Friday, April 5, 2013

Qualcomm Technologies Ties Into Facebook Home

San Diego-based Qualcomm Incorporated jumped on the Facebook Home bandwagon yesterday, saying that it has been working with Facebook to optimize its new Facebook Home and Facebook for Android on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Facebook's new offering, Facebook Home, is a a set of Android apps which replace the normal Android home and screensavers with social updates from Facebook, including providing notifications, photos, status updates, and more throughout Android. Facebook Home is initially rolling out on the HTC First, which is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon.

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