Facebook reportedly meets with Samsung for virtual reality

A report surfaced that Facebook and Samsung recently met up in South Korea. But before you think about whether Facebook is looking to develop another smartphone, it looks like they would rather focus on a new product segment. The two tech giants are reportedly talking about virtual reality technology. As you know, Oculus VR is owned by Facebook and it looks like they are helping Samsung develop its Gear VR headset. Samsung is said to launch the Gear VR in December. We have to wait and see if the Gear VR would bring Samsung the success it has brought them in the tablet and smartphone market.

Source: Ubergizmo

Facebook introduces “I’m safe” notification tool for calamities

Doing their part to help during natural calamities and other disasters, Facebook has introduced Safety Check, which will send subscribers in a certain area hit by a disaster with the notification asking: “Are you OK?” If they select “I’m safe,” their friends in the area will receive the notification on their news feed. If you can’t access Facebook but are safe, your friends can mark you safe as well.

Safety Check will be available all over the world on desktop, iOS, Android, and feature phones. However, a missing feature is you can’t respond “No” and you won’t be able to say if you need rescue. Hopefully, this feature evolves a bit more and would truly make the social network something useful in times of need.

Source: RT

Facebook brings stickers to comments

Love spamming your friends with stickers on Facebook Messenger? Now, you can do the same with comments section. Engineer Bob Baldwin said the comment sticker support originated from a hackathon project in New York and the prototype was created in one night. When it was put through a trial phase, the employees loved it.

Support for stickers will be available on Web, mobile Web, and iOS and Android apps and should be rolling out now. You can insert stickers by tapping on the smiley face icon at the bottom right of the comments field. Now, you no longer need words to say how a certain post makes you feel.

Source: Facebook | Via: Ubergizmo

Facebook tipped to be working on anonymous mobile app

Facebook has been getting flak for its real name policy and they seem to have a different solution for it: create a different anonymous app. The New York Times reports that the company is working on an app that will let users interact with each other anonymously. And the purported app is coming pretty soon. It will reportedly let users register under multiple identities and discuss topics you wouldn’t normally talk about when you use your real name.

Source: The New York Times | Via: The Next Web