No "Facebook Messenger" for Windows users ?

�We�re sorry, but we can no longer support Facebook Messenger for Windows, and it will stop working on March 3, 2014,� the message states at the top of the application. �We really appreciate you using Messenger to reach your friends, and we want to make sure you know that you can keep chatting and view all your messages on http://www.facebook.com. Learn more.�
 
 
This message is seen by many Windows users who use Facebook Messenger to chat and connect with their friends. Facebook has started giving prompt notifications about its Messenger app in Windows phones, that the app will be shutting down on 3rd March, 2014 which was released in March 2012.
 
Only Android and iOS users have the facility to continue using Facebook messenger app. 

When a user clicks on the "Learn More" link in the message, he gets directed to generic messages.

It is stated by the Facebook spokesperson that the facility was available for Windows users just for 2 years. 

Whenever you log in to the Messenger app in your Windows phone, you will get this image : 







End of @facebook.com email service by March 2014 as per Facebook's latest updates

Less used email service of Facebook, @facebook.com will be closed by the social media in the month of March 2014. As stated in the latest news about Facebook, it is the end of @facebook.com. 

The email service was based on your public username. For example, if your user name is abc, then email sent to your accounts' email, i.e, abc@facebook.com would be seen in Facebook messages. But now as this service is coming to an end, an email sent to this address will be forwarded to your primary email. 

To know what is your email id in Facebook, check your Account Settings -> General -> Email.

You will get a clear idea of the same. 

This email service was launched by Facebook in 2010 for providing one place where users can send or receive email. But this feature was rarely used and updated. Moreover it caused problems and troubles. 

The main reason Facebook has decided to close this service is for non usage of users. People have not used this properly. So this decision will not make any difference for people. 

A Facebook spokesperson said: "Over the next few weeks we're notifying people who use their @facebook.com email that the feature is changing. When someone sends you an email to your @facebook.com then it will no longer go to your Messages on Facebook. Instead, the email will be forwarded to the primary email address on your account." 



Facebook lets to turn off this feature. 





How to get notifications when your Facebook account is accessed from a desktop or mobile

Many Facebook users access their account from mobile devices now a days. As the new mobile technologies making new attractions, with the use of Facebook app in their iPhone's or iOS devices, people access their account in their mobiles for sharing and connecting. 

But they don't know or don't have that much of time to keep a record of accessing their account from desktop or mobiles. 

Facebook has made simpler options for its users to access their accounts with an option called "Login Notifications" in the security. 


To secure your account you need to be double sure that no one is accessing your account from other device when you are accessing from desktop and vice versa. 







The steps to set the security for "Login notifications" are as follows : 

  • Log in to your Facebook account 
  • Click on the Account Settings option
  • Select Security option 
  • Click on Edit option besides Login Notifications option
  • Choose a notification from the options Email or Text Message 
  • Click Save changes 



When you select Text Message as the option to get notified, you will get notified on your mobiles in the form of SMS. 


Well, these simple steps will inform you whether you have anyone other accessing your account. 






Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on why Facebook acquired WhatsApp

Facebook today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company, for a total of approximately USD 16 billion, including USD 4 billion in cash and approximately USD 12 billion worth of Facebook shares.

The agreement also provides for an additional USD 3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp�s founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.

WhatsApp has built a leading and rapidly growing real-time mobile messaging service, with:

Over 450 million people using the service each month;
70 percent of those people active on a given day;
Messaging volume approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume;
and continued strong growth, currently adding more than 1 million new registered users per day

"WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "I've known Jan for a long time and I'm excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected."

Jan Koum, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO, said, �WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. We're excited and honored to partner with Mark and Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around the world.

Facebook fosters an environment where independent-minded entrepreneurs can build companies, set their own direction and focus on growth while also benefiting from Facebook�s expertise, resources and scale. This approach is working well with Instagram, and WhatsApp will operate in this manner. WhatsApp�s brand will be maintained; its headquarters will remain in Mountain View, CA; Jan Koum will join Facebook�s Board of Directors; and WhatsApp�s core messaging product and Facebook�s existing Messenger app will continue to operate as standalone applications.

Mark Zuckerberg comments on the WhatsApp deal

Mark Zuckerberg
"I�m excited to announce that we�ve agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook. Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. We do this by building services that help people share any type of content with any group of people they want.

WhatsApp will help us do this by continuing to develop a service that people around the world love to use every day. WhatsApp is a simple, fast and reliable mobile messaging service that is used by over 450 million people on every major mobile platform."

More than 1 million people sign up for WhatsApp every day and it is on its way to connecting one billion people. More and more people rely on WhatsApp to communicate with all of their contacts every day. WhatsApp will continue to operate independently within Facebook.

The product roadmap will remain unchanged and the team is going to stay in Mountain View. Over the next few years, we're going to work hard to help WhatsApp grow and connect the whole world. We also expect that WhatsApp will add to our efforts forInternet.org, our partnership to make basic internet services affordable for everyone. WhatsApp will complement our existing chat and messaging services to provide new tools for our community. Facebook Messenger is widely used for chatting with your Facebook friends, and WhatsApp for communicating with all of your contacts and small groups of people.

Since WhatsApp and Messenger serve such different and important uses, we will continue investing in both and making them each great products for everyone. WhatsApp had every option in the world, so I�m thrilled that they chose to work with us.

I�m looking forward to what Facebook and WhatsApp can do together, and to developing great new mobile services that give people even more options for connecting. I've also known Jan for a long time, and I know that we both share the vision of making the world more open and connected.

I'm particularly happy that Jan has agreed to join the Facebook board and partner with me to shape Facebook's future as well as WhatsApp's. Jan and the WhatsApp team have done some amazing work to connect almost half a billion people. I can�t wait for them to join Facebook and help us connect the rest of the world.

WhatsApp growth

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