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A few months ago, we started working with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook,” Facebook announced on its blog. “We built it right into chat, so all your conversations start from the same place. To call your friend, just click the video call button at the top of your chat window.” Today Facebook will make an awesome announcement at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST). It's rumored to be a more in depth partnership with Skype, which will integrate. The tech world and beyond gathered yesterday for another big Facebook platform announcement. Our social network members support us throughout the year," said CMA Chief Executive Officer STEVE MOORE. "They are loyal to the CMA brand and our events. So, it is terrific when we can share exciting news with them first." The CMA AWARDS will air on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th at 8p (ET) on ABC-TV, live from the BRIDSTONE ARENA in NASHVILLE. The group chat feature will let users chat with multiple friends at onc...

Facebook accidentally resets email notifications, fixes glitch

Image via Wikipedia Facebook yesterday accidentally reset email notifications for some users. The social network lets users pick and choose what event on Facebook results in an email sent to their inbox (there are now 73 notification options to choose from). By default, most are turned on, and users often choose to turn some of them off. Unfortunately, the reset turned them all back on. The glitch got a lot of attention and was posted on the Known Issues on Facebook webpage: Email notifications: Some people are suddenly receiving email notifications for settings they had turned off, and the checkboxes are now checked. We are currently working on a solution to this problem. The issue has since been fixed, according to Facebook. “Yesterday evening, we discovered a bug that caused a small number of people to start receiving notifications they had previously turned off,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. “We have since resolved the issue and apologize for any inconvenien...

Facebook entrance to China

Image via Wikipedia Entering China would give Facebook access to the world’s largest Internet market, with more than 457 million Web users. People who want to get on the social network there now rely on private-network services to circumvent firewalls that bar access to information the government deems inappropriate. Facebook, with more than 500 million users, aims to expand in other parts of the world to add members and advertisers. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg visited China in December and met with Internet companies including Baidu Inc. and Sina Corp. He also met with Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile Ltd., who said the pair discussed “the possibility of cooperation” in China. “We are currently studying and learning about China, as part of evaluating any possible approaches that could benefit our users, developers and advertisers,” Palo Alto, California- based Facebook said in an e-mailed statement. owner of the world’s most popular social-networking se...