Facebook’s Event: Last-Minute Rumor Round-Up - butlermarstole

Look! Up in the sky! IT's a phone! Information technology's a Skype partnership! It's more Places! Or maybe it's a Facebook redesign! The rumor mill is in overdrive trying to figure out what Facebook has projected for its press event today. Some users are saying they have a sunrise version of Facebook chaffer featuring large profile pictures, suggesting an interface redesign is in the works. Simply could there be more to Facebook's announcement? Here's the latest buzz.

Facebook Redesign

At least unrivalled of the big announcements today mightiness be a fresh coat of paint for your Facebook visibility, according to TechCrunch. It's not clear what those changes might be, but the blog says your profile page could be redesigned to look more like Facebook's Places pages. One resulting vary might be that your visibility's customizable tabs at the top off could disappear and be moved to the left editorial. Information technology's not perfect whether your dashboard, where most of your Facebook activity happens, leave see any changes other than the reported revamped chew the fat interface. Facebook likewise recently trilled out new features for its Photos service including a revamped user interface and the ability to upload higher-resolution images.

Facebook engineers induce reportedly been on what the company calls "Lockdown" for single months to get the acknowledged redesign ready. While a Facebook redesign sounds slick, the ethnical network has never called a urge event for something sol basic. And then what else could Facebook possess planned?

Telephone tales

Some are resurrecting the idea that Facebook may announce a secret mobile device. However, the companion has pretty much denied that it's working on a Facebook-branded French telephone.

There are reports, however, that Facebook and Skype have been in talks to integrate their two services, accordant to All Things Member. Spic-and-span services rumored to get on the docket let in video chatting and text electronic messaging with your Facebook friends. All Things Digital reports the two companies are "poised to declare" the partnership soon.

Places

Some are locution Facebook has taken a trick outer of Malus pumila's playbook by placing a vague hint in the iron event ask in. "Please join us for an invite-only effect," the invitation reads. "Check-in begins at 10 am."

The mention of check-in has set hit speculation that Facebook might want to discourse Places, the company's location-sharing service. It's non clear what the company mightiness have to announce, perhaps the ability to add photos to your condition-in or even Places availability in more countries. Places is available in the One States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japanese Archipelago, Commonwealth of Australi and Italia, according to Inside Facebook.

Events

A vague reference to Places may not be the only when hint in Facebook's receive. The web log Every Facebook notes that the title of respect of the invite is "Please Join Us For An Event." The blog says it has been expecting Facebook to unveil a revamped Events service, and today's announcement may be the day. A new Facebook Events, accordant to All Facebook, could include an RSVP thingumabob that event producers would integrate with their websites similar to using "Care" buttons and other types of third-party Facebook integration.

So that's the latest speculation and rumor about Facebook's event. No single knows for sure what Facebook has predetermined, but many a expect it to personify leastways 2 hours lang syne the result starts at 10 a.m. and Facebook is serving lunch to those in attendance.

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