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Emil Protalinski

Emil Protalinski

Emil Protalinski has covered the tech industry for five years for multiple publications, including Neowin for two years and Ars Technica for three years. He has written 1,000s of articles for both, with a particular focus on scrutinizing Microsoft products and services. Recently, Emil has expanded his coverage to non-Microsoft technologies, including the social networking giant Facebook.

About Friending Facebook

Emil Protalinski covers Facebook from all angles, closely watching it grow from its $50 billion valuation in 2010 to its internally stated goal of becoming the first trillion dollar company.

  • What’s your favorite Facebook moment of 2011?

    By Emil Protalinski | December 31, 2011, 12:47pm PST

    Facebook wants you to share your favorite Facebook moment of 2011. The campaign isn’t going so well because the app is poorly designed. Facebook or no Facebook, what was your favorite of 2011?

  • Facebook phasing out support for Internet Explorer 7

    By Emil Protalinski | December 30, 2011, 2:53pm PST

    Facebook has started phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. The browser is not allowed to show the new Timeline profile, and renders the old one instead. This is just the beginning.

  • Facebook has 300 million app users (report)

    By Emil Protalinski | December 30, 2011, 2:23pm PST

    Facebook has over 300 million monthly active mobile app users, according to a new report. Can you guess which platform has the highest penetration rate when it comes to using the Facebook app?

  • Facebook Messenger for Windows officially released

    By Emil Protalinski | December 29, 2011, 6:10pm PST

    Facebook has responded to the leak of its Messenger for Windows application by simply releasing an official download. It’s a great way to downplay the leak while keeping users excited.

  • Facebook Messenger for Windows leaks

    By Emil Protalinski | December 29, 2011, 2:12pm PST

    The Facebook Messenger for Windows desktop client has leaked to the Web. Windows 7 is the only version of Microsoft’s operating system that is supported.

  • Facebook second biggest Web brand in 2011

    By Emil Protalinski | December 29, 2011, 12:08pm PST

    For 2011, Facebook was the second most-visited web brand, first in the category of social networks and blogs, as well as third in terms of video destinations, according to a recent report.

  • Facebook Timeline coming to iPad next month (rumor)

    By Emil Protalinski | December 28, 2011, 2:36pm PST

    Facebook Timeline is coming to the Apple iPad as soon as next month, according to a new rumor. We can thus expect Facebook for iOS version 4.2 to be out in the next few weeks.

  • Nintendo: Don’t expect Facebook games from us

    By Emil Protalinski | December 28, 2011, 10:39am PST

    Nintendo has no plans to develop Facebook games or port its many franchises to the social network. The company’s stance is the same for all platforms: Nintendo or nothing.

  • Facebook tries to appease frustrated developers

    By Emil Protalinski | December 27, 2011, 2:42pm PST

    Developers this week complained about two separate Facebook issues. The first was in regards to the Javascript SDK and the second was about the Python SDK. Facebook responded to both.

  • Facebook accounts for 1 in every 7 online minutes

    By Emil Protalinski | December 27, 2011, 11:55am PST

    Facebook reached 55 percent of the world’s global audience in October 2011 and accounted for 1 in every 7 minutes spent online around the world, according to a recent report.

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