Yahoo! to halt Google and Facebook account login with its services

Time to unearth the password for your (most likely embarrassing) Yahoo! ID. The tech company plans to phase out the ability to log into its services with the use of Google and Facebook accounts. Yahoo! aims to provide the “best personalized experience to everyone” and they believe the third-party logins get in the way. They did not give a timeline when the login buttons will disappear for all online properties of Yahoo! Yes, that includes Tumblr and Flickr.

Source: Engadget

Facebook Messenger lands on Windows Phone san voice messaging and chat heads

Windows Phone users rejoice! Facebook Messenger made its debut on the Microsoft platform earlier than expected. The app comes over a week following Mobile World Congress announcement. It has most of the features of Facebook’s chat app, including group conversations, stickers, and photo sharing. However, it doesn’t have voice messaging and chat heads at the moment. We’d expect those additional features will come at a later date. But if you can live without those now, you can download the app here.

Source: Engadget

Facebook photo features you must be using

Uploading photos on Facebook is a rather easy affair. But are you making the most of the experience? The people behind Facebook suggest photo features you should be using on the social network.

Select your audience

You can tailor-fit your image posts to a specific group of friends on Facebook. Select the drop down menu the right hand corner of the album to pick who can view a set of photos, including ‘Friends’, ‘Public’, ‘Custom’, or ‘Only Me’. You can even do this to individual images by selecting the audience selector tool beside the post button.

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Facebook drops the ax on Messenger for Windows

Facebook decided to withdraw support for Messenger for Windows starting March 3. PCWorld reports the social networking service did not divulge its reason for pulling support for the app. Facebook users on Windows though can still access messaging features on Facebook’s site. The messenger app is barely two years old and had been well-received by Windows users with over half of the ratings worth five stars.

But Facebook is pushing through with plans developing Messenger for Windows Phone. Perhaps, this is the social network’s way of transitioning to mobile.