At the beginning of this year, Facebook overtook Google Maps as the most-used mobile app in the U.S. The social network giant also recently introduced a controversial new mobile interface, Facebook Home. Earlier this week, Home hit 1 million downloads. Love it or hate it (or both), Facebook is a cornerstone of the mobile experience

But being in the spotlight means taking your share of criticism. And if the Facebook app represents our smartphone-centric lives … well, it has a few issues. None of them are deal breakers, but Mashable loves to tinker. Read on to see our list of things we would change about the Facebook app. Read more…

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You have questions, we have answers in the Optimus G Pro forums

Since I picked it up last week, the LG Optimus G Pro has become my go-to daily driver and as I said in our full review, it is by and large a device worthy of sharing shelf space with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and the HTC One. It's an exciting and stressful time to buy an Android device on AT&T, but we're here to lend a hand– if you're still on the fence about whether the Optimus G Pro is worthy your two-year commitment, join me in the forums where I'll be answering your questions as they come in. Fire away!

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Google+ is catching up on a lot of fronts to Facebook, but it’s still lagging in one key metric: Time spent.

The average user spent 6 minutes 47 seconds on Google+ in March vs. 6 hours, 44 minutes on Facebook according to figures Nielsen supplied to Mashable. However, that number is down for Facebook. In March 2012, the average was 7 hours, 9 minutes per person. For Google, the figures are a substantial jump over the 3.3 minutes users spent on average on the site in February 2012, according to comScore.

Elsewhere, Nielsen reports that 20 million unique visitors in the U.S. used Google+’s Android and iPhone apps, a 238% rise over March 2012. On desktop, G+’s monthly uniques jumped 63% vs. the year before to 28 million...

When the world thinks Disney, they may just think fairytales and pixie dust, happily ever after and Prince Charming. It’s a blissful world with talking animals and dancing flatware

But, there’s a dark theme surging through every popular Disney film: violence. From bops on the head to full out gun fights, Disney was no stranger to action plots and thriller elements that could be taken straight out of horror movies. Although, by masking them in catchy tunes and funny genies, we all seem to forget about how dangerous it was to be a Disney character

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