Facebook to launch ''something awesome'' next week: Zuckerberg

[XForce!]

From Yoshita Singh Boston, Jul 1 (PTI) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a surprise up his sleeve for the over 500 million users of his social networking site with the billionaire CEO today saying his company is planning to "launch something awesome" next week.

Zuckerberg, speaking at his company''s office in Seattle, did not divulge any further details apart from saying that the company planned to "launch something awesome" next week. However, it is being speculated that the new feature to be launched could be in the mobile or tablet space.

A report in the Los Angeles Times said there are various mobile products in development at Facebook, including the release of a long-awaited Facebook app for Apple''s iPad and a specialised app for photo-sharing on the iPhone. "We are working on a number of exciting things that we have not yet announced, but stay tuned for next week," the report quoted Facebook director of engineering Andrew Bosworth as saying.

The project has been developed at the 40-person Seattle office, which is Facebook''s only major engineering hub outside of its Palo Alto, California headquarters. In the past, the Seattle office has played a key role in Facebook''s mobile efforts, the report said.

Facebook''s Seattle office has made a mark on the company''s mobile efforts, playing a central role in the development of Facebook''s unified mobile site, unveiled in March, it added.

XForce! Reviewed by XForce! on 1st Jul 2011. Facebook to launch ''something awesome'' next week: Zuckerberg http://i.imgur.com/mnu8Q.jpg From Yoshita Singh Boston, Jul 1 (PTI) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a surprise up his sleeve for the over 500 million users of his social networking site with the billionaire CEO today saying his company is planning to "launch something awesome" next week. Zuckerberg, speaking at his company''s office in Seattle, did not divulge any further details apart from saying that the company planned to "launch something awesome" next week. However, it is being Rating: 5

[Myth?]

"something awesome"? Wow that sounds pretty cool.. :/

[XForce!]

"something awesome"? Wow that sounds pretty cool.. :/

Facbook's weapon toward Google+ Let see what they will do now..

[CloudShadow]

Facebook is feeling the heat, lol, G+ ftw.

[Long]

Yes they're going to announce they have setup Google + accounts.

They're just waiting on their invites now.

[Mr Happy]

It's nothing... bullshit tatics. It's just the iPad app that's all. Facebook need to draw attention away from a week where it's being nothing but Google so Zack is trying to big up something that usually grabs the back page news.

EDIT: Just found out it's a form of skype intergration. That's pretty good. Let's see how it compares to Googles "Hangout"

[Smith]

Well (some) people work much better and faster under pressure (google plus) so let's see what happens.

[-saMmy-]

nice ...

[soft2050]

hmm! looking forward for the new feature

[-zAAz-]

Something awsome?, lets see