Facebook Won’t Be An ISP, But Built An Internet-Shooting Drone For Carriers. Facebook today detailed plans for its solar-powered, laser-connected, Internet-beaming Aquila drones, but confirmed it’s not going to compete with Internet Service Providers. “Our intention is not to be an operator” Facebook’s VP of engineering Jay Parikh told an assembly of reporters. “We’re not going to be ‘Facebook ISP.'” Instead, Facebook plans to work with carriers around the world to equip them with these drones so they can sell Internet connectivity to the 10 percent of the population in remote areas out of reach of existing mobile networks.
Facebook also says national governments have also expressed interest in getting Aquila drones for their countries. Facebook has largely billed its Internet.org project as a humanitarian effort to bring people into the knowledge economy. But Parikh confirmed to me that selling or licensing the solar drones, Free Space Optics lasers, and other technologies are options. Facebook also announced two big connectivity milestones today: Facebook-travel.
Facebook mobile. Facebook advertising. Facebook timeline & open graph. Facebook Gets a Public Square in MingleWing. Do you get tired of the same dozen or so friends commenting on your photos, links and videos? A new service aims to put your Facebook shares in front of a whole new audience, inviting comments and discussion from — shock! — people you might actually not know. MingleWing is a separate site that takes anything you share on Facebook and puts it on a public page that other "minglers" can view or comment on (you retain control of exactly what appears there, of course). The site organizes posts into various topic sections — Tech, Current Events and Cute, for example — in a visual interface similar to Pinterest so anyone visiting is encouraged to browse and comment.
"The only people who see see [my Facebook updates] are my friends and people who subscribe to me," says site creator Dmitry Shapiro. It's no coincidence that Shapiro is the same person who brought us Anybeat, the so-called social network for taboo topics. MingleWing is that idea writ large on the Facebook community.
Sociology around Facebook. Marketing on Facebook. F-commerce. Renault, Universal Pictures et Coca-Cola craquent pour les Facebook Credits avec ifeelgoods. Facebook Users Mostly Annoyed by Hidden Messages. Facebook To Launch A Subscribe Button For Websites. Facebook subscriptions are about to blow up! At Le Web, Joanna Shields, VP and Managing Director for Facebook Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), announced that the company is planning to roll out a “Subscribe” plugin for all websites. The plugin will allow a website’s visitors a one-click way to begin following all of the news from an individual reporter, public figure, politician, celebrity, or anyone else who wants to post public updates via their Facebook user profile.
You may recall that Facebook launched its “subscriptions” feature earlier this fall at its annual f8 conference. The button, available as an optional addition to your Facebook user profile, introduced a Twitter-like functionality to the social networking service. It introduced one-way friendships (at last!) Where a user could follow someone, like a public figure, celebrity, politician, journalist, etc., without that person having to “friend” the subscriber in return.
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