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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1. Find Your Ring Size

Buying rings online can be difficult, especially if you’re buying one for someone else and you don’t know his or her size.

FindMyRingSize.com helps you figure it out, and all you need is your driver’s license (or credit card) and a ring for comparison. So sneak into your loved one’s drawer and use another ring to buy jewelry that fits perfectly.

Don’t have a ring to compare? You can also use the site’s virtual ruler.

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You can do almost anything online these days — order your groceries, video chat with a faraway friend, make your own business cards, find the answer to just about any query and countless other tasks.

But did you know you can also measure your pupillary distance? What about majoring in physics at M...

You know the scene. The family is gathered, the turkey is carved, the sweet potatoes are mere inches from your fork and have no idea of the fate that is is about to befall them. Then someone pipes up: “I think we ought to go around the table and say what we’re thankful for.”

What are you going to say? You’re hipster enough that you would rather die than spout a cliche like “my health” or “my job” or “this food”; that’s a given, surely — of course we’re all thankful for such things. But you’re also enough of a geek that you fear saying what you’re really thankful for; reeling off the specs of that awesome phone you just bought would be met with blank stares.

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1. Cramped App Store

Although the Apple App Store’s makeover is an improvement in aesthetics, search results are limited to one at a time via the iPhone, so you have to do a lot more scrolling. In theory, it’s smart to highlight quality over quantity, but it doesn’t always hit the mark. Plus, the layout is a bit cramped.

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There’s a lot to love about Apple’s new mobile operating system , but with any new shiny piece of technology or the software that comes with it, kinks will exist.

Apple’s new Maps app, which replaced the existing Google Maps app, a mainstay of iOS for five years, has been widely criticized since the upgrade was made available earlier this week...