Facebook Home App Unveiled...

[Liquid]

no i can talk to people through text messages and facebook and they feel like we talk but i never actually have to see them. i probably haven't seen anybody in my family that's blood related outside my parents since 2010 at Thanksgiving. i've reached a point where i don't answer phone calls and nobody calls anyway they just text. when people call i know they want something so i ignore the calls.

your communication skills must be damn near zero at this point.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Women do that shyt more often from what I have seen. Any place they go out they feel the need to "Check-In" EVERYWHERE

Idk I think men getting just as bad I got Fam and homies who do that shyt its disgusting lol...people giving away their locations and shyt. Can't nobody complain when we all implanted with devices (pretty much are anyway with our cell phones) showing the gov where we all at,at all times cuz we invited that shyt.

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

I rather have an coli home app

 

[Conz]

what an AWFUL idea

 

[Ohene]

I just checked out the conference for this, and I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of my newsfeed scrolling as my lockscreen.

When they show the demos they have all these interesting people doing adventurous stuff and cool pics to show... my shyt would have lame ass people doing self portraits in the mirror, some ignorant meme and some other dumb shyt.

I need to go through my list and clean out some of the trash

lord jesus

You just bombed their whole idea

 

[Ohene]

Man, I swear if the Chicago Board Options Exchange sold two or three year put options I'd be going in . These investors have no clue.

Combined with the advertising being their main source of revenue...you mean to tell me peeps gonna be getting adverts as soon as they unllock their screen?

Man I wanna short these nikkas so bad.

 

[itsyoung!!]

here is the aol pc I was talking about:

I remember those, someone I knew had it shyt was making me frustrated just trying to do anything on it

 

[Hersh]

no thank you-- app does look good though--

 

[GoldenGlove]

no thank you-- app does look good though--

I'm not gonna front, the interface itself is nice.

It's just another Android Launcher at the end of the day. The multitasking of the messaging is DOPE. BUT... I don't even use the Facebook app like that.

I only use the chat when I'm on a PC.

I think people need to chill with the facebook hate though, it's just another tool to use IMO.

 

[iamstr8fire]

UI is slick but there is no way this is ending up on my phone.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Google ain't really feelin' this shyt. They know what Facebook is trying to do with this...

Opportunity, meet problem: Facebook Home's uneasy relationship with Google | The Verge

Answering questions after today's Facebook Home event, Mark Zuckerberg was full of praise for Google's smartphone platform. "We think that Google takes their commitment to openness in the ecosystem really seriously," he said, regarding the possibility Google might try to lock out Facebook. Google, he said, was aware of Facebook's work, although wasn't a partner like a host of other industry players. "I actually think this is really good for Android," he added, setting up a gentle dig. "Most app developers put most of their energy into iPhone."

Meanwhile, Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook Home is essentially an end-run around Google's services wherever they compete directly with Facebook's, with the ultimate goal of capturing more dollars. Home puts Facebook's social updates, Facebook's contacts, Facebook's messaging service, and crucially, Facebook's advertising directly on an Android user's home and lock screens. That's a much more direct attack on Google's business.

"With phones, there’s no room for a right-hand column of ads. That forced us to think about what the business looks like on mobile," Zuckerberg tells Wired's Steven Levy in an interview released today. At the event, he fielded a question: "We may see ads in cover feed?" Zuckerberg: "Yup!" This is targeted, full-screen, push advertising in your pocket when Google is still selling banner ads inside free apps. Facebook is squatting on prime Android screen estate. How does this not drive Google's Larry Page completely insane?

Google's official position on Facebook Home is diplomatic. “This latest collaboration demonstrates the openness and flexibility that has made Android so popular," a spokesperson told VentureBeat. "And it’s a win for users who want a customized Facebook experience from Google Play — the heart of the Android ecosystem — along with their favorite Google services like Gmail, Search, and Google Maps.”

This is important, because it reveals the territory Google is determined to defend. Facebook Home might seriously skin Android's user interface, but it doesn't cut out Google's core the way Amazon did with the Kindle Fire. Home doesn't promote Graph Search over web or local search, Facebook Messages over Gmail, or Facebook's App Center over Google Play. Facebook is pushing the boundaries, but it's also playing within the lines.

Should be an interesting little battle that comes of this. I wonder if Google will just take this launcher's features and basically implement them in Stock Android. Either way, I don't see them just being cool with Facebook essentially putting a completely different UI over their OS that's taking that ad money from them

 

[Liquid]

Google needs to understand that most people don't care about Google+.

This is an OPTIONAL download anyway...now if Facebook does some grimey shyt like disable that facebook app and force people to get this...

 

[GoldenGlove]

Google needs to understand that most people don't care about Google+.

This is an OPTIONAL download anyway...now if Facebook does some grimey shyt like disable that facebook app and force people to get this...

It's not even about G+... it's about Facebook Home displaying ads on their home screens gettin' Facebook cake instead of Google.

 

[Liquid]

It's not even about G+... it's about Facebook Home displaying ads on their home screens gettin' Facebook cake instead of Google.

That's what happens when you leave the platform open, facebook wants to eat

Still an optional download anyway

 

[GoldenGlove]

That's what happens when you leave the platform open, facebook wants to eat

Still an optional download anyway

It's coming pre-installed in some phones. They showed an HTC phone which is based around it at the conference as well.

Zuckerberg mentioned manufacturers requesting the Facebook app for their phones on Stock roms, so I'm guessing that Facebook's vision is for Home garnering some of the same kind of attention that the regular Facebook app received from phone companies...

What if they eventually all start coming with this Facebook Home as an optional launcher out of the box? It's so open that it could happen. Maybe it would speed up Google's marketing for their own Nexus line of phones?

Time will tell