745 million users log on to Facebook daily from mobile phones

From its total userbase of 1.39 billion users globally, about 890 million access Facebook on a daily basis (daily active users or DAUs). About 745 million of these log in using their mobile devices, Facebook said in a statement.
   
About 1.18 billion people access Facebook on their mobile devices at least once a month (monthly active users or MAUs).
   
"DAUs were 890 million on average for December 2014, an increase of 18 percent year-over-year, while mobile DAUs increased 34 percent. MAUs were 1.39 billion as of December 31, 2014, an increase of 13 percent year-over-year, while mobile MAUs were 1.19 billion, up 26 percent," it added.
   
The US and Canada accounted for about 157 million daily users, while Europe and Asia Pacific contributed 217 million and 253 million users, respectively.
  
Rest of the World had 263 million users at the end of the December 2014 quarter.

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Facebook apologises for grief caused by 'Year in Review' posts

The automated feature brings to the front of a member's timeline a series of images and posts from 2014, just to show how brilliant a twelve-month period it's been but makes no allowances for those unfortunate posts that bring back the most painful and haunting memories possible.
  
The feature coupled with a tag line saying "it has been a great year" brought grief to a web designer expert who named the app as "inadvertent algorithmic cruelty" as it forced him to relive the pain of his young daughter's tragic death.
  
"This is not a deliberate assault. This inadvertent algorithmic cruelty is the result of code that works in the overwhelming majority of cases, reminding people of the awesomeness of their years, showing them selfies at a party or whale spouts from sailing boats or the marina outside their vacation house," Eric Meyer wrote in an article titled "Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty," Eric Meyer in an article titled "Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty."

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Facebook may add 'Sell' feature for groups: Reports

According to a reports, some users have seen a 'Sell Something' button just next to the 'Write Post' button while posting to a group.

Facebook also confirmed the report that it was testing a new feature within Facebook Groups to help people better organize posts about items they'd like to sell to other people on Facebook.

"Any transaction made through a Facebook group is between you and the seller. Keep in mind Facebook doesn't own or possess any items a seller lists, so if you have any questions about the things you're buying in a Facebook group, try contacting the seller," a Facebook notice stated.

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