Nouvel article qui confirme que #Facebook a l’ambition de devenir une sorte d’opérateur #telecom (ou du moins de peser sur les #telcos) et fédère en ce sens :
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/technology/facebook-leads-an-effort-to-lower-barriers-to-internet-access.html?pagewant
Half a dozen of the world’s tech giants, including Samsung, Nokia, Qualcomm and Ericsson, have agreed to work with the company as partners on the initiative, which they call Internet.org.
►http://www.internet.org [une bien belle URL]
The companies intend to accomplish their goal in part by simplifying phone applications so they run more efficiently and by improving the components of phones and networks so that they transmit more data while using less battery power.
Avec la vidéo qui va bien :
Car bien sûr, M. Zuckerberg nous l’assure :
We’re focused on it more because we think it’s something good for the world,” he said, “rather than something that is going to be really amazing for our profits.
Précédents articles sur Facebook et le #mobile :
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/technology/facebook-beats-expectations-on-strong-mobile-growth.html
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/technology/for-developing-world-a-lightweight-facebook.html?pagewanted=all