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VR, 360 cameras, and Chatbots, oh my! Here’s everything you missed from Facebook’s F8

The keynote for Facebook's F8 developers conference has officially come to a close, with plenty of juicy announcements. Here's everything you missed!
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Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of VR is ordinary glasses with extraordinary powers

Facebook's 10-year roadmap includes a huge push into virtual reality -- but also a move into augmented reality.
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Facebook wants to set standard for VR capture with Surround 360 camera

Facebook has taken the wraps off of Surround 360, its version of the VR camera. The real kicker? It's totally open-source, both hardware and software.
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Facebook simplifies your digital life with faster logins, speedy quote sharing, and more

Facebook announced Account Kit at its F8 developer conference, which allows people to sign in with just a phone number or email address.
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You can now use Facebook Messenger on your phone’s browser

Facebook's serious about Messenger as a platform. It launched Messenger.com today, a web client.
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Trends with Benefits: Nintendo nostalgia, forcefields, zapping pain with sound

Nintendo has a new system, but we really just want its game on smartphones, Facebook wants to publish news, but we really just want it to link, and force fields protect from explosions, but we really just want them to protect from Nerf darts.
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Facebook would like to be part of your smart home

At yesterday's F8 conference, Parse, which is owned by Facebook, announced a developer platform for the Internet of Things. It's Facebook's first big leap into the connected-home environment.
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Facebook’s new Messenger lets you send GIFs, track packages

Facebook is revealing new ways to interact on Messenger at its F8 conference. A new platform lets you send GIFs, track packages, and more from your phone.
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Facebook Timeline FAQ: You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers

While integrated media might have claimed the speculation spotlight, Facebook's massive transformation of the profile into something called Timeline stole the show. Here's a few things you should know about the next evolution of your Facebook profile.
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The two sides to Facebook’s Open Graph

Facebook's Open Graph does two things: Gives consumers a new way to share and interact on the site as well as escalates brands' engagement possibilities. Are these agendas cohesive or divisive?

Privacy groups and Congress want Facebook investigated for ‘super cookies’

Groups are lobbying for another Facebook investigation regarding privacy practices.

What user backlash? Spotify is adding 250,000 users a day since f8

The announcement that you need a Facebook account in order to subscribe to Spotify may be controversial but it's not enough to ward off the news users that are flocking to the site daily.
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Survey: Vast majority of Facebook users dislike new redesign

It seems like nothing really gets people more stirred up than change. Users of the social networking service Facebook are in an uproar about the new design changes announced this week.

Spotify to start dropping invite-only, will offer 6-month trials (Update)

Spotify is dropping the invite-only barrier and opening up to users for free for a six-month trial.
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Relax, enraged Facebook users, everything’s going to be OK

Facebook has its problems, sure. But redesigns are not one of them. It's time to hold back our shallow outrage, and focus on the site's truly worrisome issues.
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Facebook employee leaks new ‘listen with friends’ Facebook Music feature

An errant tweet from a Facebook employee reveals a new feature of Facebook Music, which allows users to listen to tracks with their friends in real-time.
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Facebook’s ‘Read. Watch. Listen.’ announcements mark a turning point for the site

Facebook is doing more than messing with your News Feed. The site has big ambitions to evolve how we consume media, and more changes are right around the corner.
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Report: Here’s what Facebook will announce at f8 on Thursday

Don't want to wait until the 22 to officially hear Mark Zuckerberg debut Facebook's major updates? You don't have to.

Facebook Music speculation: What we ‘know’ and what we want

The f8 developers conference is just around the corner, where Facebook is likely to announce its music application. Here are the expected features as well as a few we'd like to see.
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Facebook mulling news feed changes that benefit advertisers

If you think the Facebook news feed is overrun with useless information now, wait until the social network rolls out the unfiltered news feed. Facebook is testing a more expansive news feed with a small group of users.