As if Facebook hadn’t already impinged on nearly every facet of our lives - now it’s showing live football.
Last night, the Wayne Rooney testimonial between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford was streamed live on the Facebook page belonging to the player himself, and the official one of the club.
Forget the fact that the score was 0-0, and that it was United manager Jose Mourinho’s first match at Old Trafford, for technology fans this will be remembered as the first match between two English Premier League clubs to be shown live on the social media channel (and also because it raised a shed-load of money for charity).
Meanwhile, Facebook has been busy elsewhere this week, launching its customised birthday videos - a feature which stitches together the messages received from friends and family and photos you’re tagged in on your birthday.
Facebook says that more than 100 million birthday posts are made every day.
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