{"id":32200,"date":"2013-02-23T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T08:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=32200"},"modified":"2013-02-25T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T06:36:07","slug":"free-calls-using-facebook-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/32200\/free-calls-using-facebook-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Free calls using Facebook apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1710-Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> allowed users on Friday to make free calls to friends at the leading social network using its application tailored for iPhones or iPads.<\/p>\n<p>An updated Facebook &#8220;app&#8221; for the popular Apple mobile devices shows when friends are online and then gives the option of ringing them up by tapping an icon on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Calls are routed over the Internet using telecom service data plans or connections to Wi-Fi hotspots. Facebook introduced a version of the feature earlier this year in its messenger program.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrades in the Facebook 5.5 app included a button designed to make it easier to &#8220;like&#8221; online content and post comments at the social network.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Facebook articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook to take on Xbox and Playstation?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/31103\/facebook-to-take-on-xbox-and-playstation\/\"><strong>Facebook to take on Xbox and Playstation?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Legal trouble for social media comments in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/30925\/legal-trouble-for-social-media-comments-in-sa\/\"><strong>Legal trouble for social media comments in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Tech companies still fail at social media\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/29597\/tech-companies-still-fail-at-social-media\/\">Tech companies still fail at social media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook unveils new search tool\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/29916\/facebook-unveils-new-search-tool\/\"><strong>Facebook unveils new search tool<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Facebook and Internet addiction\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/25271\/facebook-and-internet-addiction\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook and Internet addiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook allowed users on Friday to make free calls to friends at the leading social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[45,26],"class_list":["post-32200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-facebook","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32200"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32239,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32200\/revisions\/32239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}