Facebook is testing an Android dialer app with advanced call blocking

Facebook Home may have ended in failure, but the company is still looking at ways to take over your smartphone. Android Police reports on the existence of a new, Android-only dialer app that "shows you info about who's calling and automatically blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers." The app, called Phone, is marked "FB-only," suggesting it made it into the wild a little early. Facebook confirmed the app's existence to VentureBeat. "We are always testing things and have nothing to announce at this time," the company said.

Facebook Home — which is still available, though it hasn't been updated in a year — marked an ambitious effort to put the social network, rather than apps, at the heart of your smartphone experience. It replaced your phone's lockscreen and homescreen with the News Feed, and turned your phone's contacts into "Chat Heads" that remained on the screen to interact with until you dismissed them. Fewer than 5 million people downloaded it.

A dialer could represent a new strategy for putting Facebook at the system level of Android phones. Or it could be a one-off experiment. Perhaps we'll hear more at the company's developer conference, F8, which takes place next week in San Francisco.
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15 Ways to Naturally Boost Your Blog Traffic

You put a lot of time and effort into your blog. You take the time to create interesting posts and respond to customer comments. You even publish your posts on Facebook. You swear you are doing everything the ‘right way’ for your blog, but one major problem still remains: your traffic flow stinks.
If you feel like you have tapped out all of your options for naturally boosting your blog traffic, you aren’t alone. Company blogs can fail because their writers don’t have a steady stream of ideas, just don’t have the time, or no one reads their blog. It’s hard to stay motivated when your only feedback is crickets chirping — I get it.
Giving Your Blog a Boost
Whether you have a handful of readers or none at all, you’d really like for a new audience stream to flow into your blog. The problem is that all of the obvious options aren’t working for you, and you aren’t in the game of tricking Google to score some new readers. So, what do you do when you just can’t seem to get those traffic numbers to spike?
You don’t have to give up on tried-and-true methods of naturally increasing your blog traffic. With a bit of creativity, you can breathe new life into old techniques to generate some new traffic. Here are several ways to put a new spin on old blog promotion tricks.
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spain vs chile Fifa World Cup - 2014

spain vs chile Fifa World Cup - 2014

 

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Check Out These 4 Apps To Track The Live Action Of FIFA World Cup 2014

Check Out These 4 Apps To Track The Live Action Of FIFA World Cup 2014

FIFA World Cup 2014, the biggest football spectacle on earth, is only a day away and all eyes are on the kickoff in Brazil. Watching your favorite football teams and players live in the South American paradise is a luxury most of us cannot afford, but screaming 'Goal' at the top of your lungs while witnessing action from a cable box has its perks as well. Fans who can't possibly miss the action have marked their calendars, planned weekend parties, and are ready with their newly purchased World Cup goodies. But those who are yet to catch up need not worry. In this article, we will cover the best apps for keeping track of all the action taking place in the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

18 days to go

18 days to go

 

Michael Owen was 18 years and 190 days old when he scored his first goal at France 1998, becoming England’s youngest FIFA World Cup™ marksman in the process.
However, that record-breaking strike against Romania was quickly overshadowed by

Klinsmann: Howard among top five keepers in world

Klinsmann: Howard among top five keepers in world

USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is still sizing up much of his FIFA World Cup™ talent, but he has no doubts about goalkeeper Tim Howard. 

Klinsmann, overseeing a pre-World Cup training camp including 30 players at Stanford University in Palo Alto, said the veteran 'keeper, who

Essien: Our strength is our depth

Essien: Our strength is our depth

When the world's attention turns to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ next month, Michael Essien will be making his second appearance on the biggest stage, but many question marks surround the AC Milan midfielder. Still considered an automatic choice for Ghana's Black Stars when healthy and available, the former Chelsea star has struggled with injuries and playing time over the last few years, and at 31 years old,he is eyeing the end of his career.
However, after missing the last World Cup with a knee problem, Essien tells FIFA.com about his excitement with the talented Ghana

