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By Nitasha Tiku 8/23/12 2:15pm

It's Zuck's World We're Just Living In It

Facebook Promises New Version of Mobile App Will Actually Load This Time, We Swear

“We’ve rebuilt the app from the ground up, so now the app opens much faster and your news feed and notifications load right when you open Facebook,” the company says. Damn, just when you were getting used to the blue screen of silence being your only downtime, like ever.

Across the Wire

Facebook Is Almost a Decade Old and Still Doesn't Get the Advertising Game
Elsewhere

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Up & Down the Street

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movies

Unfinished Song: Life-Affirming Old-Age Flick Wraps You Tenderly in a Cashmere Blanket
Race to Gracie Mansion 2013

55% of New Yorkers Can't Name a Single Mayoral Candidate

Facebook Promises New Version of Mobile App Will Actually Load This Time, We Swear

Across the Wire

Facebook Is Almost a Decade Old and Still Doesn't Get the Advertising Game

On the Market: NYU Helps Finance Academics' Summer Homes; Nobody Likes SeaPort City; BAM South to Move Forward

The Return of Wall Street’s Cassandra: In Armani and Pearls, Meredith Whitney Smacks Back

Unfinished Song: Life-Affirming Old-Age Flick Wraps You Tenderly in a Cashmere Blanket

55% of New Yorkers Can't Name a Single Mayoral Candidate