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Facebook To Launch New App For Breaking News?

Is the world’s most popular social media platform planning to launch a new mobile app designed to deliver breaking news, including current news and happenings from sources followed by users? It appears so, at least according to a report published by BusinessInsider. Similar to how tweets work, the mobile app would permit partnered news sources to deploy mobile alerts to all of their followers in one instant.

Huawei Breaks Ground on Guinea's First High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network

Deep in the heart of a remote area of the West African nation of Guinea, engineers and officials from China's telecommunications giant Huawei gather to break ground on the nation's very first fiber-optic cable. When the project is completed in 2017, millions of people in Guinea will be able to benefit from high-speed and low-cost access to the Internet.

 

Facebook’s Internet.org Now Open To Any Wireless Carrier In The World

Facebook has just announced via a blog post that it is now opening up Internet.org to any wireless carrier in the planet that is willing to give basic Internet services to people living in countries with limited web and mobile access. Any wireless carrier that joins though will have to offer the basic Internet services for free to any Internet.org user.

 

YouTube Revamps Its Mobile App, Plans To Enter Into Virtual Reality

The world’s most popular hub for watching video content has redesigned its mobile map, adding new notification features and granting users more control over uploaded videos on the go. On top of that, YouTube is also planning to support three dimensional, 360 degree video content before this year ends. This later part is intriguing because it would strongly suggest that the Google owned video content website is definitely heading to full virtual reality territory.

 

Introducing Wi-Fi Aware: A New Technology That Lets You Instantly Connect All Your Devices

After three long years of research and development via a joint effort by some of the world’s biggest tech companies, a new technology is born, and it is going to bring Wi-Fi to new heights.

 

Is Facebook Thinking Of Inserting Music Videos Into Users’ Feeds?

Facebook may be entering into the music business. But instead of competing with the likes of Spotify, Pandora, and Apple’s new music streaming subscription service Apple Music, the social media giant may be looking to bring music videos directly into the news feeds of its users.

 

Facebook’s New Photo Uploader Has Text Overlay Capabilities And More

A picture paints a thousand words, or so they say. But if you incorporate a carefully chosen text over the image, it just might become the next Internet meme to go viral. Or at least get about 40 likes from your friends when you post it on your Facebook timeline. 

Kindle Now Supports Messaging Apps, Web Book Previews

Here is some good news for owners of popular e-book reader Kindle. They now have a new way of socializing with fellow Kindle users and e-book enthusiasts. That is because Kindle's sharing features now support messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and text messaging, among many others. 

 

Dropbox’s Registered Users Now At Over 400 Million

Dropbox just recently revealed that it has now gained over 400 million registered users. In May of last year, the company had announced that it had breached the 300 millionth mark. This time, it adds another milestone to its continuing growth.

 

Google Adds Free Radio Component To Google Play Music

Google Play Music, the music streaming subscription service by Google that costs $10 a month, has not introduced any free element since it was launched, perhaps besides the usual free trials. But now, the tech giant is adding a free radio component to the service, which should allow people who have not subscribed yet to Google Play Music to be able to at least enjoy the music streaming service temporarily.

 

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