Facebook launches unified mobile site, announces 250 million mobile users

Facebook has announced that its two mobile sites -- m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com -- have been unified, bringing a simpler mobile experience to Facebook users. And there are a lot of those -- a quarter billion, according to Facebook.

Smartphone users won't be losing any functionality because of the consolidation. If your phone supported the enhacned features offered by touch.facebook.com, the new site will automatically flip the switch when you visit.

Rolling the sites together helps simplify things for Facebook's developer team. Now changes can be pushed to a single site instead of two separate sites, which makes it easier to ensure that all mobile users receive a nearly identical experience regardless of the device they're using.

The new Facebook mobile can also check to see if your phone supports geolocation. If it doesn't, you won't be seeing much of Facebook Places -- which obviously relies heavily on geolocation. Images can also be optimized on the fly to keep page performance from suffering on less powerful devices. You can see the three different versions of the share button below, courtesy our friends at TechCrunch.

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Hello Dolly: CineSkate Puts Wheels On the GorillaPod

When I saw the CineKkates, I thought “Why would you want to put wheels onto a short tripod and wheel your camera around on the ground?” Then I saw the promo video, shot with the CineSkates itself. Check it out:

CineSkates is a Kickstarter project so popular that it achieved its $20,000 goal in a day, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/hello-dolly-cineskate-puts-wheels-on-the-gorillapod/

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Daily Crunch: Moon Phase Edition

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Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/18/daily-crunch-moon-phase/

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Cardstick ? A Ruler for your Wallet that Requires Zero Space

This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that…” ideas. The Cardstick is a set of 3 vinyl stickers that you can wrap around the edge of one of your existing credit cards. The stickers do not interfere with the normal operation (swiping) of your card and will provide a 3 inch ruler [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/25/cardstick-a-ruler-for-your-wallet-that-requires-zero-space/

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Daily Crunch: VR Drone Edition

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Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/07/07/daily-crunch-vr-drone-edition/

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New software uses facial recognition to defend against prying eyes

Having the right programs and hardware to keep the information on your display safe from prying eyes is never a bad idea, and new software from Oculis Labs offers a very interesting take on how to do just that. It's called PrivateEye, and it utilizes facial recognition to automatically pixelate the contents of your display when you look away.

If you step away from your system and someone else decides to sit down and poke around, PrivateEye will present a confusing jumble of garbled text. It'll even notify you if someone tries to peek over your shoulder -- and display a picture of your peeping Tom, throw up an alert, or sound an alarm.

Check out the video embed after the break, and share your thoughts in the comments!

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Native Or Web? Bizness Apps Adds HTML5 Platform To Let SMBs Create Their Own Apps ? For Both

Bizness Apps, the startup that gives small businesses the tools to quickly and easily build mobile apps, launched in October 2010 and has been growing like gangbusters, reaching over 1,000 applications, 10 languages, and over 20 countries in less than 9 months. It also recently partnered with WuFoo to give SMBS the ability to create and seamlessly add contact forms, online surveys, and invitations to their apps. The startup also has an interesting founding story that provides some useful lessons for your entrepreneurs. Check out our April coverage here. Bizness Apps's value proposition is simple: The startup wants to make mobile apps affordable, customizable, and simple to make for small business owners. Thus, the startup offers a DIY iPhone, iPad, and Android app platform that enables SMBs to create, edit, and manage mobile apps without any programming experience required. You start with a template, customize them to suit your business, and then Bizness Apps makes them native apps and distributes them on iTunes and the Android Marketplace.

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