Archive for the ‘Platforms: Facebook’ Category

Facebook Looking to Develop their own Smartphone (again)

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Again, rumours surface that Facebook has interest in developing their own smartphone. To do so, Facebook is rumoured to have hired staff from Apple that worked on the iPhone.

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Facebook Goes J2me

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Facebook took a rather interesting step yesterday as the social network announced their new Facebook for ‘Every Phone’ app. Yes, Facebook has chosen to enter the ‘old’ world of J2me.

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BlackBerry Receives Official Facebook App Ahead of iPad

May 2nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

While iPad consumers are still stuck without an official Facebook app, RIM is proud to announce that Facebook is launching first on their new Playbook device.

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Facebook Acquires Snaptu

March 21st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Facebook has acquired Snaptu, a developer of mobile apps that focuses on the J2me market for feature phones. The two companies were already working on a mobile Facebook client for J2me devices. Facebook paid $70 million for the J2me developer.

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Angry Birds to hit Facebook

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

While Angry Birds just passed 30 million downloads on Android, Rovio has announced the game will make it’s way onto Facebook. This will be the first real ‘social’ move for the franchise.

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Facebook Credits go Retail

November 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Facebook credits have gone retail in the UK as scratch cards pop-up at Tesco’s and GAME. Consumers can buy £5, £10, £20 and £25 cards from the retailers.

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The Facebook Phone Rumor Summery

September 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

Over the past few days, rumors show that Facebook would be working on its own mobile operating system and hardware. How much of that is true? Read on…

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Sibblingz, Multiplatform Gaming Platform from YouWeb

May 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Facebook, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

YouWeb, one of the companies behind social gaming platform OpenFeint, has launched a new multiplatform gaming network that helps developers to take their games across mobile and fixed platforms.

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F8: Facebook to Introduce Own Virtual Currency

April 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

At the F8 conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is nearly ready with their Facebook Credits system. The system enables developers to use an uniform currency in their facebook connected games.

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