Facebook has stated that the new design will start rolling out to users starting today. If you want to get access to the new design even before your friends do, or want to give it a try and provide feedback to Facebook, you can sign-up and add yourself to the waiting list.

The social media giant Facebook has just announced a new design for the Facebook News Feed, including changes in the flow of status updates, photos and advertisements its users see on the site. The new Facebook News Feed is designed in a way to reduce clutter and focus more on stories that people share, as the company continues to carry out their mission: to make the world more open and connected.

Last month, a number of major companies such as the New York Times, Washington Post and most recently, Twitter had revealed that they were targeted by hackers leading to some form of data breach. In a recent development, Facebook has also now revealed that some of the computers of its employees were hacked by using a Java exploit.

Facebook Event creators rely on third-party apps to enable the “Buy Tickets” option, however, it now looks like Facebook is planning to integrate it as a full-fledged feature on the site. The new “Buy Tickets” button will redirect users to the event site where the actual transactions take place.

Facebook has released its Q4 and full-year revenue for 2012 today, going beyond the predictions of analysts. The social media giant reported $1.585 billion in revenue for Q4, up by 40 percent year-over-year. Revenue from advertising was $1.33 billion (84% of total revenue), up by 41% year-over-year.

Facebook introduced the Graph Search earlier this week, which provides a new way to search for information on the social network. Many online businesses are questioning and wondering how they can use the new tool effectively. Facebook has provided an in-depth explanation about what businesses should be doing with Graph Search.

Facebook has released a new update for its Android app loaded with new features including faster viewing of photos, voice messaging, and improvised sharing of friends’ stories to Timelines, pages and groups.

Facebook has an addition to its existing two pillars of Timeline and the Social Graph. It has announced its third pillar called the Graph Search. Is it the biggest sign that it is taking on search giant Google?

Facebook is reportedly testing a service which allows users to message strangers for a fee of $100 per message.

Facebook has sent out invitations to an event that is to be held on January 15, scheduled to start at 10pm Pacific Time. There are no specific details about why the press event is going to take place, but all we know for now is the tagline that says — Come and see what we’re building.

Facebook seems to be testing a new single-column design for its Facebook Timelines, which makes users to easily navigate through their profile page and also enable them to organize personal messages The new Timeline has only a single column for posts and status updates.

Facebook is slowly rolling out the Facebook Page Manager for Android. With the new Facebook Page Manager for Android you can create new posts, reply to comments, view page insights, and reply to private messages.

Back in October 2012, Facebook reported a new milestone of one billion users, out of which more than 600 million where mobile users. Wondering from where these one billion users came from? Here’s an infographic that will give you an idea about Facebook’s expansion.

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Nokia just launched the Nokia 2050 QWERTY phone with a dedicated QQ button in China. It comes with a price tag of 399 Chinese Yuan (approx. $65).