On 9 April 2013, Facebook held an event in its Menlo Park headquarters to show the world its “new home on Android.”
Prior to this event, when Facebook had started sending invitations to people regarding this event, many people speculated that at this event, Facebook would be launching an Android Smartphone.
However, what actually happened at the event was indeed different from the expectations.Facebook Inc unveiled its most ambitious attempt yet to enter mobile computing without a phone of its own. It introduced a new app that replaces the home screen on some Android Smartphones.
This app is Facebook‘s “new home on Android.” That is why it was called Facebook Home.In Facebook home, pictures from your Facebook news feed would take up the entire display screen. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that users will see the world through people rather than apps.
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