Friday 19 / April / 2024
Muscat: Are you one of our 430,000 plus followers on Facebook, or do you like to keep up to date on the latest news on your smartphone? Well here’s something you will like.
Times of Oman has now launched Facebook’s Instant Articles. This means that if you like our Facebook page, as hundreds of thousands already have, and spot a story you’re interested in while browsing on your phone you can now read it in a flash. Just look for the lightning logo on any story in our facebook feed and it will load instantly.
Chief Executive Editor Scott Armstrong said: “We know that more than 60 per cent of our audience for timesofoman.com come to us on their smartphones. We also know that we have the single biggest following inside Oman on Facebook, as well as having the second largest overall following home and abroad of any company in the Sultanate.
“So Facebook’s Instant Articles are our latest innovation, now readers don’t even leave Facebook and wait while the article loads on our website, it is superfast.
“If you are one of our 430,000 strong following give it a try on your phone, you’ll like it. If you aren’t one of our followers then come join in at facebook.com/timesofoman.”
Facebook Instant Articles are the latest development from timesofoman.com which recently launched an afternoon edition of its popular email newsletter, which delivers the top stories direct to readers’ inboxes.
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