Facebook Windows 8 App Set for Major Update on August 4

The Facebook app for Windows 8.1 is set for a big update on Monday, August 4.
Facebook Windows 8 App Set for Major Update on August 4
8/4/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

The Facebook app for Windows 8.1 is set for a big update on Monday, August 4.

According to a Microsoft blog post, the user experience of the Facebook app will be “overhauled,” and users should see better app performance.

The app will also support more languages and allow users to upload videos from their Windows Phone device directly to Facebook.

Also, users on the Windows Phone 8.1 OS can now connect with People Hub via Facebook.

Users should be able to get the update if they have the app, or can download it from the Windows Phone Store.

See an AP tech update below.

Microsoft sues Samsung in royalty dispute

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft said Friday it is suing Samsung for threatening to stop paying Microsoft royalties for patents behind the Android operating system.

The two companies came to a deal in September 2011 to cross-license each other’s patent portfolios. Samsung wound up paying Microsoft royalties on a series of patents.

Analyst Rick Sherlund of Nomura Securities has estimated royalties on its Android patents bring Microsoft nearly $2 billion a year.

Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, says more than 25 companies are licensing the patents, including Samsung, Acer and ZTE, covering roughly 80 percent of the Android-based smartphones sold in the U.S.

In a blog post Friday, Microsoft Corp.’s deputy general counsel said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. decided to breach its contract after Microsoft announced in September it was acquiring Nokia’s devices business.

After initially refusing to pay royalties in the second year of the deal, Samsung made a late payment in November but did not add on interest, according to a redacted copy of the complaint filed in federal court in New York and provided by Microsoft.

The complaint also alleged that Samsung has asked South Korean competition authorities to change the contract to reduce or eliminate its payments to Microsoft.

Samsung said in a statement, “We will review the complaint in detail and determine appropriate measures in response.”

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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