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Car accidents caused by smartphones doubled

Car accidents caused by Smartphone use has Doubled

Mobile, Online Marketing, Tech NewsMarch 21, 20190Comments

Research done by the Korean Traffic Climate and Environment Research Center shows that the amount of accidents that have happened in the capitol of South Korea Seoul that have been caused by drivers looking or using their smartphone has doubled. The last research done about this in the US was back in 2011 by GHSA who claims…

Facebook announces purchase of WhatsApp, But will it affect the user?

Apps, Internet & Software, Mobile, Social MediaMarch 16, 20190Comments

Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will purchase popular messaging application WhatsApp for $19 billion in a combination of cash and stock. The announcement comes at a time when the battle for mobile messaging is really heating up, with WhatsApp competing with several other contenders including Facebook's own Messenger app.WhatsApp currently counts 450 million users…

Next Facebook Home Phone to be manufactured by Samsung

Mobile, Social Media, Tech NewsMarch 4, 20190Comments

We all remember Facebook Home smartphone, right? The device which was manufactured by HTC was a complete flop starting out at $99 dollars and soon dropped to just $0.99 cents. The device featured a Facebook skin that would dominate the user experience and make the whole device turn around one thing, Facebook.From the beginning it…

Facebook to start using new Mobile game ads

Online Marketing, Social MediaFebruary 9, 20190Comments

Facebook is testing to start integrating ads into your notification center. The notifications will be mainly game suggestions based on games your friends play and other games related to the games you have played your self. This new ad type was spotted by Twitter founding engineer Britt Selvitelle.We’re always testing new channels to promote games,”…

Goofy: The new Facebook messenger client for OSX

Apple, Apps, Internet & Software, Social MediaJanuary 12, 20190Comments

Since its launch Facebook has received many criticism about its new Facebook Messenger app which previously was integrated into the Facebook app but is now available as a standalone app. The Facebook messenger app is currently only available on mobile but not on desktop at least so we thought.Goofy is a feature rich Facebook Messenger client…

How to download Facebook Paper app outside of the US

Apps, Mobile, Social MediaOctober 3, 20180Comments

The new Facebook Paper app is now available to download from the app store, the downside is that the only people allowed to download have to live in the United States. So if you can't wait to use the app and wait for an international release then you're still able to get your hands on the…

WhatsApp is working on a Tablet version

Apps, Internet & Software, Social MediaSeptember 7, 20180Comments

The recently acquired by Facebook IM app called WhatsApp is working on a version for tablets an anonymous WhatsApp employee confirms to the Bild. The app with more then 400 million users is currently only available on smartphones running Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry.A tablet version of the app is a "much requested feature by…

Facebook starts rolling out offline posting feature

Apps, Internet & Software, Social MediaAugust 5, 20180Comments

It has been rumored for some time that Facebook would soon allow users to make status updates while they are not connected to the internet, but it looks like it has now started to roll out this feature in The Netherlands Dutch news website Nu reports.Only 2.5% of the users currently in Holland that have…

Facebook introduces the Hashtag

Internet & Software, Social MediaMay 8, 20180Comments

As of today Facebook users can use the #Hastag to relate their facebook status update to a certain topic. The hastags are clickable and are very similar to how Twitter’s work.