Facebook Home is following Microsoft in putting you and your friends first

The idea of putting the information you care about most onto your phone's home screen and lock screen doesn't originate with Facebook Home. It comes from Microsoft.

Facebook Home’s killer app: Big, pretty advertisements

As Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today, Facebook Home will eventually become home to advertisements from Facebook's partners. But you knew that already.

Facebook Home coming April 12 for recent Samsung, HTC Android phones

Facebook Home may be a bold ploy to help Facebook take over all Android phones -- but for now, the company is focusing on the above devices.

HTC First, the first Android phone to run Facebook Home, hits stores April 12 for $100

After many leaks, the first "Facebook phone" is finally here, and it's fittingly called the HTC First.

Facebook Home photos show an elegant Android interface (and it may even tempt Facebook haters)

And the Facebook Home/Facebook Phone leaks keep on coming.

Facebook Home leak reveals HTC’s Facebook phone and an Android home screen replacement

At this rate, Facebook may not have many surprises left in store for its Thursday Android event.

You don’t need a Facebook phone

Those Facebook phone rumors are back again -- except this time, they may be valid. Still, as we approach the possible unveiling of this curious device, a big question remains: Will anyone actually need this thing?

Facebook’s Tuesday event fuels ‘Facebook phone’ rumor

Last week, Facebook invited members of the press to a special event at its corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, CA on Tuesday. These sorts of invites are rare for Facebook, and so speculation is growing about what the company is …

Former ‘Facebook phone’ maker Inq pivots to apps with beautiful Flipboard killer Material

The company behind the "Facebook phone" now wants to deliver news to you.

The iPhone 5 could reach 50M sales in U.S. (Also: Nobody wants a Facebook phone)

It's not too shocking to think that Apple's next iPhone will leapfrog last year's iPhone 4S in sales -- the real question is by how much.

Zuckerberg: Building a Facebook phone ‘wouldn’t make much sense for us’

Facebook building a phone “wouldn’t really make much sense for us to do,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today during the company’s first-ever earnings conference call.

Today, the social networking behemoth posted $1.18 billion in revenue and a net loss of …

Why Facebook doesn’t need a Facebook Phone (but will try anyway)

With Facebook’s recent unveiling of a camera app for the iPhone, as well as a universal app store, it’s becoming clearer to me that even if the company is planning a phone of its own, it likely won’t be as …

Facebook phone from HTC due this summer, sources say

With Google and Samsung’s partnership on the Nexus line of devices taking up most of the search giant’s time, former handset partner HTC is apparently working with Facebook on a brand new smartphone, according to a Digitimes report citing unnamed …

In light of Facebook’s huge mobile risk, a “Facebook phone” looks like a smart solution

One of the biggest risks Facebook listed in yesterday’s high-profile IPO filing was “mobile.” The company hasn’t quite figured out what to do with advertising on phones, so it could struggle to bring in the bank as more users choose …

Facebook’s phone project started with Slayer, a marriage of hardware & social software

We’ve told you already about Buffy, the phone Facebook is reportedly releasing sometime in 2012 or 2013.

We’ve learned this morning that Buffy started out as Slayer, a highly controversial project within Facebook’s walls that led to more than one …

Facebook phone could be available in 18 months, sources say

The rumored Facebook phone is real and will be manufactured by HTC under the codename “Buffy,” anonymous sources have told AllThingsD.

Although the news site doesn’t indicate where its information comes from, it must have more to report, because this …