Facebook introduced a new Android app called Facebook Home and partnered with HTC to launch a new phone called HTC First, at an event held in its headquarters at Menlo Park, California. Here is a quick lowdown of all the announcements made by the company: Facebook Home: Facebook introduced a new Android app launcher called Facebook Home, which allows users to view Facebook content on their home screens and have deeper Integration to Facebook on their phones. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told that phones have typically been app-centric until now, however, they hope to change it to a people-centric approach through this launcher. For the uninitiated, app launchers are applications which allows users to customize their device home screen, the way they launch apps on their phones and add various other functionalities to it. There are several free and paid launchers available on the Google Play Store with the popular ones being Go Launcher, Nova Launcher, LauncherPro and ADW Launcher among others. Cover Feed: This launcher introduces a feature called Cover Feed, which replaces the phone's lock screen and home screen with a rich newsfeed featuring status updates, photos and videos from their friends. One can flip through this content to view more stories and double tap on any status to like it. It also provides direct notifications for actions like a new email, a text message or when a friend posts something on our timeline among others. What's worth noting though is that these notifications will apparently feature the friend's profile picture in each…
