514 CHApTEr 2 2 | a ConSerVatiVe tenor | period nine 1980 to the present TopIC II | an end to history’s end^515515prACTICIng Historical Thinking
Identify: List the “forces” that compelled change in the Middle East, according to
Obama.
Analyze: What does Obama mean when he states: “But in a global economy based
on knowledge, based on innovation, no development strategy can be based solely
upon what comes out of the ground”?
Evaluate: Compare Obama’s stance toward the Middle East with George W. Bush’s
(Doc. 22.12). How and why do these stances differ? How are they similar?Document 22.18 SaM SCHlinkert, “Facebook is invading your
Phone,” Daily Beast
2013The social network site Facebook grew quickly during the first decade of its existence,
counting over a billion members by 2012. In this April 4, 2013, article for an online maga-
zine, a journalist reacts to Facebook’s announcement of a new mobile platform.It’s a phone! It’s an app! It’s... just an app.
The long-awaited Facebook phone has finally arrived, making its debut
Thursday afternoon to a crowd of tech journalists sitting at the social network’s
headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, California.
“Today we’re finally gonna talk about that Facebook phone,” Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg said as he strode on the stage to muted laughter, clutch-
ing an oversized microphone, citing the moniker that for years has followed Face-
book’s gradual prioritization of mobile.
Would it be hardware designed by Zuck? Would it just be a Facebook button?
We know now the “Facebook Phone” moniker is a misnomer. It’s just a collec-
tion of apps called “Home”—and it can live on any Android device.
“Today our phones are designed around apps, not people,” the hoodie-
wearing Zuckerberg proclaimed. Rather than an app-centric phone, he asked,
what would it feel like if our phones were designed around people?
Facebook Home will be deeply integrated, with your friends’ photos, faces, and
messages displayed front and center, on what Zuckerberg calls “a great social phone.”
There is Cover Feed, which brings your lock screen to life. There are Chat
Heads, a new way of messaging with friends and family. And there’s App
Launcher, which keeps you close lest your mind were to wander to an app outside
of Facebook’s environment.
Cover Feed transforms your phone’s lock screen by making it a rotating gallery
of ever-present Facebook photos on which you can “like” and leave comments.
With Chat Heads, SMS and Facebook messages display on top of any app
you’re already using, with your friends coming up as circular profile pictures
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