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Other than that, you'll be hard-pressed to find any major variances in Cover Feed, chat heads or the app launcher.
ENGADGET
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The company has rolled out an update for its Messenger Android app that adds Chat Heads, so you can multitask away on any Android phone.
CNN: Review: A closer look at Facebook Home
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While unfortunately named, the chat heads feature represents an elegant way of integrating disparate communications services including SMS, messaging and email so that the focus is on the person not the communications channel.
FORBES: Facebook Home: More Disruptive Than You Think
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Facebook Home has another major feature: Chat Heads.
WSJ: Facebook Home Review: Facebook Gets a Lock on Phones
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The most clever and useful feature is Chat Heads, which will show Facebook messages from your friends (along with a bubble showing their profile photo) no matter what app you are using at the time.
CNN: Review: A closer look at Facebook Home
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Incoming messages pop up on the top right in the form of what Facebook calls chat heads, which are bubbles that each represent a particular conversation thread and is displayed via a pop-over dialog box.
ENGADGET: Facebook Home hands-on (video)
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Notifications can be cleared out with a single long-press, chat heads can be dragged around anywhere on the screen, double-tapping a photo marks it as liked, and flipping through status updates is as easy as swiping left or right.
ENGADGET: Facebook Home hands-on (video)
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The Home software also can display SMS communications and Facebook messages as "chat heads" that hover over a user's screen regardless of what app is being used, another feature that places Facebook at the center of consumers' online interactions, no matter the medium.
WSJ: Facebook Shows Off New Home App for Android Smartphones
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After five minutes of chat and autographs, Pietersen heads back to the nets.
BBC: Pietersen is still the main man
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"They have got to get their heads together and have a chat and sort out the issues, " Harmison told BBC Sport.
BBC: Harmison calls for England unity
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When it began in the early 1970s, the idea was that heads of government should meet informally for a fireside chat.
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