You can still use Instagram for Facebook. However, now with your use, it would Facebook earning revenue as they are the new owners of popular app Instagram.

Facebook made an announcement that it is buying the extremely popular photography app maker ‘Instagram’ for$ 1 Billion.

The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the acquisition in a blog that reads:

For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests. ??We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook. ??That’s why we’re committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.

Instagram was named the iPhone app of the year 2011 by Apple. Instagram stands 19th in the category of most downloaded free iPhone app of all-time. An android app was launched by Instagram last week. It was launched in Apple Store on October 2010. By december 2010, it had one million registered users.By July 2011 Instagram had shared over 100 million photographs. It reached 10 million users the same year on September and now by April 2012, the number had hit 30 million.

Instagram is a free download app on the App Store.Direct Link

Source: MacRumors

Instagram Ownership Sold For $ 1 Billion is a post from: The Apple Bites

An iPod Touch mysteriously explodes in a classroom while the sales of iPhone become higher than Blackberry.

Apple TV 4.4.3 update
Apple has released software update 4.4.3 for Apple TV 2. This update carries a new build number (9A4051) that follows the number of previous update that was released in October. The new update has supports Netflix in Mexico and also addresses the audio problem when playing sound through an optical port when yourTV Set is turned off. This update is available through “Update Software” option under General Settings.
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iPod Touch explodes in classroom
In a bizarre incident, a student in New Hampshire High School accidentally dropped his iPod Touch accidentally. The fallen device exploded a moment after that, sending light and smoke in the classroom. Nobody knows how and why did this happen.
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iPhone scores an edge over Blackberry
According to a new study published in Mobile Workforce Report, the sales of iPhone are far more than the sales of Blackberry. In 2010, the sales of iPhones saw an increase of 31.1% while the number of Blackberry users fall from 35%.
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Skype adds Facebook Video Calling Support
Back in September, Skype offered Skype 5.4 for Mac Beta. This new updated offered Facebook integration in the form of chat and news feed form. However, after seeing the positive response, now Skype has expanded this integration to include support for Facebook Video calling.
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Roundup: iPod Touch explodes in a classroom is a post from: The Apple Bites

Mark Zuckerberg says Steve Jobs gave him advices regarding building Facebook while iPhone 4S gears up for the launch in Hong Kong.

Apple to train retail managers on Union Awareness
Apple will holding training sessions for the retail managers to address trade unions. The session, to be held on 8 November 2011, is to focus on addressing unions at workplace and taking any legal questions that workers might have.
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Siri does not work as good iPhone 3GS as it does on iPhone 4S
Siri may have been announced as an exclusive feature of iPhone 4S but can it work on older gadgets of Apple if installed? To check that, developer Ryan Patrich tried to find that out by porting Siri into iPhone 3GS. Though, Siri worked to some extent, the microphone performence was worse than the microphone performence of iPhone 4S. In simple words, you may port Siri in your iPhone 3GS to avoid buyin iPhone 4S but it might not work in your phone the way it works in iPhone 4S.
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Apple tested Siri on other devices but to no avail
Did you wish you had Siri in the Apple gadgets that you purchased before iPhone 4S was released? Do you wish to port Siri into your old iPhone so that you would not need to buy iPhone 4S, just to use Siri? You should not be sure about Siri working in it as Apple had tested Siri on other devices. It was being said that Siri works perfectly on iPhone 4 and would be released in iPhone 4 soon. This not going to happen. At least Apple has not made any official announcement about this. Independent developers and engineers tested Siri on iPad and previous versions of iPhone. Some of the features worked. However, Apple does not believe that Siri working fine on iPhone 4 should be the reason for Siri to be released on iPhone 4 as it might affect the sales of iPhone 4S.
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iPhone 4S pre-orders in Hong Kong sold out in ten minutes
This past Friday, the pre-orders for iPhone 4S started in Hong Kong and 14 other countries where iPhone 4S is expected to hit the stores on 11 November 2011. Within ten minutes, pre-orders were sold out, despite the fact that Siri does not speak Mandarin and Cantonese languages. Currently Siri has the knowledge English, French and German languages in its artificial intelligence. Apple has plan to add more languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian and Spanish.
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Steve Jobs advised Mark Zuckerberg on building Facebook
You credit Mark Zuckerberg for building Facebook. However, some credit should also got to late Steve Jobs. Yes you heard it right. Zuckerberg said in an interview with Charlie Rose, that Steve Jobs had advised him about building Facebook and how Facebook should be build and function. In the recently released biography of Steve Jobs, Jobs was said to have admired Zuckerberg.
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Roundup: Mark Zuckerberg credits Steve Jobs on building Facebook is a post from: The Apple Bites

