Facebook Unfriends Microsoft's Bing Search Tool

Social networking giant Facebook unfriend's Microsoft's bing search tool. According to Retuers, Facebook confirmed the move Friday.

Search is Vital for Facebook's 1.35 billion users across the globe as they attempt to locate all kinds of other information and can also find friends.

In the latest statement to VentureBeat, a spokesperson of Facebook said, "We are not currently showing web search results in Facebook search because we are focused on helping people find what is been shared with them on Facebook."But, "We continue to have a great partnership with Microsoft  in lots of different areas."

Microsoft spokesperson said to VentureBeat that, "Facebook recently changed its search engine to focus mainly on helping users tap into information that is been shared with them on Facebook versus a broader set of web results. We continue to partner with Facebook in many different areas." Spokesperson also noted that Facebook's move happened "a while ago."

Report : Facebook To Offer Mobile Payment Services

Now Facebook is preparing to join the mobile-payment race with electronic-money and remittance services on the social network, According to the report of The Financial Times on Sunday, citing several people involved in the process.

Facebook is close to obtaining approval from The Central Bank Of Ireland to start new service that would allow users to store money on Facebook not to store money but also users can use it to pay and exchange with others, the people told to Financial Times.

The Central Bank Of Ireland declined to comment. Facebook was not immediately available for comment.

The company also had a partnership talks with a least three London start-ups Azimo, Moni Technologies and Transfer Wise that offer mobile international money transfer services and online, only three people involved in the discussions told Financial Times.

Banks, Retailers, Telecom groups are all trying to secure a pie of global mobile payments, which is predicted to grow rapidly in the next few years.

Vodafone also brought its mobile money transfer services M-Pesa to Romania last month, after seeing success in Africa, and is like to expand its services more in central and eastern Europe.

Rival of Facebook, Google's head of payments recently reiterated commitment to the struggling mobile payment service and Google Wallet. The company had allowed many users to send money but year as an attachment of E-mail. 

Chief Executive of Apple.Inc Tim Cook said in the month of January, the company's interest in mobile payments was reason for creating the Touch ID fingerprint sensor in its iPhone 5S cellphone. 

Mobile transaction all over the world are expected to grown at an average of 35% per year between 2012 and 2017, according to the report by research firm Gartner. The June 2013 report forecast a $721 billion market with more than 450 million users by 2017.

Facebook Messenger App Is Now (Finally) On Windows Phone

Microsoft recently promised that Facebook Messenger would arrive on Windows Phone soon, and the messaging app is now available on Windows Store. As compared to iOS and Android, it  has taken some time to launch on Windows Phone.Facebook recently announced the news on Twitter and said "Messenger for Windows Phone is now available for download."

You can download Facebook Messenger app (Version 3.0.12.0) from Windows Phone Store Here. This app is free and has a lots of features like picture messaging, group chats, stickers. In new messaging app location sharing is also enabled plus you can manage and view contacts on the service too.

According to the Windows Phone blog, "With Facebook messenger, you will be able to see who is online or offline, group or private chat, send private messages, and bring messages to life with stickers and pictures. By using Facebook messenger app you can also share your location so people can know if you are nearby. After adding Facebook messenger app Facebook friends automatically added to the People tab for you start chat share photos, send messages and you can even import new contacts.

Facebook To Acquire WhatsApp in $19 Billion Deal

Facebook announced on Wednesday, 19th of February that it reached an agreement to buy popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp for an upfront total of $19 billion, according to a regulatory filing (Facebook purchasing WhatsApp for $16 billion in stock and cash. The deal is being cut for $12 billion in FB shares, $4 billion in cash and an additional $3 billion in RSUs for employee retention.

CEO and Co-founder of WhatsApp will join Facebook's Board of Directors but like instagram, WhatsApp will also continue to operate independently within Facebook. The chat service will maintain its existing offices and brand but it will take advantage of Facebook's "resources, scales and expertise."WhatsApp already has more than 450 million monthly active users that with competitors like Line and Facebook Messenger suddenly appear tiny by comparison.