Netflix wants you to recommend shows to your Facebook friends

If you want to inspire your friends with your brilliant entertainment recommendations or inflict your bad viewing choices on others, you can do that now with Netflix. Users in Canada and the U.S. can now send content recommendations to their friends, family, acquaintances, awkward dates, and the like. According to Cameron Johnson, director of product innovation at Netflix, you will be prompted to recommend the show to people in your Facebook list after you finish watching a show. You don’t have to worry about them seeing how much bad television you watch though, that will be kept to you. Also, if your friends’ Facebook accounts aren’t linked to your Netflix, the recommendations will be sent as a Facebook message.

Source: Netflix | Via: Consumerist

Facebook becomes first non-Google app to cross one billion app download on Android

It wasn’t really a question of if it would happen. We knew Facebook would reach that milestone at some point. However, they are the first non-Google app to do so. Obviously, Google-owned apps would garner widespread adoption on their Android platform but now the most popular social network on the planet joins that illustrious one billion installation list. Only three other apps have been able to do so on Android—Google Maps, YouTube, and Gmail. We’re curious to see who will cross that threshold next.

Source: Ubergizmo | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Facebook issues statement on Messenger hubbub

Facebook has been getting a lot of flak for its unbundling of messaging with its mobile apps. Now, the company behind the social network has issued a statement to help calm down any fears its users may have about the move. Facebook’s Peter Martinazzi is calling on people to calm down about the entire situation but it doesn’t look like they are apologizing for forcing people to download another Facebook app. You can read the full statement at the link below.

Like most other apps, we request permission to run certain features, such as making calls and sending photos, videos or voice messages. If you want to send a selfie to a friend, the app needs permission to turn on your phone's camera and capture that photo. We don't turn on your camera or microphone when you aren't using the app.

Source: Facebook | Via: The Next Web

Facebook Messenger becomes no. 1 downloaded app on App Store but gets 1-star rating

With the forced unbundling of Facebook’s messaging feature to become Facebook Messenger, it is natural that the app will become the number 1 app on the Apple App Store. However, this change is also showing how people do not like being forced to download new apps that another app already does. The current version of the Facebook Messenger app has been getting one-star ratings from users. It is mostly attributed to the switch as the previous versions of the app usually earned a four-star average on the App Store.

Source: Mashable