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And then there’s the App Launcher, which contains all of the apps on your

phone—in the demo this pointedly included Google Maps, Tumblr, DropBox,

and other potential competitors. In a sense it’s a replacement for your home

screen, so you never leave Home.

The software will be available for download beginning April 12 on a variety of

Android phones. In a few months, you can get it for tablets as well.

Underscoring the company’s commitment to being mobile first, with Wall

Street investors anxiously looking on, Zuckerberg proclaimed, “We think this is

the best version of Facebook there is.”

He later added, “At one level, this is just the next mobile version of Facebook.

At a deeper level this will start to be a change to the relationship with how we use

these computing devices.”

In other words, Zuck wants to make his relationship with your phone “Face-

book official.” The question is, will you hit accept?

Sam Schlinkert, “Facebook Is Invading Your Phone,” The Daily Beast, April 4, 2013, www

.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/04/facebook-is-invading-your-phone.html. © 2013 The

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praCtiCing historical thinking

Identify: According to Mark Zuckerberg, what are the attractive features of the

new application for Facebook on smartphones?

Analyze: How does this new application influence the social lives of Americans?

Evaluate: To what extent does the smartphone—as seen by Zuckerberg—present

the same democratizing value in America as it did in the Middle East—as seen by

Barack Obama (Doc. 22.17)?

Document 22.19 Jennifer Medina, “new Suburban dream

Born of asia and Southern California,”

New York Times

2013

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 eliminated quotas favoring immigration

from northern Europe and transformed the populations of the southwest and western

United States. This April 28, 2013, article from the New York Times examines the chang-

ing demographics of one California city.

SAN MARINO, Calif.—Beneath the palm trees that line Huntington Drive,

named for the railroad magnate who founded this Southern California city, hang

signs to honor families who have helped sponsor the centennial celebration here

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