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Microsoft says Xbox Live friend cap would jump to 1,000

Published on: 23rd October, 2010

In a German Facebook post, afterwards pulled, Microsoft suggested that the approaching Xbox 360 Dashboard update will eventually eliminate the Xbox Live’s 100-user friend cap. According to the post, the list of friends may now contain 1,000 persons and using Facebook it would be possible to even get more. The beta Dashboard update still does [...]

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg invited by Steve Jobs to discuss Ping

Published on: 20th October, 2010

Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg is said to have been invited by Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs to his home about two weeks ago for a discussion on the impasse of Ping. The two officials have been reportedly seen walking in Palo Alto and talking together. No details of the conversation have been intercepted but it is [...]

Facebook and Skype will integrate voice chat and SMS

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Skype and Facebook will coordinate their two services in a symbiotic relationship, as sources told to AllThingsD. While Skype would soon be a Facebook Connect member, users of Facebook will be able to send SMS messages and also hold voice chats using the interface of Skype. The new functionality in Skype will also include video [...]

Microsoft initiates a campaign on Facebook with PC vs. Mac application

Published on: 30th September, 2010

Microsoft has begun an anti-Mac campaign on its Australian fan page of social networking with the PC vs. Mac Facebook application. The company hopes to interrupt the stereotypes created by Apple ads related to Windows users by inviting visitors to guess each other’s computer choices. They are also invited to take quizzes and test their [...]

Further details of the plans of Facebook’s handset

Published on: 30th September, 2010

Together with various reports revealing Facebook’s plans related to the development of a mobile platform, details of a handset for the social network have been released. According to earlier rumors, the device would be built by INQ and would be shipped in Europe in the first half of next year, while a US launch would [...]

Android-based Facebook phone still in works

Published on: 25th September, 2010

While trying to debunk rumors relating to a self-made phone, Facebook claimed to still have this project in work but said to have picked the operating system. It seems the phone would use Android and would focus on making the whole platform more suitable for social networking. Speculations are that Erick Tseng, Android Senior Product [...]

Google would equip businesses with check-in and rating devices

Published on: 22nd September, 2010

According to sources cited by TechCrunch, Google is said to prepare mobile devices that could be used for checkins and social networking to equip a certain number of small businesses. The devices are to be used by customers to rate the businesses or to finalize purchases through Google Checkout. The company seems to accelerate its [...]

Microsoft co-founder company sued Apple, Facebook and others over search

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Interval Licensing sued several top companies for alleged infringement of four patents related to what they call fundamental technology that is used for search and online commerce. Interval claims that firms like Apple, AOL, Facebook, Google, eBay, Netflix, OfficeMax, Staples, YouTube, Yahoo and Office Depot have violated patents regarding a form of browsing and means [...]

Microsoft sold just 8,810 Kin phones according to Facebook application

Published on: 14th July, 2010

Recent information saying that Microsoft has sold only 503 Kin One and Two phones is probably not real. The reason is very simple: as Kin requires users’ registration of the Facebook application on the site, it is logical that the number of users who are active on Facebook should normally match the number of Kins. [...]

Kindle 2.5 firmware pushed out to more e-readers

Published on: 29th May, 2010

As Amazon promised in April, it has started to push out the 2.5 firmware update for the Kindle reader. The update was received by only a limited number of users in the first days of May. The software update page of Kindle shows a “coming soon” OTA, but other users have already begun to receive [...]

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