Ribery: This will be my last World Cup

Ribery: This will be my last World Cup

France winger Franck Ribery says this summer's FIFA World Cup™ will be his last.
The 31-year-old, who also appeared for Les Bleus in the 2006 and 2010 editions, has set his sights on a winning farewell to the event. "It will be my last World Cup," he told

22 days to go

FIFA World Cup 2014 - 22 days to go

A total of 22 FIFA World Cup™ matches have been decided by a penalty shoot-out, the first in 1982 when West Germany beat France in the semi-finals and the most recent in 2010, when Uruguay edged out Ghana in the last eight.

Germany, France, Argentina and Italy have all

McDonald's Kicks-Off FIFA World Cup(TM) With First-Ever Global French Fry Packaging Redesign and New, Augmented Reality Trick-Shot App

McDonald's Kicks-Off FIFA World Cup(TM) With First-Ever Global French Fry Packaging Redesign and New, Augmented Reality Trick-Shot App

OAK BROOK, IL -- (Marketwired) - Customers around the globe will soon notice something different at McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). Starting next Monday, the brand will change the look of its iconic red French fry packaging globally with bold, new artwork to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup(tm) in Brasil. In addition, the new fry boxes will be the key to "unlocking" a new Augmented Reality (AR) app that will reward customers with an engaging, virtual trick-shot challenge.

"This is the first time in brand history we're changing the packaging design of one of our customers' most favourite menu items on a global scale, and what better reason than to share in the excitement of one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world," said Steve Easterbrook, Senior Executive Vice President and Global Chief Brand Officer of McDonald's. "This is about bringing fun, innovative programming to our customers and celebrating our shared love of

ESPN launches ‘FC Soccer and World Cup’ Android app for FIFA World Cup 2014

ESPN launches ‘FC Soccer and World Cup’ Android app for FIFA World Cup 2014

The football world cup in Brazil is just few weeks away and everybody is warming up to the event in their own way. And if you are one of those who are obsessed with football then ESPN’s latest app could satiate your football needs very well.

The app offers in-depth analysis of each game which can be accessed with a single click. It also offers full time highlights of

World Cup 2014 schedule in PDF, SBS and FIFA app

World Cup 2014 schedule in PDF, SBS and FIFA app

 The FIFA World Cup 2014 game and TV schedule is being made fully available by the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation, or better known as SBS On Demand to the users in Australia. The good news is you don’t need to live in Australia to download the high resolution FIFA World Cup 2014 schedule PDF file, which is being heavily promoted on the sbs.com.au website.

We have included a quick look at the broadcast schedule and game times in the screenshot above, but you can download the high-res PDF picture right here. The image landed on a few Google Plus profiles, which is exactly

23 days to go

FIFA World Cup -2014     (23 days to go)

The No23 shirt officially appeared for the first time at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, when teams were permitted to name 23 players in their squads.
Before that, however, at the 1962 tournament, the number made its unofficial debut when it was worn by Uruguay’s Guillermo Escalada; the No13 having been omitted from the Celeste squad for superstitious reasons.
In 1998, the No23 made another unscheduled appearance on the back of Simon Gopane, a reserve goalkeeper for South Africa's reserve goalkeeper who had replaced the injured No22, Paul Evans.

Prandelli: My squad is designed for the Final

Prandelli: My squad is designed for the Final

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli called on his players to beat England in their FIFA World Cup™ opener in the hope of beginning a campaign that has been "designed" to see the Azzurri reach the Final in Brazil. On the first day of a ten-day training

Messi: It's going to be another story with Argentina

 Messi: It's going to be another story with Argentina

 

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi believes his army of fans will see a different player at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ than the one that underperformed for Barcelona in 2013/14.

"As I join up with the national team, the atmosphere is completely different," he said. "Many times in the past when I have gone back to Barcelona, I have played well. Now I am hoping that the opposite happens."

Messi took his time to