Facebook’s acquisition of popular messaging app WhatsApp, claimed to be as one of the biggest acquisition in the tech world till date, has finally received approval by European Union regulators. Explaining the…
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Facebook issues apology over real-name debacle
Facebook’s change in policy requiring users to use their real name has backfired forcing the social network to issue an apology to this effect calling the whole exercise a ‘misunderstanding’. The reversal…
Facebook relaunches Atlas to take on Google
Facebook: We’ve rebuilt Atlas from the ground up to tackle today’s marketing challenges, like reaching people across devices and bridging the gap between online impressions and offline purchases.
Russia: Google, Twitter & Facebook must register as ‘organizers of information distribution’
Maxim Ksenzov, deputy chief of the Roskomnadzor: If Google, Facebook or Twitter “do not obey with the demands of the Russian law, they will be subjected to administrative sanctions.”
Facebook drones for universal internet connectivity by 2017
If all goes according to plan, Facebook will be testing its drones next year to bring internet connectivity to places that are yet to be connected with Google already in the race…
Facebook to announce new advertising platform
The new ad platform will likely be a revamped version of Atlas Advertiser Suite.
Facebook testing new private social app ‘Moments’, new report claims
Recent reports suggest Facebook is currently working on a new standalone app code-named Moments that will see to it that users’ personal content is shared only with trusted friends and family members….
Facebook experiments with new self-destructing post feature for iOS app
The feature allows 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 2 days, or up to 7 days to schedule the posts for self-destruction.
Facebook Messenger receives doodle update for images
Facebook Messenger is updated with a new feature to doodle on and annotate the images sent via Messenger.
Facebook to update video feature with view counter
The social networking giant reported 1 billion video views per day in June, up by 50% from the month of May!
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook ready to spend even billions to bring internet to the entire world
Mark Zuckerberg: What we really care about is connecting everyone in the world. Even if it means that Facebook has to spend billions of dollars over the next decade making this happen, I believe that over the long term its gonna be a good thing for us and for the world.
Facebook videos to be blamed for surge in mobile phone bills?
Mobile bill shocks are not uncommon, but since Facebook app users may have been among the latest affected lot because of social networking giant’s decision to bring videos to news feeds and…
Facebook ‘Privacy Checkup’ tool puts you in command
Facebook has made its ‘Privacy Checkup’ feature, which was announced in May, available to all its users enabling them to review all the stuff they share on the social network manually as…
eBay down for hours due to technical glitch; Facebook suffered 15 minutes outage
Yahoo’s Tumblr, Apple’s iTunes store and LinkedIn have also faced similar issues on Wednesday!
EU scrutinizes Facebook-WhatsApp deal; asks rivals and customers for feedback
EU: As a result of the Facebook/WhatsApp transaction, do you expect that it will be more difficult for WhatsApp’s competitors to expand their user base or to launch a new consumer communications service/app in the European Economic Area?