, whose IM client has been out for years, is still buggy, and Timeline is months overdue. Facebook does lots of things excellently—they're ubiquitous for a reason—but clean software I'd want on my phone daily doesn't seem like one of them. 

[Via: Gizmodo & AllThingsD]

Facebook Messenger Now Available Everywhere

Facebook Messenger has quickly become one of my favorite apps for the iPhone. Before Apple released iOS 5 and iMessage to the public, Facebook Messenger was my client of choice to communicate with my friends scattered around the world.

The problem was that most of my friends overseas couldn’t use the application. It seems that this is not an issue anymore, as Facebook has brought support for 12 additional languages, and is releasing the app in many more countries…

So far, iDB can confirm that Facebook Messenger is available in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Brazil, but it looks like the app is actually available worldwide.

So get your downloading on!!! :)

[via: idownloadblog & Thanks Tito and Roman for the tip]

Facebook for iPad Now Available

Facebook has finally decided to release its official iPad app in the App Store. After months and months of waiting, the social networking giant decided to pull the trigger and release its iPad app.

Facebook for iPad was leaked a couple months ago, and jailbreakers were able to keep the iPad version running as long as the app wasn’t updated. The real version is finally out…

Unsurprisingly, the app looks identical to the version that was leaked back in July, with the addition of Facebook’s new Timeline view. Also, you can play Facebook games full screen and take advantage of improved app integration.

I’ve been using Facebook’s iPad app for months, and it’s pretty great. Browsing your feed, photos, and friends’ profiles is a nice experience. The UI design is also a great implementation of Facebook’s chat and check-in services.

As noted by This is my next, the Facebook for iPhone app is also getting updated with app bookmarks, improved notifications, and Facebook Credit support for in-app payments.

Facebook for iPad is populating in the App Store. Let us know if the update shows up for you in the App Store.

Check out Facebook’s iPad app webpage.

UPDATE: Facebook for iPad is alive. Download it in the App Store for free. There’s also a slick new web app for Mobile Safari.

[via: idownloadblog]

Facebook to Launch iPad App Early Next Week

According to MG Siegler of TechCrunch, Facebook is set unveil its long awaited iPad app and Project Spartan, the HTML 5-based mobile platform the company has been working on for months, early next week.

We know the iPad app has been ready for a while – which was confirmed by a former Facebook employee – but it appears that Spartan has been ready for quite some time, too. But the company has apparently been working out the kinks with Apple. Better than that, Facebook may unveil these new products at Apple’s iPhone 5 launch next week…

“Earlier this week, Mashable reported that Facebook’s iPad app would launch at Apple’s iPhone event this coming Tuesday. For what it’s worth, we’ve heard Facebook is actually planning to launch the iPad app at their own iPad/Spartan event on Monday. But they’re still discussing all of this with Apple. And Apple has been well known to change things at the last second. It is possible that they want Facebook to launch this on stage at their event to showcase some of the new HTML5 capabilities of iOS 5 (which will also be formally unveiled at the event).

I believe the Monday launch is a fallback option. Facebook is apparently ready to go with or without Apple.”

Would it be surprising if Facebook was invited to speak at Apple’s event? Yes and no. Yes, because the two companies hate each other. And no, because both companies hate Google even more. Teaming up against Google seems to be the strategy adopted by Apple and Facebook.

One thing is sure, next week is going to be a hell of a week for iOS. And of course, @BlogAboutEverything's here to keep you posted! 




[via: idownloadblog]

Ex-Facebook Employee Tells All, iPad App Has Been Ready Since May

Last week, Facebook held its annual F8 conference. Much like Apple’s WWDC, F8 is an event where Facebook shows off new innovations to the media and its developers.

While there were a number of announcements made on Thursday, there was something noticeably missing from Mark Zuckerburg’s keynote: the iPad app. We know it exists, so why hasn’t Facebook released it yet?

The Next Web helps shine some light on the topic by pointing to a blog post written today by Jeff Verkoeyen, an ex-Facebook employee. Verkoeyen was actually the lead engineer on the iPad app project, but has since left the company.

Jeff’s post has been deleted, but luckily The Next Web was able to snag the message:

“On Quitting Facebook

I’ve had many people question why I would quit working for Facebook. It’s a complicated answer, but it’s related to the fact that since January of this year I was the lead engineer on Facebook’s iPad app.

The app still hasn’t been released, though it was infamously leaked via TechCrunch. It was feature-complete in May and for reasons I won’t go into details on the app was repeatedly delayed throughout the summer. Over the past 8 months I dedicated a significant amount of time toward building this app, sometimes putting in over 80 hours of work in a given week in the hopes of meeting the “perpetually moving tow-weeks-away launch date” every software developer fears.

After the app reached feature completion in May and I was told that it was going to be delayed yet again, I stopped working on the project entirely. A few weeks later I decided to focus my energy on the Nimbus project.

It is now nearly 5 months since the app was feature complete and I haven’t seen it released except for when the project was leaked on TechCrunch. Needless to say this was a frustrating experience for me. The experience of working on this app was a large contribution to the reasons why I left Facebook, though that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a difficult decision.

