Saturday, October 20, 2012

Facebook: We Weren’t Moving Fast Enough in Mobile




According to a report in AllThingsD one of Facebook’s mottos is “Move Fast.” Indeed, there are posters extolling that mind-set throughout the company’s offices.  But when it comes to mobile, even Facebook wasn’t moving fast enough. That was the message on Friday from Facebook Mobile VP Vaughan Smith.
And yet the opportunity there is huge, Smith said. Falling smartphone prices mean that an ever-increasing number of people around the globe are getting their hands on a device. Moreover, he said, more customers are shifting to plans that allow mobile data access…..

Historically, Smith said, the company’s goal was to take what it was doing on the Web and copy it as much as possible onto phones. “We’ve completely changed the way we do product development,” Smith said, saying that Facebook is now focused on mobile-first efforts…..

Read more at http://allthingsd.com/20121019/facebook-we-werent-moving-fast-enough-in-mobile/

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