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It's not about HTML5 or skeuomorphism, it's about usability

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 a 8:55 pm

There were a couple of interesting comments on user interface today, one coming from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who acknowledged they bet wrong on HTML5, and the other from unnamed sources who suggest Apple is deeply split along Scot Forstall vs Jonathan Ive lines when it comes to skeuomorphic vs more digitally authentic design.

Facebook Camera for iPhone adds notifications and other improvements

By Leanna Lofte, Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 a 1:56 am

Following the Facebook app's recent update to 5.0 with major speed improvements, the Facebook Camera for iPhone app has also received a significant amount of features to it's recent update. These features include notifications, better photo management, likes, and comments, and other UI improvements.

iOS 6 preview: Facebook integration

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 27, 2012 a 2:38 pm

iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad in full force. We're talking built-in status sharing, content sharing, calendar and contacts integration, and a whole lot of stuff you can Like, built-in.

Facebook 5.0 brings faster, better, stronger native app to iPhone and iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 a 1:29 pm

Facebook has just released the highly anticipated new version of Facebook for iPhone and Facebook for iPad, a update they've promised would make it better, faster, and stronger than ever before. That's important because Facebook has always been one of the most popular apps on iOS, yet has also been plagued by bugs and other problems unbecoming one of the largest companies in the world. And here's how Facebook's aimed to make it right:

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iOS 6 preview: Siri shares to Facebook and Twitter, launches apps for everyone

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 13, 2012 a 8:26 pm

Siri was a bit of a tease on iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S -- while it could send Messages and Mails, it couldn't send status updates to Twitter or Facebook, and it couldn't even open an app. With iOS 6, however, Siri is not only launching on the iPad, but it's launching you into any app on your device, and posting tweets and updates like a social champ.

How badly do you want an all new, all better Facebook for iPhone app? Well...

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 a 11:44 pm

Facebook's iPhone app getting a complete, natively-coded, totally re-designed update is once again in the news today, though this time with the names of some former Apple talent behind it. Bloomberg says the people involved in the update include:

Facebook for iOS due for a big speed update

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 a 4:15 pm

Facebook's app for iPhone and iPad tend to get a bad rap, but two anonymous engineers close to the source say that a completely rebuilt version is on the way with a heavy emphasis on speed. The current Facebook app for iOS is written with a lot of HTML5, but the updated one will be made with Objective-C and be released later this summer.

Facebook brings better messaging to Pages Manager and better photo support to Messenger

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, Jun 25, 2012 a 10:13 pm

Facebook Pages Manager has been updated to let you view and reply to messages as well as have a little more control over notification. Facebook Messenger has also been updated and now gives more love to photos and lets you quickly switch between multiple conversations with in-app notifications.

Facebook adds "Find Friends Nearby"

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jun 24, 2012 a 7:48 pm

For those for whom Facebook pretty much is the internet, and sharing location with friends is more positive than negative, the social network's new Find Friends Nearby feature is sure to be an impromptu party hit.

TechCrunch got the early word on it, and Facebook engineer Ryan Patterson gave them the background.

I built Find Friends Nearby with another engineer for a hackathon project. While it was originally called ‘Friendshake’, we settled on ‘Find Friends Nearby’ for launch (the URL was a little bit of a homage to the previous iteration).

Facebook opens up Like buttons for mobile apps

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 a 5:25 pm

Facebook today announced that they're allowing devs to add Like buttons to their apps. Users will have to provide permission for apps to use built-in Like buttons, unlike their web counterparts.