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Report: Facebook code looks to presage teen messaging app

Published 06/01/2017, 01:55 PM
© Reuters.  Report: Facebook code looks to presage teen messaging app
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  • Scanning code inside the main Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) app, The Information reports that the company seems to be preparing a teen-oriented message service.
  • The code indicates an app called "Talk," the publication says, that shows signs of parental controls that would distinguish Talk from Facebook's flagship Messenger.
  • Unreleased feature references in the code say "Talk is a messaging app where you fully control the contacts," The Information says.
  • Meanwhile, the company's also revamping its photo offering with several new features, including the ability to add any sort of post into an album -- a likely response to encroachment from a rapidly developing Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Photos. Facebook's also simplifying adding contributors to a group album.
  • Now read: Facebook's Network Effects, Innovative Culture, And Valuable Assets


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