Fading Facebook

Adapt or die

Instant gratification apps

A fascinating article on Mail Online today, talking about how teens are migrating to messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik and WeChat rather than hanging out at Facebook.

I guess the social response is all that more instant with these apps - really interactive.

Will we see a Facebook phone?

02/04/2013 

I'll be watching with interest when Facebook reveals its big announcement later this week.  It's rumoured to be an HTC Android phone with Facebook more integrated into the OS but we'll have to wait and see.

One thing's for sure - if our teens find a new place to meet online with their friends then Facebook will need to adapt or die.

06/04/2013

As predicted, Mark Zuckerberg delivered on the rumours and revealed the new Facebook-focused HTC

Phone with Facebook Home

phone at a eagerly anticipated launch this week.  Zuckerberg stresses that it's not a Facebook phone - it's 'people-centric' - something that Microsoft et al would do well to heed.

Facebook phone unveiled (Mashable)

Facebook Phone a triumph of mediocrity (Forbes)

Lessons for Apple from Facebook phone (CNN Money)

Is Facebook Home a bit of a turkey (NZ Herald blog comment)

A possible bone of contention for Google is the way that Facebook Home displaces Android at the heart of the phone, placing it a rung above all apps running on the device.  Someone's not going to be happy about that.

Instant Messaging Links

How it works - Instant messaging

Line-up of Instant Messaging smartphone apps