Facebook Messenger debuted today in Apple’s App Store, offering iPhone & Google Android users a unified chat experience with the ability to chat in groups with contacts from not only your Facebook friends but also your those listed in their contacts lists.
This app marks the launch of Facebook’s integration of Beluga, that was acquired in March of this year that specialized in group texting. (more…)
Having dominated the landscape of social media as we know it, Facebook now gives you yet another way to keep in touch with all those friends of yours. A new messenger app is going to change the way we have been using VoIP services and could present the popular Skype with a competitor that it can’t defeat.
Facebook Messenger for iPhone was developed by Crisp App and is available in Apple’s App Store. For $2.99 you get a convenient way to voice chat with your Facebook friends on-the-go. Select a friend’s name from your contact list, tap the call button, and they’ll receive a link to complete the connection in their current Facebook tab. Once your friend clicks through, your VoIP chat session is ready to go.
It’s still early (the app was released on February 17th), but the reviews for this app have been very positive so far.
Facebook users are familiar with the popular option to proclaim their relationship status and freely change their personal information from “single,” “in a relationship,” “engaged,” “married” or the ever mysterious “it’s complicated.” Last week, Facebook also added two new options to its list of relationship statuses including “in a civil union” and “in a domestic partnership.”
Now there is an app for Facebook users who actually want keep tabs on their friend’s relationship statuses.
It’s called the “Breakup Notifier” and it allows you to go through your friends list and choose potential friends that you might be interested in. The app then puts your selected friends onto a list that notifies you if their relationship status ever changes.
In other words, if you are tired of hitting the refresh button desperately hoping that the object of your affection has suddenly become single, then you’ll love this: You will INSTANTLY be sent an email when the object of your desire changes their relationship status.
Dan Loewenherz, 24, the creator of “Breakup Notifier” and a developer based in Beverly Hills, Calif., said it took him just about four hours to build the application.
The tagline from the app’s Web site pretty much says it all: “You like someone. They’re in a relationship. Be the first to know when they’re out of it.”
The app had more than 100,000 users in under 24 hours, and now has more than 200,000 users.
Following a six month promotion of free Facebook credits, the company has decided to end the program while making the move toward complete integration with all games on the social network.
Users who have free credits remaining might be a little frustrated. The decision by Facebook to pull the free credits program is most likely a result of the need to drive users to buy credits rather than just claim free credits.
Rumors have been swirling about that the credits expiration will only be applied to a limited group of users. Our guess is its for users who never even loaded a game after redeeming a free credits offer. As the July 1st deadline for all game developers to implement credits approaches, Facebook is making changes that will hopefully increase revenue for developers despite the cut the company will be taking. (more…)
With over 2,400 four-year universities located in the United States, high school students often find the actual process of applying to college
Splash Networks wants to help you select a school to send an application to easier, and a lot less stressful. Today, the company is launching a Facebook app called AdmissionSplash that will give prospective college students an idea how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their lists. (more…)