As Facebook grows up, grand ambitions get reality check

05 Jun, 2013, 5:31 pm IST Social Networking 1 Comments

Facebook's growing pains are thanks to a host of newer services gaining ground among the youth and the tepid response to the much-hyped Facebook Home launcher app. More

Facebook messenger down for 90 minutes, back up now

04 Jun, 2013, 6:24 pm IST Naveen Peter Social Networking

The official page of Facebook on the social networking website was flooded by enquiry post on Monday after Facebook had experienced a limited disruption in its More

Facebook for Android update brings new features and a 'surprise' notification bar

10 May, 2013, 2:11 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android 5 Comments

Facebook today rolled out an update for its Android app. The app refresh is big in the way that it updates not just the standalone Facebook app... More

Facebook Messenger for iOS gets stickers

07 May, 2013, 4:21 pm IST Nishtha Kanal iOS

Facebook has released an update to its Messenger app for iOS. This app update sees the return of the very popular swipe-to-delete action as well as... More

FB Messenger Android app update makes Stickers easier to access

24 Apr, 2013, 4:53 pm IST Shunal Doke iOS 1 Comments

Facebook has released a new update for its Android Messenger app. The update, which pushes the app’s version up to 2.4.3, aims at making Stickers faster More

Android users in the US get free calling over VoIP using FB Messenger

19 Apr, 2013, 1:05 pm IST Nishtha Kanal iOS 1 Comments

The US became one of the first countries to receive free calling over VoIP using Facebook Messenger earlier this year. Unfortunately, the feature was limited More

Speech by Zuckerberg? No thanks, I prefer Facebook Home, says new ad

15 Apr, 2013, 12:00 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Facebook has released yet another advertisement for its newest iteration, Facebook Home. Quite like the previous “Airplane” advertisement, this one More

Facebook may soon charge money to contact celebrities, people not in friends list

08 Apr, 2013, 3:55 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Facebook is taking paying to contact people you do not know to a while different level. The social networking giant is now testing the option of sliding fees More

Youth flock to mobile messaging apps, may be threat to Facebook

01 Apr, 2013, 9:25 am IST General

Create personal profiles. Build networks of friends. Share photos, videos and music... More

Facebook rolling out VoIP for Messenger in the UK

28 Mar, 2013, 2:44 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Facebook seems pretty keen on giving Skype, Viber and other VoIP services a run for their money by pushing the free calling service on its Messenger app... More

Nimbuzz reaches 150 million worldwide user mark

16 Mar, 2013, 2:45 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Apps

Cross platform messaging app makers Nimbuzz today announced that it had breached the 150 million user mark in over 200 countries worldwide. The company More

Facebook Messenger

17 Jan, 2013, 6:21 pm IST Priyanka Tilve Apps 2 Comments

Facebook spruced up its Messenger app to stay in the race, especially with WhatsApp hogging all the limelight.  More

Firefox update brings 25 percent speed boost

09 Jan, 2013, 1:53 pm IST Shunal Doke Software

Mozilla has released a new version of its popular Firefox browser. The new version, Firefox 18, is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.... More

Reliance introduces Facebook Messenger Plan at Rs 16 per month

24 Dec, 2012, 2:43 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mobile services 1 Comments

Reliance Communications today launched its first of its kind prepaid plan ‘Facebook Messenger Plan’ for all Reliance GSM subscribers across the country... More

Facebook for Android goes native, iOS app gets an update

14 Dec, 2012, 11:12 am IST Nishtha Kanal Mobile services 1 Comments

After less than a month of its previous update, Facebook has launched an update for its app on both Android and iOS. More

Watch out WhatsApp, Facebook's updated messenger is coming for you

07 Dec, 2012, 5:49 pm IST Shayne Rana Mobile services 4 Comments

The most recent flurry ruffling through the tech grapevine was the reported story that Facebook was in the mood to spend more money and buy out WhatsApp. More

No Facebook Account needed to use Messenger for Android now

05 Dec, 2012, 10:42 am IST Nishtha Kanal Mobile services 3 Comments

Although they represent a small minority anywhere in the world, users who have no Facebook account can now use its messenger service. More

Firefox 17 has Social API, Facebook integration

21 Nov, 2012, 3:40 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Mozilla has jumped onto the Social bandwagon with its latest version of Firefox 17. The release will mark the debut of the Social API, launching with Facebook messenger. More

Facebook Messenger for iOS v2.0 released

01 Oct, 2012, 11:25 am IST tech2 News Staff Web services 2 Comments

Facebook recently updated its Messenger service to version 2.0 for its iOS users. The new version supports... More

Facebook Messenger app now supports Windows XP and Vista

30 Jul, 2012, 10:41 am IST Naina Khedekar Web services 5 Comments

Early in March this year, Facebook had officially unveiled the Messenger app for Windows. However, Facebook Messenger was launched only for Windows 7.... More