Facebook has been a rage for past few years. Everybody wants to stay connected to his Facebook all the time. Seems like Apple Inc has sensed the pulse of users and is presenting a new app addressing this concern.

That is right! Very soon, the Facebook for iPad app is about to go live very soon in the app store. Though, Facebook authorities are yet to make the official announcement regarding this development, they are already hosting a link dedicated to it here.

The link from where users can download free Facebook for iPad is here.

The URL leads to existing iPhone app, indicating the merger of existing iPhone client and the new iPad app into a new binary. Chatting, browsing, playing games and watching movies are possible in this here.

Following are some features of Facebook for iPad app:

1. Big and clear view of photos.

2. Easy to zoom.

3. Easy bowling and navigation.

4. Simplified navigation to send messages and browse your bookmarks.

5. Availability of an easy drop down menu that makes it easy to scan and send messages without visiting your inbox.

So are you ready for this new app? What would you like to say and discuss about this new app in the comments section below?

SOURCE: 9TO5 Mac

Facebook for iPad Goes Live is a post from: The Apple Bites

With this video and a Facebook update, Rovio announces the upcoming version of Angry Birds Seasons for different platforms such as iOS, Android, Mac and PC called “Summer Pignic”.

From the appearance it seems like the update of the existing versions to add to the levels. The company always sends updates a few days before to keep their users waiting and curious. Since the name given is Summer Pignic, the theme would be based on summer and so it was assumed that it would be released by end of July.

So lets gear up for the Summer Pignic very soon!

Summer Pignic- Angry Birds Seasons Update is here is a post from: The Apple Bites

CineXPlayer developed by NXP Software B.V. is an amazing iPad video player App which allows you to watch Xvid movies on the go from anywhere. The app will help you to run a videos files even if they’re in formats that don’t normally play or even sync with your iPad or iPad 2. Once you install CineXPlayer, you can start transferring videos files & watch your favorite movies without conversion in HD and even in 3D right away. CineXPlayer is one of the first Apps that comes with a 2D to 3D conversion which means that users can now watch all their favourite 2D movies in 3D as well.

The app supports HD playback and also include a highly functional file management interface with an easy “delete,rename,folders & playlists” tool. The app also allow users to share their thoughts and tell friends about what they’re watching via Facebook.

CineXPlayer can run files in almost any format such as .avi and others. It also includes support for subtitled (.srt) files as well as TV/VGA/HDMI Output.

The app is simple to use, you just need to connect to iTunes, click on CineXPlayer then add files from your hard drive and sync it up. You can observe that the files are automatically show the next time when you run the app.

Overall, the app is great in terms of quality of video playback & subtitle feature making this a must have for all movies lovers.

Price: $2.99
Category: Utilities
Updated: Jun 07, 2011
Current Version: 2.1
Size: 7.4 MB
Language: English
Seller: NXP Software B.V.
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later

CineXPlayer App for iPad: Enjoy Watching Xvid Movies in 2D & 3D is a post from: The Apple Bites

The action drama is still not over for Apple and Google. Another new character has joined them in this roller coaster ride.

We are talking about Apple and Google back on Capitol Hill ( Thursday). It seems the companies will again appear before a Senate committee to address the issue of privacy but this time Facebook CTO Bret Taylor will join them.

Google’s public policy director Alan Davidson, Apple’s government affairs VP Catherine Novelli and Facebook’s CTO Bret Taylor, will all meet Thursday to address the uproar over location tracking by mobile devices like iPhone & iPad. This issue has started when a location database file was discovered on the iPhone.

