Articles tagged "Facebook"

Facebook has updated its Portal series of video-calling devices with three new models, the Portal, Portal Mini and Portal TV. It is now also available in additional markets. The Portal and Portal Mini have a completely new design that looks more...

Starting today you don’t have to rely on third party apps like Tinder for online dating because Facebook finally launched its service called Dating. Starting with Facebook Dating is easy, because there’s no need to set up a new account - you...

Back in July, Instagram started hiding the like counts from the posts because it wants your followers to "focus on the photos and videos you share, not on how many likes they get". It seems Instagram has received positive feedback, hence, its parent...

Facebook and invading privacy - name a more iconic duo. According to Bloomberg, the company has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe audio messages from Facebook Messenger. Contract employees said they were hearing users’...

Facebook rolled out Dark Mode for its Messenger app back in March this year, and now it's about to expand that to its main app for Android. The social giant already started working on Dark Mode for Watch, but reverse engineering expert Jane Wong...

You know what has so far been missing from WhatsApp and Instagram? Facebook. The social network may have owned the two services for many years now, but how would ordinary people know that? Also, doesn't it seem to you that Instagram and WhatsApp...

Following a lengthy negotiation process that took months, today Facebook has agreed to pay a $5 billion fine to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for user data privacy violations. The FTC's inquiry started after the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

In the most recent days, Facebook has sent notices to parents of kids who use the Facebook Messenger Kids app. The notice outlined a “technical error” that allowed kids to join group chats with other approved contacts and their approved...

Facebook and the US Federal Trade Commission have agreed to a $5 billion settlement in the investigation over the social network's questionable practices in handling user data. The settlement now needs to be approved by the Justice Department, which...

The French parliament approved a measure aimed to make companies like Facebook and Google remove hateful content in a timely manner. The text is part of a larger internet regulation bill was adopted by the lower house of the Parliament, but still...

Senior Trump administration officials want to ban the end-to-end encryption, according to a report by Politico on a National Security Council meeting that took place earlier this week. The encryption challenge, called “going dark”, was discussed...

WhatsApp's latest beta adds a new feature that's bound to be at least a little bit controversial: sharing your Status to your Facebook Story. This however does not imply linking your WhatsApp user ID to your Facebook account, the company insists, as...

Facebook’s latest app wants to track how you use your phone and pay you in return. Study is a new marketing research app that will record broad usage behavior including your installed apps, usage times, location, device and network. Facebook...

Amazon is now the world's most valuable brand, unseating Apple and Google, and ending the 12-year run of technology brands atop BrandZ's list. Amazon was the third most valuable brand in 2018, behind Apple and Google but rose to the top thanks to a...

In the latest blow to Huawei, Facebook has suspended the Chinese tech giant from pre-installing its applications on upcoming phones. These include the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, some of the most popular and widely used apps...

Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference is a showcase for the new features and updates coming to the company’s array of services. Messenger is already one of the top IM apps and the company is looking to rebuild the user experience from the ground...

Facebook is discontinuing payments in its Messenger app for users in the United Kingdom and France. The information comes from Engadget, who it from Facebook itself. The company says it will focus its efforts on experiences that people find more...

In the beginning of this year reports claimed that Facebook is planning to merge its messaging services, essentially allowing users to communicate seamlessly between WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg confirmed the...

Recently it seems like whenever Facebook is in the news, it's not for a good reason. Data leaks, security breaches, shady user data deals, you name it - the company's been involved in it, and stuff just keeps on surfacing. Case in point: today's...

At GDC 2019, Oculus announced a new-generation Rift headset called the Oculus Rift S. The headset brings some new features and improvements that make the VR gaming experience more comfortable and safer. Oculus said it worked closely with Lenovo...