Facebook is continuing to trial the paid messages service that allows users to contact those who are outside their circle of friends. Normally, private messages sent by non-friends would get filtered to the Other folder, but now those who pay a fee can send it directly to the Inbox. The profits generated through the new service will go to Facebook—the company is not planning to share them with the celebrity users, who are the major element of the scheme.

Facebook has finally unveiled its long-awaited software Facebook Home that enhances Android smartphones, making them more integrated into the social-media world. The steady stream of posts and photos from friends on Facebook is the first thing users see when they turn on the phone with the installed Home. Facebook notes that new product is not a new operating system or a smartphone, but a “family of apps that puts your friends at the heart of your phone.