I learned a lot during my time at Facebook. Facebook is truly an exciting place to work at and I am sad that my experience there was less than ideal. I had the great privilege of working closely with some of the best designers in the industry and shadowing David Recordon as we looked into the possibility of me working on their open source team. I spent a significant amount of time thinking about what I wanted to do and decided in the end that I needed to switch things up and step away from Facebook.

I wish them the best of luck going forward. Timeline was an incredible launch and I look forward to following the company’s progress going forward.”

 If you were one of the lucky folks that unlocked the iPad app before Facebook blocked the option, you know it’s pretty solid. So, why the on going delay? There has been speculation that Facebook’s growing competition with Apple has contributed to the holdback.

On the other hand, as TNW points out, there have also been rumors of a special presentation of the app at Apple’s October 4th event. We’re not sure how iPad software would fit in with an iPhone/iPod touch unveiling, but we’re not ruling out the possibility.

Why do you think Facebook’s iPad app hasn’t been released yet?

[via: idownloadblog]

Everything You Need to Know About the Facebook Update

You might have noticed that Facebook changed hours ago. Inline photos are a little bigger, the top bar a little blockier, and a news ticker now rests in the upper-righthand corner for real-time updates. 

This latest flurry of updates caps off a steady flow of tweaks over the past few weeks. You now subscribe to your friends' updates as you would an RSS feeds. You can subscribe to people you're not even friends with. You can organize friend groups by type (in Google+ fashion), not just for chat purposes. And you also have more on-the-fly control over who does and doesn't see your wall posts. All of these features come together to make Facebook feel different, even if it's fundamentally unchanged at its core. Here's a look at the new Facebook.

News Ticker
The immediate reaction to the news ticker—my immediate reaction to the news ticker—was that it was redundant. We have a feed already! It works fine! But I suspect that in the long run, Facebook will further differentiate what goes into the two feeds, especially with the addition of subscriptions. It's Twitterish in the rate at which updates fly in, but the content is still very much Facebookian.

Right now, there's a lot of overlap between the updates in the news feed and those in the news ticker (especially since it's morning on the East Coast right now). But going forward, I can envision a lot fewer likes, and comments showing up in the main news feed.

News Feed
Facebook sees the news feed serving as a digest. There will always be recent updates, but probably mostly from people whose profiles you actually visit and only the types of updates you actually care about. Facebook is very gung-ho on the concept of top news, which are posts flagged by some algorithm they've developed, and which will keep those updates in your feed for a considerable amount of time. This is what keeps Facebook from devolving into just an over-crowded Twitter.

Photos
Seeing a huge-ass thumbnail plastered in my feed was actually a welcome change. And now, when you upload or are tagged in multiple photos, it shows up in a stylish, multi-panel design. Good work, Facebook!

Subscriptions
Want some (or all) of someone's updates, but don't necessarily want the baggage of being FB friends with them? Just subscribe to their feed. People will still see who you are following, so it's not a work around for your stalking antics. But it's especially nice for those people who want to share their life and work with a broader audience without getting too personal. What Pages does for companies, Subscriptions will do for individuals.

Friend Lists
There's been some form of grouping on Facebook for awhile now, but now Friend Lists are much more useful on Facebook. You can easily send updates to one or more groups without sending to all. Think of these like circles in Google+.

[via: Gizmodo]

Facebook for iPad App to be Released on September 22?

Facebook has announced that it has an upcoming event planned for September 22. If you don’t remember, a while ago there was a way to try out the Facebook for iPad app with a little hacking.

Facebook hasn’t said much about what its upcoming event will be about, but all bets are on the official iPad app release. 

Having a Facebook app for the iPad has been a long time request of users. Hopefully Facebook will be able to deliver at its upcoming event.

We’ve also seen what the app is going to look like, and it’s pretty close to the final product. Facebook is just waiting for the right time to release it. If you are looking to get the app now, you can do so via a jailbreak tweak over >>>HERE<<<.

 [Via By: idownloadblog.com & The Wall Street Journal]

Facebook Wanted To Buy Instagram

There have been whispers that Facebook wanted to buy Instagram, but as that never went anywhere, Facebook now wants to kill Instagram. They're adding photo filters to their Facebook app.

Instagram, as you already know, makes its name and money in the photo filtering, photo sharing, photo social networking type business. It's fun! Facebook, obviously wants its piece of that pie and according to the NY Times, will "introduce almost a dozen photo filters, including some that are similar to Instagram like old-style camera lenses and grainy film".

The photo filters feature is all ready to go but Facebook is expected to add the new feature in the coming months at which point we'll all be subjected to all photo filters everything from people we don't even know why we're friends with.

What do u think? Will Facebook kill Instagram?

  [Via: Gizmodo & NY Times]

Facebook now on Fridge Magnets

Did your Parents ever tell you that if you don't have something nice to say, not say it at all? She obviously didn't have Fridgebook magnets, which you can use to hire hitmen, talk about Boys. Or note it down some Reminder... 

What do u think? Will u buy it they'll cost £15 ($24/Rm72++). 

[Via: Gizmodo & ThumbsUp]