Facebook wants to dominate mobile phones
Facebook facebook-Mobile has launched a strategy to become a dominant force in the world of mobile telephony as well as what is social networking. He plans on making the mobile phone into a more social experience and offer discounts on purchases.
Facebook announced the opportunity for companies to offer discounted products to users via their phone. He also revealed plans for a single sign-on that allows users to access applications at one time with your Facebook name and password.
For application developers also offered the possibility of adding a social layer to their products, the company announced at an event at its offices in Palo Alto.
The attempt to combine “mobile, social, local” comes just as the phone number is multiplying worldwide. Over 200 million people are using Facebook across multiple mobile platforms. This is a larger user base than the iPhone or Android.
A year ago, the social networking giant had 65 million mobile users. Mobile users are also two times more active on Facebook that people are connecting via personal computers.
“Clearly there are major changes in the mobile space and is also a revolution happening in the social space,” said Mark Zuckerberg.