karl
January 17th, 2013, 08:59 AM
The world’s most popular social network is testing voice calls in the US as it seeks to add more mobile services.
The company said in an email that it’s extending a test begun in Canada earlier this month. Callers can use the app to make phone calls to friends over data networks instead of the voice service provided by traditional phone companies.
“We started testing this in Canada the first week of the year and today we’re extending that test to the US,” Facebook said. “We were able to expand the test so quickly because it went well in Canada and we wanted to expand the audience.”
The news came the day after Facebook announced a new way of searching through information it holds about members. The 'graph search' tool is designed to link up the vast store of information in Facebook's database, making it possible for members to search for friends based on their interests or even for friends of friends.
Demonstrating the feature, Mark Zuckerberg gave the example of a recent gathering at his home to which he invited friends based on the search "who are my friends in Palo Alto who like Game of Thrones", the popular fantasy drama.
See full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9807791/Facebook-calls-come-to-Apple-iPhone.html
The company said in an email that it’s extending a test begun in Canada earlier this month. Callers can use the app to make phone calls to friends over data networks instead of the voice service provided by traditional phone companies.
“We started testing this in Canada the first week of the year and today we’re extending that test to the US,” Facebook said. “We were able to expand the test so quickly because it went well in Canada and we wanted to expand the audience.”
The news came the day after Facebook announced a new way of searching through information it holds about members. The 'graph search' tool is designed to link up the vast store of information in Facebook's database, making it possible for members to search for friends based on their interests or even for friends of friends.
Demonstrating the feature, Mark Zuckerberg gave the example of a recent gathering at his home to which he invited friends based on the search "who are my friends in Palo Alto who like Game of Thrones", the popular fantasy drama.
See full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9807791/Facebook-calls-come-to-Apple-iPhone.html