It’s the latest outgrowth of a mini-furor over how mobile devices make use of location-based data. The recent interest in the issue began after attention was focused on a little-known location database stored on the iPhone as well as the fact that Google and others collect location-based data to build global databases of things like traffic and the location of Wi-Fi signals. By the time Apple noted, a week later, that it was not tracking individual users and that the data customers were seeing was a locally-stored subset of a global crowdsourced database, lawsuits had been filed and regulators were already calling for hearings.

The hearing titled ‘Consumer Privacy and Protection in the Mobile Marketplace‘ is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday before the Consumer Protection and Product Safety subcommittee.

Apple & Google to be Grilled Again by Senate Committee, Facebook too is a post from: The Apple Bites

Just in a single day, 40,000 followers registered in the Facebook in a movement against corruption. This movement is initiated by Gandhian leader Anna Hazare and many pledges support to the cause is through mobile phone registration.

According to activist:

“The social media is abuzz with our movement against corruption. Thousands of people from across the country are contacting us through Facebook and Twitter. In at least 400 cities, youngsters are continuously joining in to help us with the logistics ,” said Kejriwal. He said on Wednesday, students from several Delhi colleges and universities among others joined the agitation. ”

It was also known that many Indian settled in US, Australia and several countries are also joining in to support public movement.

Breaking News: Over 40,000 pledge support on Facebook against Corruption in a Single day is a post from: The Apple Bites

Folks check out the the comic on the topic ‘We are all inventor’
Here, Joy of Tech comic strip explains:

“We all are inventor”, that’s the Motto of the story.

Comic: we all are inventor is a post from: The Apple Bites

Facebook has revealed that an upgraded versions of its website has been out. At present Facebook has two websites like m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com for touch based smartphones like iDevice.

According to Lee Byron, Head of mobile products at Facebook :

“We were limited by the lowest common denominator for each site. We couldn’t use JavaScript and had device specific file size limitations on m.facebook.com. Supporting a wide array of touch phones of varying quality on touch.facebook.com limited our ability to use modern CSS and JavaScript APIs.”

“Every time we launched a new feature, we had to build it multiple times across different code bases: once for facebook.com, then again for m.facebook.com, touch.facebook.com, and in native applications as well. Honestly, we weren’t very good at doing this, so certain features were missing on different devices.”

New mobile website for Facebook is a post from: The Apple Bites

Today at press event, Facebook has announced a new Groups. This groups aim to make things easier and brand social interaction more communal, data portability which sounds like it takes a little of the wall off Facebook’s garden, and application control, which should let you better decide who gets your data.

Here Mashable’s has got it all:

Groups are closed by default (but can be secret or open) and are designed to be spaces where small groups of friends share information, with each group controlled by the entirety of its members — an important new direction for Facebook. The group chat feature is just as it sounds; members can participate in back-and-forth IM conversations with everyone in the group at the same time.

On the data portability front, Facebook has now made it possible to download all of the content and information that you have added to Facebook. This means that you can download your photos, videos, wall posts, conversation threads and status updates.

Ultimately the Facebook update is available in US and for the other users around the globe has to wait. Only thing we can do now is to patiently wait for the announcement. May the update is on the way and when reach will proclaim the news.

Facebook reveals new Groups, data portability and application control is a post from: The Apple Bites

Ping had 1 million users milestone after two days of it’s launch. People using Ping were found reporting of receiving fraudulent messages for some days. The first and foremost thing that flashes into my mind was the security issue. And in Monday the spams of fraudulent messages were cleaned up.

No doubt it has many users that run in millions but it is not without criticism as well. People complained that Ping does not analyze a user’s entire music library. Instead, it only considers items that were purchased through the iTunes Store.

Ping has also been criticized for its lack of connectivity with other, larger, and more established social networks like the FaceBook and Twitter. Although Steve Jobs has dropped joining FaceBook because it demanded some terms that Apple cannot accept.

Hope Apple will solve problems one by one and try to achieve those milestones for which it is known.

Thanks Appleinsider.com

Plishing messages cleaned up but criticism persisted. is a post from: The Apple Bites

Facebook promised to fix login for iPhone users and here is the promise, the new Facebook 3.2.2 for iPhone.

They claim it fixes the login issue, which seems to have been primarily caused by conflicts with some Jailbreak apps. Again the problem is that it is only available for users in the US at the moment. They have confirmed that they are working on making this available in other countries soon. Please do so.

