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Facebook takes another stab at enabling 'loose' mobile web access with its new Discover app

Remember Free Basics? Facebook‘s bold program to convey other folks to the web for the primary time. It has a new child named Discover — an app that permits you to discuss with any web page with information limits. Facebook is recently checking out this app in Peru, probably the most 55 nations the place Free Basics exists. The social community …
Remember Free Basics? Facebook‘s ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time. It has a new baby named Discover — an app that lets you visit any website with data limits. Facebook is currently testing this app in Peru, one of the 55 countries where Free Basics exists. The social network …

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