App Info : Facebook to work on native apps for iOS, Android

Facebook's chief executive officer Mark
Zuckerberg admits of wrongly betting on
HTML5 for mobile apps and plans now to
develop native apps for iOS and Android.

Facebook chief executive officer Mark
Zuckerberg has formally promised to bring
better native apps for social networking on
mobile phones. Zuckerberg spoke about the
social network's new approach to the mobile
platform at the TechCrunch Disrupt
Conference in San Francisco. He noted that
betting too much on HTML5 was a mistake
and said that the company will now focus more on creating native mobile apps. Though he did not give away any specific period, new native mobile apps for Apple iOS and Android
platforms can be expected before the end of
this year.

Facebook has passed the billion users mark but continues to lack in providing a user-friendly mobile app for modern smartphones. Current generation Facebook apps for iOS and Android are mostly based on HTML5 web standards.

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