Facebook lets users showcase posts on other websites

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday began letting people share social network posts at blogs or other spots on the Internet.

An Embedded Posts feature being tested out at CNN, Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, PEOPLE and Mashable websites lets Facebook members broadcast posts in real-time to broader online audiences.

"We are beginning to roll out Embedded Posts to make it possible for people to bring the most compelling, timely public posts from Facebook to the rest of the Web," Facebook software engineers Dave Capra and Ray He said in a blog post.

PC, Tablet, Phone Shipments to Hit 2.4 Billion in 2013

New York: Research firm Gartner says it expects worldwide PC, tablet and mobile phone shipments to reach 2.4 billion units this year, up 9 per cent from 2012.

Gartner Inc said Thursday that device shipments should continue to grow, hitting more than 2.9 billion in 2017.

 But the mix of devices is shifting away from PCs.

Gartner expects desktop and notebook PC shipments to continue