Social Networking major Facebook is trying hard to get back to top place as a social networking source in the world. After the boost of small social networks such as WhatsApp, SnapChat etc from the last one year, Facebook Corporation concentrating on decreased popularity of its social networking site. In last week they announced an implementation of its latest mobile app named 'Paper'.
Paper is a latest mobile app from Facebook Corporation which falls in the category of digital newspaper and will be launched around end of January 2014, according to sources. Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is the major personality behind this project for mobile Facebook users in the world. This product, digital Paper will digitize worldwide news updates from various media related companies but it is not clear that this app is going to be a standalone app or incorporated with Facebook.
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| Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook |
Facebook Paper App May be Available by End of January
With this announcement about digital newspaper, it seems that Facebook is challenging Flipboard which falls under same category. Launched in 2010 and downloaded by 90 million users, Flipboard collects many articles from media sources and represent them to user in attractive manner. This app is expected to be in the market for use from the end this month.
Facebook Corporation has declined to reply on the speculations but with the help of this product Facebook may be referred as a customized newspaper. This News Feed feature from the major social networking site may show up news articles over trends. Facebook eyed on mobile market to boost its user base and increase advertising opportunities.
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