Blue for Facebook, sure looks like the following color tint.

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Sometimes you need to test outweigh in total secrecy. I will take color Director Bill Nguyen shares this belief. Over the past two days, his Facebook stream was filled with some seemingly bland picture. But they're not soft-they are all pictures of the tests. And they all sent a new application called "Blue".

I don't know much about the app, but I was able to dig up a little bit of information — including the logo above. Basis of name alone, I think it would be pretty safe to assume that this is at least one of the new projects, color Labs team is working on after the color itself have fizzled out.

And there's a bit more hinting at this time of the next draft colors — namely, many developers listed on blue Facebook application page on color (and number work for Apple, and where Nguyen worked until color Labs). Currently, the application has 29 monthly active users in the list.

A bit more: it seems that they settled on the name "blue" recently after using code-named "TestJckJck" (seriously) for several weeks. You can find this Facebook application here, again with several color/Apple as developers.

Nguyen TestJckJck testing on your profile for awhile now. Blue certainly has a better ring to it.

Right now my guess is that Blue is the new mobile applications with deep links in Facebook photos. It's interesting because Facebook can work on their own standalone app in this regard. Nick Bilton reported earlier today that Facebook is preparing a number of photo filters for use in mobile applications. This can all be linked in any way.

Another thing: the URL for the blue "contains bluecolor for Facebook".

Update: we confirmed with several sources that blue really will be the next app colors.

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This is what Android 4: ice cream sandwich looks like?

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Google has been awful for the latest version of Android, but thanks to the folks over at RootzWiki and Android police, we may have our first ever peek at an ice cream sandwich. As always, keep those grains of salt handy — they claim that their source is solid, but there is no guarantee it's not just elegant skinned Nexus S.

We reported a few months ago that ice cream sandwich will have an updated user interface, and these images seem to confirm this statement. One thing to note right out of the gate that she seemed far more spacing: distance between app icons and their names slightly increased, while the change is small, it makes the whole design more open. This may be an allusion to the hybrid phone/tablet that spot for ice cream sandwich.

The notification bar, probably the biggest change with room for the large icon and updates. Box app also seems to have undergone a facelift, with different headers for applications and widgets and integrated relationship with the market for easy access. And you've probably noticed the neon blue points; Apparently Google is sticking with the throne as their design inspiration.

Both sites sporting various changes, but in short, IRK36b build packages as follows:

New missiles and app box interfaceWill start with Google shopper and support NFC devicesGmail has been completely re-themed to match the ICS (not shown) S Nexus would receive ICS through upgrade, but "Prime Nexus" will receive its UI changes firstMostly – many older devices must be able to run apps on itThe homescreen can be "stacked" the Google search bar built into the top of the homescreenLa hundred

If this is actually a fake, it's a pretty convincing one. This is certainly beginning to build and pixels will certainly moved between now and release date, but it seems quite possible that ice cream sandwich will ultimately look like.

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