Hard-core Facebook devotees may find Home to be the smartphone experience they’ve been looking for. …

Samsung Electronics expects to record an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2013, a 53 percent increase over the year-ago period. The guidance, released today by the South Korean electronics giant ahead of full earnings later this month, is better than many analysts had forecast but a slight decline over the fourth quarter …

Facebook launched Home to put a user’s friends at the center of the phone. But for developers, it means a new way to help people discover their apps and reengage with existing users, the company said. Facebook today launched Home, a family of apps and a skin that runs over Android. The company said users will be able to download …