One of the greatest innovations of the Windows Phone 7 platform – as if the stunning Metro UI wasn’t amazing enough – is the People Hub, a living contact management hub of friends, family and colleagues, unified across various networks such as Windows Live and corporate Microsoft Exchange and combined with Facebook (and soon LinkedIn [...]

Non-smartphone users targeted. Facebook has moved to strengthen its mobile offering by acquiring Snaptu, a specialist in bringing online services to non-smartphone handsets. According to a posting on Snaptu’s website, it has agreed terms with Facebook in a deal reportedly worth US$70 million and will close the arrangement within weeks. “Earlier this year, we announced [...]