Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2015
Facebook enables auto playing News Feed videos in iOS app
The new feature is something that could easily annoy many users. However, Facebook was smart enough to mute audio in the auto-playing videos by default. In order to hear the audio the user must still tap on the playing video. It also makes it more likely that people might actually stop and watch that video clip of your dancing dog instead of scrolling right past it.
The auto-playing feature comes at a time when other social networks are seeing a lot of people upload video clips to share with their friends (or the world, in the case of Twitters Vine) and this move by Facebook is in no doubt part of a plan to engage more users with videos on their site. It also opens the door for auto-playing video ads, however.
For those worried about using up their precious cellular data, Facebook was nice enough to add an "Auto-play on WiFi only" setting in the Settings app in iOS. This way, videos in your News Feed wont auto-play while you are on 3G or 4G.
To review and download FaceBook on the App Store click here.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Free Apps
Category: Social Networking
Updated: Dec 11, 2013
Version: 6.8
Size: 52.7 MB
Data source: via TUAW (By Michael Grothaus)
Friday, March 27, 2015
Rooms message board app by Facebook launches for iOS
Facebook launched a brand new app for iOS dubbed Rooms. The newcomer allows users to create or participate in message boards that cover any topic they might be interested in.
The app consist of rooms that are organized by area of interest. Users can choose a different nickname for every room, as well as customize its look and feel.
The message boards in Rooms will support moderators, age restriction, as well as rules for participation. The app will not be connected to Facebook and your list of friends.
Josh Miller is the man behind Rooms. Branch, the web discussions website he co-founded was acquired by the social networking giant last year.
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