Facebook joins Samsung, Nokia and other tech companies to form Internet.org

MENLO PARK, CALIF – In an attempt to reach out to the billions of inhabitants of Earth who have not yet had the pleasure of being poked, Facebook has announced the launch of Internet.org – a global partnership with six other technology giants composed of Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung. The partnership is designed to make Internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet connected ?"by reducing the cost and amount of data required for most apps and enabling new business models," said Facebook in a press release. "?Everything Facebook has done has...