Facebook have announced they will now support hashtags with the aim of making posts and conversations more social.
Facebook adds Free Calls to Messenger App in UK
Facebook has updated it's Messenger App in the UK to now all 'Free Calls', as has been the case in the US and Canada for a few months. This is quite a significant update and gives massive contribution not only to other VoIP providers such as Skype but also to network providers.
Why pay for minutes (and texts) when you can do it for virtually free over the internet. This also starts the debate about whether your phone even needs a phone number.
Does this spell the start of the end for mobile phone numbers? Comment below.
Facebook Redesign
Facebook have released details of a newly redesigned News Feed and Profile Pages. 'Goodbye Clutter' is the tagline and that's exactly what it does. The new design moves all the content in to just two columns rather than the current three and makes content much clearer with larger images. The new News Feed is being slowly rolled out to all users over the next few months.
Facebook Announces Q3 Results
Facebook have just announced their financial results for Q3 of this year. They beat expectations with revenues of $1.26 Billion.
Facebook hits 1 Billion Users
Zuckerberg earlier announced that Facebook has reach 1 Billion monthly active users - that's a lot of people. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world with just China and India ahead of it.