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Facebook and Storyful launch a newswire that helps media find news content on the social network

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by on April 24, 2014 at 2:31 pm
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Facebook has announced FB Newswire today, a resource that aims to help journalists find, share and embed newsworthy content on the social network in any stories they produce. The platform is powered by social media news agency Storyful, which was acquired by News Corp late last year. The FB Newswire platform aggregates content shared publicly on Facebook, which includes photos, videos and status updates from people who are witnessing major events live, typically in protests, elections or even during natural disasters. Post by FB Newswire. FB Newswire is accessible on Facebook at Facebook.com/FBNewswire and on Twitter at @FBNewswire, and Facebook says it…

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Facebook and Storyful launch a newswire that helps media find news content on the social network

Apr24
by on April 24, 2014 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Facebook has announced FB Newswire today, a resource that aims to help journalists find, share and embed newsworthy content on the social network in any stories they produce. The platform is powered by social media news agency Storyful, which was acquired by News Corp late last year. The FB Newswire platform aggregates content shared publicly on Facebook, which includes photos, videos and status updates from people who are witnessing major events live, typically in protests, elections or even during natural disasters. Post by FB Newswire. FB Newswire is accessible on Facebook at Facebook.com/FBNewswire and on Twitter at @FBNewswire, and Facebook says it…

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Facebook acquires activity-tracking app Moves, will keep it separate and promises not to ‘commingle data’

Apr24
by on April 24, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Facebook has acquired Moves, the iPhone and Android app that tracks your everyday life and exercise. In a blog post, the Finnish startup said it will be working on Facebook’s own products and services, but refrained from giving any specifics. If you’re a fan of Moves, fear not. The company said the health and fitness-tracking service will continue to exist as a standalone app. “There are no plans to change that or commingle data with Facebook,” it added. Moves started out as an iPhone app that tracked walking, running, cycling and other movements. The team released an Android version in…

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PastBook makes it easier to create and print collaborative photo albums directly from your iPhone

Apr24
by on April 24, 2014 at 12:02 pm
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Netherlands-based PastBook has come a long way since since it upped sticks from Milan and closed a seed funding round from its base in Amsterdam. In a nutshell, the startup offers users a way to capture and relive key moments of their lives that have been shared across a variety of social networks. Those ‘digital memories’ can be printed out in book form, but can also be centralized online, or offline as a PDF file. In November last year, PastBook rolled out a new collaborative Web-based platform designed to help you manage photo albums in groups. Though PastBook already worked…

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My.com launches a puzzling new feature: Mobile-only email addresses

Apr24
by on April 24, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Russian Internet giant Mail.ru Group‘s US-focused spin-off My.com is launching a slightly puzzling new feature today – mobile-only email addresses. Just like the approach taken by many mobile messaging apps, these new email addresses are activated by being linked to your phone number. You can use the same SMS activation code on multiple devices (for example a secondary tablet device), although if you change phone numbers, you’ll need a new email address. What’s more, the addresses exclusively work with My.com’s own MyMail app for iOS and Android. So, given these limitations, why might you want, an ‘@my.com’ email address? Well the ability to…

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