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Government Sets August 25 As The Date Of Riot Summit For Social Networks

August 21, 2011

David Cameron’s government in Britain has set August 25 as the date to meet with the representatives from social networks Facebook, Twitter and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger service, to discuss about their use and their role in the recent UK riot this earlier month.

The riot was the worst over the decades, with more than 1,200 people arrested till date. Apparently, these social networking technologies were used by the rioters and looters to coordinate their plots.

Facebook is the first to confirm the meeting. Facebook said “We look forward to meeting with the home secretary to explain the measures we have been taking to ensure that Facebook is a safe and positive platform for people in the UK at this challenging time”.

Although, BlackBerry has not officially confirmed to the meeting but previously said that “we welcome the opportunity for consultation together with other companies in the technology and telecommunications industry”.

It is only Twitter which has not made any public announcement about whether it will attend the session. Among the major social networks, RIM has been particularly criticized for its extensive used by the rioters.

Despite hue and cry in support of freedom of expression and flow of information the British government threatened to limit access to social networks that has been held accountable in the outbreak of social unrest in the country.

The meeting will decide about the fate of these social networks or least we speculate certain rules and control over these platforms by the gov

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Facebook For BlackBerry v2.0 PlayBook And Smartphones Released With Great New Features

July 27, 2011

With an incredible number of people connecting to the busiest social network (Facebook) via computer, cellphone or even tablets, the outcome experience varies from one device to the other. To provide a consistent key features to all devices and platforms has been the goal of Facebook.

In the pursuit of this goal Facebook with RIM have officially announced the release of Facebook v2.0 for Blackberry smartphone and the Blackberry Playbook Tablet. The update has a lot of new features to make the device more user friendly which has been missing in the previous version.

Facebook Chat is now accessible from both the message inbox and the app, the ability to close the Facebook app and reopen chats from message folder just as if opening a text message or an e-mail. Users gets an alert in the message app when their items are ‘liked’ or whenever there is a new post on an even wall. Viewing profile has a deeper insight into details like hometown and relationship status.

The notable features in the PlayBook app includes Facebook Places (for checking into places and unlocking deals), Events View (for viewing event details), checking the guest list, RSVPing, the ability to view ‘Likes’(see who likes a posts) and privacy control for status updates.

You can download these app from BlackBerry App World, which will be available over a few hours. Indeed Facebook apps for RIM’s are getting better over times by providing more feature accessibility and fixing all major previous complains.

Facebook team at RIM demonstrates the new app and features in this video using the unreleased brand new Blackberry Bold Touch 9900. Check this out!

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Facebook On-The-Go with the Blackberry Smartphone

February 23, 2010

Who does not know what Facebook is, these days? Almost everyone has a Facebook profile. From students to politicians, even dogs have their own profiles managed by their owners. To date, it has more than 400 million active users around the world.

But what if you do not have an internet connection? Or even a computer? This is why Research In Motion (RIM) founder, Mike Lizaridis, has teamed up with Facebook co-founder, Dustin Moskovitz, and designed a Facebook application specifically designed to for BlackBerry (and it is not just a WAP version of the site).

This application boasts of having the Facebook you experience on your PC on the palm of your hand, wherever you might be. They have integrated notifications and messages in the push-based architecture of the BlackBerry. With a graphical interface, major functions of the system are represented by icons.

Facebook Blackberry App1 198x300 Facebook On The Go with the Blackberry Smartphone

So what are the features of this Facebook BlackBerry app? For starters, there are the basic ones normally present on the regular PC Facebook site: update or view your status, post and tag photos, send and receive messages, add friends, and organize Facebook events.

This free application, being specifically designed for BlackBerry to access the site, promises a fast and streamlined access to Facebook. There are, however, a few system requirements to use this application: A Facebook account (naturally), a wireless data service plan from a wireless service provider, a BlackBerry smartphone with 64MB of memory and 882KB of available smartphone memory, and a BlackBerry Device Software Version 4.2.

With over 14 million monthly active users, this application is the third most popular Facebook app. To get the app, click HERE. Or, would you rather be left behind?

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