Facebook is launching its upgraded Graph Search

Facebook is reportedly launching its updated graph search engine on Monday that was originally announced in January this year. This search engine allows the users to search Facebook social graph for people, places, photos and interests.

With the new search engine, users will be able to ask questions in the search bar. This search is also integrated with Microsoft’s Bing giving information from the web, if nothing important found in the usual search.

According to Facebook, new search engine will be faster, easier and give relevant results better than the current one.

Via:

Mashable

Angry Birds launched on Facebook

"With the great success of the Angry Birds game on smartphone platforms, Rovio intends to reach more fans and be on every screen and every platform," Rovio Asia senior vice president Henri Holm said in a statement.

"Therefore, the company developed Angry Birds on Facebook to reach more than 800 million Facebook users worldwide."

The game has been launched a day earlier than previous announcement.

Adobe Systems' Flash Player supporting 3D graphics has been used for Angry Birds on Facebook offering "enhanced special effects like lighting, smoke and explosions running smoothly at 60 frames per second," Adobe said in a statement.

 “This launch is just the beginning for Angry Birds on Facebook,” said Petri Järvilehto, SVP of Game Publishing at Rovio. “We have great new features and gameplay lined up for the fans in the upcoming weeks. Angry Birds on Facebook will offer a unique experience for our fans, and we’re really excited to finally be on the platform.”

Source:
SayPeople

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Rovio

Facebook may get €100,000 fine in Ireland

Austrian law student suits 22 complaints against Facebook, which may result in auditing Facebook by Irish data protection commissioner.
Facebook may face outcomes in the form of EU100K charges as a result of retaining data deleted by users.

Credit: Paul Sakuma/AP