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Facebook Messenger can now be used without a Facebook account

Jun24
by on June 24, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Facebook Messenger no longer requires a Facebook account. Starting today, new Messenger users in the US, Canada, Venezuela and Peru can sign up using a full name and phone number. Messenger can still be used with a Facebook account; new users will see a “Log In With Facebook” button on the start screen, which imports contacts and links to their Facebook account. Facebook also encourages signing up with Facebook so users “take advantage of multi-device messaging across mobile devices, the web and tablets.” That suggests signing in with a name and phone number won’t sync your chats across devices. Facebook says…

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IFTTT’s Do update adds Chat Head-like widgets, unlimited recipes and new Android functions

Jun24
by on June 24, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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In a major update today, IFTTT has announced several new functionalities coming to its Do series of apps and the IFTTT channel itself. Launched this past February, Do apps will now remove the three recipe limit to so you can add as many shortcuts as you want to the Do Button, Do Camera and Do Note apps. The Do Camera app will also get a Snapchat-like feature that allows you to hold the image to preview your photo, draw and/or add text to the image, or apply filters before sending the photo off to your designated recipe. Additional Apple Watch support has…

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IFTTT’s Do update adds Chat Head-like widgets, unlimited recipes and new Android functions

Jun24
by on June 24, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

new do apps
In a major update today, IFTTT has announced several new functionalities coming to its Do series of apps and the IFTTT channel itself. Launched this past February, Do apps will now remove the three recipe limit to so you can add as many shortcuts as you want to the Do Button, Do Camera and Do Note apps. The Do Camera app will also get a Snapchat-like feature that allows you to hold the image to preview your photo, draw and/or add text to the image, or apply filters before sending the photo off to your designated recipe. Additional Apple Watch support has…

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HBO makes ‘The Brink’ and ‘Ballers’ debut episodes available on Facebook

Jun24
by on June 24, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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If you happened to miss the debut of two new HBO shows, Ballers and The Brink, you can still catch them on-demand. If you’re not a HBO subscriber, the network is making both shows available on Facebook. Ballers, a show about a retired football player who is trying to find a new path as a sports agent, can be found on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Facebook page. Johnson, who stars in and produces Ballers, even recorded a special intro to the show for his Facebook fans. The Brink’s debut episode can be seen on its branded Facebook page. The show…

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HBO makes ‘The Brink’ and ‘Ballers’ debut episodes available on Facebook

Jun24
by on June 24, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Screen Shot 2015-06-24 at 9.37.12 AM
If you happened to miss the debut of two new HBO shows, Ballers and The Brink, you can still catch them on-demand. If you’re not a HBO subscriber, the network is making both shows available on Facebook. Ballers, a show about a retired football player who is trying to find a new path as a sports agent, can be found on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Facebook page. Johnson, who stars in and produces Ballers, even recorded a special intro to the show for his Facebook fans. The Brink’s debut episode can be seen on its branded Facebook page. The show…

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