Facebook is updated and now we’ll let you be the judges of that, however. Working now?
Thanks
http://applecontrol.com/facebook-for-iphone-3-2-2-login-fixed

Is the Facebook 3.2.2 for iPhone-Login fixed? is a post from: The Apple Bites

You might have read the comments about the Facebook 3.2 and Facebook 3.2.1 posts and is also possible that you might had seen that the latest version(s) of the uber-popular social networking app is having a little trouble on Jailbroken iPhones. It seems like Facebook is aware of the problems and working on a fix:

When you jailbroken your device, you may have experienced problems with the latest updates. The problem has been identified and the issue now have an update with a fix coming soon.

BiteSMS for Jailbreak is often mentioned as a source of clash until the fix is pushed out and you can uninstall it to get Facebook working or just use touch.facebook.com to get your social on.

Thanks
http://applecontrol.com/facebook-for-iphone-not-playing-nice-with-jailbreak-fix-coming-soon

Hold on’ Please don’t Jailbreak Facebook on your iPhone’ fix coming soon is a post from: The Apple Bites

Updates are always welcome when comes with free spirit and frustrated or dejected when you are not entitled for the service of the latest update which you feel you can do something better or new with the offer.

On 19th Aug. saw the launch of Facebook 3.2 with Places support for iPhone and on 20th Aug. seen Facebook 3.2.1 with bug fixes and the explanation that Places is being rolled out slowly and is currently not available outside the US.

Apple has become the universal product in so many countries and also they helps in Apple growth to reach where it is today, i feel that the update should be universal where all Apple user around the globe can enjoy the offer without making them to grumble more. Better the Apple provide in universal accessing to new update lesser will the count in Jailbreaking.

If the update solved any problems you were having or clarified any confusion, let us know.

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http://applecontrol.com/facebook-for-iphone-updated-to-3-2-1-to-fix-bugs-deny-places-to-those-outside-us

Facebook updated to fix bugs, outside US have to wait is a post from: The Apple Bites

Life is becoming so simple and technologically very savvy. I have recently come across an iPhone app that will allow me to remotely control watching Hulu and Netflix on my computer. Isn’t that simple?

I don’t have to go to my computer or TV to manage the channels. Now I do it by my smart iPhone.
The iPhone app, Teevox is a simple interface developed by Jong-Moon Kim from MIT University and he associated with other engineers and professors now testing for adding more features to it.

Actually Teevox is the company behind teevoxRemote, an app that allows an iPhone to be used as a remote control for Hulu and Netflix. The app allows one-touch show selection, synchronized shared viewing with a friend, and play/pause/volume control.

With Teevox, I downloaded the free app on my iPhone, just typed the code in and was fully connected.
It’s only a beginning phase for Teevox. Further implementation of both Twitter and Facebook Connect means that anyone with an iPhone and an account can start using the remote immediately.

So guys why waiting for. Try your iPhone in the new avatar of a remote control.

Thanks, www.techcrunch.com

Teevox iPhone remote, controls computer and TV! is a post from: The Apple Bites

It took a while for the next update to come but the App Store just approved Facebook version 3.1 “4 months after version 3.0?. The previous version missed two important thing. Push Notification and contact syncing. With this new update facebook finally included these two options, something a lot of facebook users where looking for.

When you update to 3.1 you will get Push Notifications as things happen on Facebook.
Facebook 3.1 also adds the option to sync Facebook friends with your iPhone address book. You can download the update through the App store now

Facebook 3.1 is a post from: The Apple Bites

The Facebook app, version 3.0 is now available.

Facebook 3.0 Now Available is a post from: The Apple Bites

Facebook 3.0, the next major (very big) update to the social networking’s iPhone App is 98% complete qoutes it’s developer at Facebook – Joe. Here are excerpts from Joe

Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon. I can’t predict an exact date when I will submit to Apple, but I can say that I am about 98% done. So what’s new in this update?

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

The one feature everyone is asking for, Push Notifications, is in development but it won’t make it into 3.0. You can expect it in a 3.1 update later this summer.

When I have submitted the app to Apple I will let you all know!

- Joe

Facebook 3.0, 98% Complete is a post from: The Apple Bites