Facebook Inc(NASDAQ:FB) has sent out invites for an event to be held on March 7where an updated version of the social network’s news feed will be unveiled. In the last event the social network company had launched its new search option, Graph Search.
“Come see a new look for News Feed,” says the invite.
What used to be a quick snapshot of friends’ status updates is now a real-time feed that displays the activity of one’s connections on and off Facebook, and ads.
In 2009, Facebook started the concept of the “real-time” news feed, wherein a link at the top of the main page notified the user that new updates had been added.
In 2011, Facebook added the real-time “ticker,” which showed updates of connections by means of a scrolling menu at the top-right corner of the page. The news feed also started showing the “most interesting” stories. The user could see “Most Recent” or “Top Stories” on the Facebook feed.
Then last year, Facebook started displaying ads with friends’ status updates and photos. And finally, all this was made available on the mobile phone. Facebook also allows one to download apps directly from the news feed.
Talking of mobile phones, Sony Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:SNE) has said that it aims to occupy the third place in the smartphone markets around the world. However, Chinese companies Huawei Technology and ZTE are also vying for the place and will prove to be stiff competition. The first and second places are occupied by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co.
Kunimasa Suzuki, Head of Sony’s mobile business, said that the company will tailor smartphone development strategy to suit each market. The Japanese company is likely to introduce cheaper models for developing nations.
In the last quarter of 2012, Sony was ranked fourth in the global smartphone market by research company IDC with a 4.5 percent market share. Huawei was ahead with 4.9 percent while ZTE lagged with 4.3 percent share. Together, Samsung and Apple command more than 50 percent of the market.ded volume of 3.15 million shares. Carahsoft Technology Corp. and Ciena Corporation announced a partnership through which the companies will work together to help government agencies reduce network costs and enable a shift toward assured and efficient high-performance networking platforms that enable data center consolidation, cloud computing and high-speed enterprise networking.