Phone numbers feel like perfect identifiers. They are unique, persistent, and tied to real-world devices. For years, many people believed that typing a phone number into a social network search bar would instantly reveal a profile.
Today, that assumption is mostly wrong.
Major platforms have significantly reduced public phone-based search. Privacy regulations, abuse prevention, and platform misuse forced changes. As a result, searching social profiles by phone number is no longer straightforward, and in many cases, it does not work at all.
Have you waited for the Facebook Home application release and wanted to try it by yourself? 
How often do you check your Facebook updates via phone? A new study by IDC company shows that average Facebook Mobile users check their updates about 14 times a day.
Facebook recently rolled out 
The stock quotes of the world’s largest social network climbed 10% after the publication of the mobile advertising revenue report which grew by 14 percent in the Q3 2012.
The social network Facebook released an updated application for iOS (iPhone and iPad). In the new 5.0 version the company tried to eliminate the problem, which caused the most complaints from the users in the past – low speed.
Facebook added a new feature to the mobile functionality, which helps users to find friends and other people by location.
About a month ago Facebook announced buying of the social photo application Instagram for $1 billion. 
Facebook launches online apps store with games and other applications intended for use in the social network. 
The social network is planning to run ads for a mobile version of the service before the initial public offering (IPO). This was reported by Financial Times with reference to anonymous sources.
