Facebook, on Monday, at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco revealed that around 375 million people on an average play Facebook-connected games each month, across both desktop and mobile. According to…
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NSA Lawyer: Tech giants knew about NSA’s data collection
The general counsel for the National Security Agency (NSA) dismissed criticism within the tech community on Wednesday, stating that Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other tech giants knew about the data collection. The…
Free voice calling feature lands on Facebook Messenger app in India
Facebook has announced voice calling support for its Facebook Messenger app in India. This means that Facebook users in India will now be able make voice calls to anyone on their Facebook…
Facebook rolls out Messenger for Android beta testing program
Facebook has announced the Messenger for Android beta program, with automatic updates scheduled for every week. The company is planning to replicate that success of Facebook for Android’s beta program, launched back…
Jan Koum pens strongly-worded post over WhatsApp privacy concerns
Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO, has penned a strongly-worded post over on WhatsApp’s blog to set “the record straight” about data and privacy post Facebook’s acquisition. Koum notes that he and his team…
Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA Spying
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg personally called US President Barack Obama on Wednesday to express frustration over the US government’s surveillance programs. Zuckerberg spoke with the president following the most recent leaks of…
Threat forced Facebook to lock down its Menlo Park headquarters
Facebook’s Menlo Park campus was locked down by authorities after reports of an unspecified threat. Dave Bertini, Menlo Park police Commander, told San Jose Mercury News that Facebook’s campus was locked down…
NSA posed as Facebook to spread surveillance malware
Latest leaks by the whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been disguising itself as a Facebook server in order to gain access to the computers of intelligence…
Facebook is favoured social media platform among UK golfers
Helsinki, Finland – A new study has revealed which social media channels are preferred by UK golfers. The SPORTS MARKETING SURVEYS INC. research, commissioned by Golf Gamebook, the free smartphone app featuring…
Facebook brings Pages design in line with member profiles
Facebook is rolling out a more simple Pages design this week thereby enabling people to find information they want while helping Page admins to find tools easily. “This week, we’ll begin rolling…
Brits trying to sell Kidneys for £20,000 on Facebook
Cash-strapped Brits are taking to Facebook to sell off their kidneys for as low as £20,000, a newspaper reported. According to a Sunday Post report, desperate Brits are ready to unload their…
Yahoo revamps website with infinite scrolling, read-it-later features
Yahoo has completely redesigned its homepage introducing a more modern responsive design that scales across PC, tablet and smartphone screens and launched it in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. The…
Facebook resurrects F8; first conference since IPO slated for April 30
Facebook’s F8 developer conference has been revived and will be held on April 30 announced Ilya Sukhar, Facebook’s head of products, at the SXSW. The conference was last held in 2011 and…
India may investigate Facebook-WhatsApp deal
Facebook’s recent WhatsApp acquisition is on Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) radar and the government agency is likely to investigate the deal considering the number of Indians using both the services. Like…
Instagram users to be bombarded with $100m worth of Ads
Instagram is seemingly on its way to generate some revenue through its monetisation techniques and users in return will be bombarded with $100 million worth of ads from clients of Omnicom Media,…