Facebook is currently working on integrating its three chat services - Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. They won't merge, continuing to function as standalone apps, but their owner wants their...
I don’t know about you, but I have had enough family members ask me if WhatsApp is going to start charging for service if they don’t forward the message to 20 of their contacts. With viral content...
It looks like the year couldn't end without yet another Facebook scandal. This time around the company has come clean about discovering a bug in its photo API that allowed apps to access unposted...
Instagram Direct, the area of the service where you chat with your friends either one-on-one or in group settings, is getting a new feature today. You should file this one under the "how could it...
Instagram has become an immensely popular social app over the past few years and it is now cracking down on accounts with fake followers and removing likes and comments that were created by these...
Instagram has come forward to users informing them that as a result of a security flaw their passwords could have been exposed. An Instagram spokesperson has said to The Information that the issue...
In the period between April and September of this year, Facebook has terminated some 1.5 billion fake accounts from its network and deleted 2.1 billion pieces of spam. Facebook shared the...
Facebook has announced Portal, a series of devices that let you do voice or video calls to other Facebook and Messenger users. Two different models were announced today, the Portal and the larger...
Facebook Lite has been available for Android since 2015, though for a long time it was only accessible from developing markets. This year it finally reached the US, the UK, and other developed...
Today Facebook has announced that earlier this week it discovered a security issue that affected almost 50 million accounts. This was tied to a vulnerability in the code that impacted "View As", a...
Back in May, Facebook announced that it was going to simplify the interface on its Messenger app to fewer tabs so you can simply stay connected. This redesign included a new streamlined interface, a...
Pew Research Center has just published its data over Facebook usage habits in the United States. According to the research team, 26% of users deleted the Facebook app from the phone in the past 12...
Today Instagram has announced three new security-oriented features, in light of its recent account hacking scandal. First off, an About This Account option will be available on every profile (once...
The scandal with Cambridge Analytica might have been bad for the popularity of Facebook, but shareholders should have to start worrying, because the social network is on track to lose its top spot to...
Facebook and Instagram launched tools that let you monitor your activity on their networks. Available as an option in the Settings menu and currently rolling out to all global users it might take...
Tuesday, reports surfaced that the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s office has issued a fine to Facebook for $664,000 or about GBP 500,000. The office finds that Facebook lacked the...
Facebook seemingly took a look at its Messenger and decided it didn't contain enough stuff already. Hence, the company is adding autoplay video ads to the chat app. The rollout has started already,...
Facebook has launched a new feature dubbed Memories. It lets you access all memories/moments/life events that you shared on the social network from a single place. The company says there can...
Facebook has been under fire recently for giving data third-party apps, allegedly without user’s consent. After an investigation by The New York Times, it was discovered the social media gave deep...
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came to life yesterday, and a couple of US tech giants are already being accused of breaking the law. Non-profit noyb.eu has filed a complaint...
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