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Report: facebook bolsters efforts to build smartphone by ferujkll sdff
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Facebook is revitalizing its effort to create a smartphone,recruiting engineers who have experience with mobile devices,according to a story in the New York Times Sunday. Facebook has kept its renewed effort to come up with a smartphonequiet, avoiding putting ads on public sites, according to the article , which cited unnamed sources inside the company, people briefed bythe company and people who had been the target of recruitmentinitiatives. Facebook wants to release a smartphone by next year, and has pickedup former Apple engineers who had worked on the iPhone, as well onewho worked on the iPad, according to the article. This is not the first Facebook smartphone initiative. An effortstarted several years ago, first reported by TechCrunch, fell apartwhen it became clear that the company did not have the expertisenecessary to come up with a smartphone on its own, according to theTimes story.
Facebook then teamed up with manufacturer HTC in a project,codenamed "Buffy," which is ongoing, according to the Times. Thecurrent initiative to recruit new talent expands the Buffy project.All Things D first reported on the Buffy project last year. As it finds its way as a public company, Facebook is looking forways to bolster financial results. Its May 18 IPO, marred bytechnical glitches at the Nasdaq as well as accusations that the lead underwriter may have breached financialdisclosure rules , has put the spotlight on the company's earnings and the uphillbattle it may have to monetize its huge user base.
In the past few day, reports have emerged that Facebook may acquire Norwegian browser maker Opera Software , developer of browsers for desktops and mobile phones. Facebookexecutives have said that the mobile world is key to furtherexpansion for the company. On Thursday, Facebook launched a mobile photo app , Camera, even before it closed a deal to buy photo-sharing appInstagram. The US$1 bilion deal for Instagram was announced April 9.
The latest reports about Facebook's smartphone efforts also comewithin a week after Google closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility . The close of the deal means that Google has a hardwaremanufacturing arm with which it can closely work to developAndroid. Google will also have control of Motorola's massive patentportfolio. Motorola Mobility has said that it owns or has appliedfor more than 24,000 patents. I am an expert from USB Hubs, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as oil filter wrenches , software requirement specification.
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