Facebook is developing an app to replace your phone's stock dialer.
Facebook, like many tech giants, wants to overtake your smartphone. But rather than building devices or developing a full-fledged operating system, Facebook is going a more subtle route: nabbing chunks of your attention span, one app at a time. First there was the Facebook app; then the unpopular Home app; the beautifully designed reader Paper; the professional communication platform Work; and, of course, the pester-you-til-you-download-it Messenger. Now Facebook is going for the phone itself.