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Exclusive Photos Of Facebook's Sprawling New HQ, Designed Frank Gehry

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After Facebook assumed the former Sun Microsystems complex in Palo Alto in 2011, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg set out to find an architect capable of handling a grand design for its main main headquarters building. Zuckerberg chose world famous architect Frank Gehry for the job (amid <a href="http://allfacebook.com/menlo-park-officially-approves-west-campus_b114030" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">major concessions to the city of Palo Alto</a>).</div>
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If he was looking for impact, Zuckerberg could have made no better choice. Gehry's past designs have become renowned tourist attractions, like <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain</a>. They are considered some of the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/08/architecture-survey-201008?currentPage=all" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">most important works of contemporary architecture</a> on the planet.</div>
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Photos of the Gehry model that will become Facebook's new HQ have been floating around for a couple of years. But with the building slated for completion next year, Facebook provided these new, exclusive images to Business Insider of what the world can expect from Gehry's latest design:</div>
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At more than 435,000 square feet, spread across 22 acres, the new building dips and rises <a href="http://allfacebook.com/menlo-park-officially-approves-west-campus_b114030" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">from 45 to 73 feet.</a> It is built above a surface-level parking lot with a massive rooftop green space that resembles a park more than a small corporate outdoor garden.</div>
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Facebook's new building is a powerful example of how people create a sense of space and ownership over their environment. Buildings have <a href="http://1893fair.weebly.com/the-fountainhead.html" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">long been held up as shining example of human innovation</a>. Considering Gehry's new design is just one of <a href="http://greensource.construction.com/features/currents/2012/1207-high-tech-headquarters.asp" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">many expansive new Silicon Valley projects</a>, it feels as if the whole area is gently reshaping its self image.</div>
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The roof will support a handful of outdoor cafes, barbecues and work benches beneath full-size trees to complete the park-like effect. One building will be <a href="http://allfacebook.com/menlo-park-officially-approves-west-campus_b114030" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">large enough to house 10,000 workers</a> in a single room.</div>
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The building is scheduled to open in the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Facebook-West-designed-by-Frank-Gehry-3814171.php" style="color: #00709a; text-decoration: none;">spring of 2015</a>.</div>
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Exclusive Photos Of Facebook's Sprawling New HQ, Designed Frank Gehry

After Facebook assumed the former Sun Microsystems complex in Palo Alto in 2011, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg set out to find an arch...

Facebook is testing a new 'Phone' app

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According to James Cook of the businessinsider.com Facebook is testing a new dialer app that works as a caller ID 
system, displaying information about who is calling you using data from 
Facebook. 
 
<a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/20/facebook-appears-to-be-testing-a-dialer-and-caller-id-app-for-android-and-its-called-phone/" sl-processed="1">Android Police was sent a screenshot of a banner in the Android Facebook app</a> which appears to have accidentally been leaked. 
 
Facebook currently has 11 different apps that can be used to access 
different parts of the site. Facebook Messenger lets people send 
messages, Facebook Groups lets people use Facebook groups in a dedicated
 app, and so on. Now, it looks like Facebook wants to add a dialer app 
to its collection. 
 
Here's the screenshot that revealed the existence of the app: 
 
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Facebook is gradually building apps based around functionality that 
you'd usually find in phones. Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are offer 
greater functionality than normal text messages, and now Facebook is 
replacing the dialer with a version of its own that uses its data to 
create a better experience. People are getting used to using Facebook as
 an extra layer on the phone. 
 
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has 
often spoke of a desire to create a phone which is deeply integrated 
with Facebook, and the company has worked to embed its products into 
phones (most notably the HTC First, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/htcs-facebook-phone-is-clearly-a-flop-2013-5" sl-processed="1">which flopped around the world</a>). 
 
<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-on-android-and-not-making-a-facebook-phone-2015-2" sl-processed="1">Here's what Zuckerberg said earlier this year</a> about Facebook's failure to create its own phone: 
 
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It’s something that certainly is a little
 bit stressful. Maybe we can help people out more, or deliver our 
services a little bit better if we had more partnerships with the 
operating systems we were using to build our stuff. But it’s not 
something that I’m that stressed about at this point.</div>

Facebook is testing a new 'Phone' app

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Facebook denies social network hack

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On 27 January 2015 social networking platforms Facebook, Instagram 
and Tinder suffered an hour long outage. The outage resulted in Facebook
 and Instagram users within Africa, as well as the rest of the world, 
being unable to connect to these services. 

While no official statement was released, at the time of the outage, 
infamous hacking group “LizardSquad” stated they were behind the attack.
 This was according to an article published by <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30306319">BBC.co.uk</a>. However, Facebook has since denied the rumour. 

According to the <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-denies-lizard-squad-hacking-claim-1422342613">Wall Street Journal</a>,
 Facebook denied being the victim of a hacking attack and said its site 
and photo-sharing app Instagram had suffered an outage after it 
introduced a configuration change. 

