Facebook Turns 9 Today

The super popular social networking site- Facebook (FB) which literally changed the meaning of internet for an entire generation has turned Nine today. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in the year 2004 as a sophomore at Harvard University, it has now become a part of people’s life style amongst all age groups.

With each passing year Facebook gained profit as well as popularity which grew at rapid rate.In the year 2004 FB introduced the Wall, which allows people to write personal messages, post pictures and sharing other stuff on profile pages. In 2007 FB sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft for $240 million and forges advertising partnership. In the year 2008 FB introduced chat feature on its platform, followed by a feature to “Like” posts, pictures and other things on profile walls in the year 2009.

Facebook introduced Timeline which is a new version of the profile page of the users in 2011. A year later FB filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. Most recently, this year FB announced the launch of Graph Search enabling users to search anything which their Facebook friends have shared, including photos and posts.

Idea Launches Ivory..

Idea Cellular has launched Android-powered smartphone Ivory. The smartphone is based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and runs on 1GHz processor. The 3G smartphone from Idea features a 3.5' Full Touch Bar and offers 4GB internal memory and 512MB RAM.  Other features of the phone include G Sensor, built-in social media apps like Facebook and Twitter, IMAP, HTML and music video player. Ivory comes in two colour options white and black. 

The dual-sim smartphone from Idea is priced at Rs 7,390. Ivory is the fifth Android-based 3G smartphone from Idea. The company claims to have sold more than 2.25 lakh devices in the Indian market. Like all the other previous smartphones from Idea, the new dual SIM 3G smartphone, Ivory, also comes packed with data usage offers for Idea 3G users. The pack offers 1GB of free data every month for first three months and free Idea TV for just Rs 261. 

Facebook Phone..

Facebook Phone

It’s been quite a while since news about the top secret offering from the social networking giant - Facebook is making rounds in the tech circle. Some people are referring it to be a new smartphone from Zuckerberg`s company, others are pointing towards a new operating system.

According to an international gadget portal, it’s now official that Facebook is holding an event on 15^th January 2013 at California. The invite reads “Come and see what we are building”, which makes this quite apparent that it could be a phone from this multi-billion dollar company. Earlier in 2011, rumors were at their peak about Facebook coming out with a phone but the company`s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg always remained in the denial mode ever since.

But interestingly, rumors at that time indicated the release of a phone from Facebook around 2013, which is now clear after the confirmation of the event happening tomorrow. Everyone is excited  about what will Facebook offer this time- a phone or an Operating system, that we will see only after tomorrow`s event.

Pebble E-Paper Watch..

The advanced wristwatches revealed at International CES in Las Vegas included the much -anticipated Pebble E-Paper Watch that raised a record 10.2 million dollars from everyday investors at Kickstarter.com in 2012. It was designed to connect to any Apple or Android smarphone. Pebble chief executive Eric Migicovsky said the Pebble was now water-resistant, could control music on a phone, and featured a magnetometer for future GPS uses. It would deliver SMS and phone call updates, email and calendar alerts, Facebook and Twitter messages, and featured an energy-efficient E-Paper screen that could be viewed in sunlight, the report said. 

According to the report, Migicovsky said during the biggest international tech event that despite a five-month delay, the smartwatch would begin shipping to buyers in late January and would include extra features. According to the report, the high-profile watch was not the only smartwatch to feature at CES. 

Bluetrek released an iPhone-compatible watch called Cookoo with a seemingly traditional clock face hiding light-up icons for phone calls, SMS and Facebook messages, calendar events and when the phone's battery is low, the report said.

Angry Bird Easter Edition Released on April 24, 2011, the Easter Day..

Angry Bird, one of the most popular video games for iPhone, iPad, Android devices, has many versions, including Halloween edition, Christmas edition, Valentine edition, and Saint Patrick’s Day edition.

Now, the new Angry Birds Seasons of Easter edition will feast your eyes with the new exquisite gameplay and forthcoming levels on the next week. It is also for the iOS devices and Android.

This Angry Bird Easter edition will include the standard 15 levels, plus 3 bonus Facebook levels. As soon as this lands we’ll jump on the walkthroughs and hunt for those Golden Eggs, so stay tuned!