“The disruption was not the result of a third party attack, but 
instead occurred after we introduced a change that affected our 
configuration systems,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal. “We moved quickly to fix the problem, and both services are back to 100% for everyone.” 

According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2927847/Facebook-Instagram-worldwide-hack.html">Mail Online</a>, the social media blackout also affected the dating mobile app Tinder, as well as AOL Instant Messenger and Hipchat. 

The hacking group LizardSquad has claimed responsibility for many 
service interruptions in the past, including: hacking the Sony 
PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live network in December 2014. 
Additionally, LizardSquad came under spotlight after the hackers claimed
 responsibility for the attack of website of Malaysia Airlines. 
 

Source: httpwww.itnewsafrica.com

Facebook denies social network hack

On 27 January 2015 social networking platforms Facebook, Instagram and Tinder suffered an hour long outage. The outage resulted in Facebo...

Mark Zuckerberg supports FREE internet in Ghana

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Mark Zuckerberg has launched Internet.org in Ghana -- giving people on the Airtel network access to free basic internet services for education, health, jobs and communication. Right now only about 12% of people in Ghana are connected to the internet, but connectivity is already improving people's lives and communities according to Mark 
Zuckerberg. 
 By connecting everyone, He hopes to unlock even more opportunities for Ghana. Ghana is the fifth country we’ve connected through Internet.org -- after Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Colombia.

Mark Zuckerberg supports FREE internet in Ghana

Mark Zuckerberg has launched Internet.org in Ghana -- giving people on the Airtel network access to free basic internet services for educa...

Facebook Takes A Step Towards Its Own Original Content With A New Breaking Tech-News Wire Feed

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Facebook has launched a tech-news focused newsfeed in an attempt to establish itself as a leading source in tech news.   

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According to a <a href="http://media.fb.com/2014/11/18/introducing-fb-techwire/">blog post</a> announcing the feed, FB Techwire, will “act as a resource for journalists to discover original content on Facebook.”</div>

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highlighting breaking news, first-person photos and videos, and 
noteworthy Facebook posts by tech influencers and news organizations.</div>

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Facebook will also 
highlight commentary from verified Facebook journalists and link out to 
stories about Facebook products and new features. Techwire is powered by
 Storyful, a social content discovery and verification tool for 
newsrooms.</div>

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Facebook has become a massively important platform for publishers. It sends more traffic to sites than any other single site. </div>

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And yet, journalists like
 to whittle away their time on Twitter. And whenever news breaks, 
Twitter is the go to source for real-time information. Facebook wants to
 change all of that with its newswire products.</div>

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FB Techwire is an offshoot of Facebook Newswire, which launched with a similar mission in April, and it functions the same way. </div>

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The “Techwire” is a 
Facebook page that you can subscribe to, and “stories” will appear in 
your feed the same way as posts from friends or other news 
organizations.<img alt="FB Techwire" border="0" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/546bc39eecad044523f56049-645-676/screen%20shot%202014-11-18%20at%204.59.05%20pm.png" />FacebookA recent FB Techwire post </div>

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Facebook has begun cross promoting FB Techwire posts on Twitter with a new @FBTechwire Twitter account.</div>

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This is Facebook starting
 to creep into content creation territory. It's unclear if Facebook 
plans to have more control over media, or not. But, by creating its own 
feed it sets itself up to compete with Facebook pages from companies 
like Techmeme, TechCrunch, and, yes, Business Insider.</div>
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Facebook aiming for free internet in Africa

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">According to internet.org, if developing economies had the standard of 
internet access enjoyed in rich countries global productivity would be 
boosted by 25% and 160 million people would be lifted out of poverty</td></tr>
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According to reports social media giant, Facebook, is in advanced 
talks with Avanti, a UK-based satellite operator regarding a project 
that will essentially provide free internet services in Africa. The 
project is part of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org 
initiative, as reported by The Telegraph. 

The deal is expected to be announced in due course. Avanti currently 
operates two broadband satellites over Africa and plans to launch 
another two in the next three years. Facebook has reportedly turned to 
Avanti after its appeal to mobile operators to provide free internet 
access received a cool reception. Neither company would comment on the 
matter. 

According to internet.org, if developing economies had the standard 
of internet access enjoyed in rich countries global productivity would 
be boosted by 25% and 160 million people would be lifted out of poverty. 

By signing a commercial deal with Avanti, Facebook could bypass the 
network operators entirely and cover a massive area of Africa at a 
relatively low cost. 

IT News Africa recently interviewed <a href="http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2014/11/video-interview-internet-connectivity-changes-lives-facebook-vp/">Chris Daniels</a>,
 Facebook’s Vice President for Internet.org. Daniels explains in the 
interview that Facebook’s mission is to make the world more open and 
connected. Daniels also explains that Internet.org also has a mission, 
which is connecting the two thirds of the world that don’t have access 
to the internet. 
 

Source: itnewsafrica.com

Facebook aiming for free internet in Africa

According to internet.org, if developing economies had the standard of internet access enjoyed in rich countries global productivity woul...