San Francisco: Facebook appears to be testing a new feature which will allow the users to launch WhatsApp directly from its app. A dedicated WhatsApp button showed up in the Facebook app of some users on the Android platform, which acted like a shortcut to open the chat app, The Next Web reported late on […]
San Francisco: In a bid to provide brands way to compare advertisements performances, Facebook has introduced new measurement solutions that will enable advertisers to see the impact of their ad campaigns on the social networking platform and TV. Facebook, in collaboration with data measurement firm Nielsen, launched “Nielsen Total Brand Effect with Lift” solution through which […]
San Francisco: Facebook has added three new automatic suggestions using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Messenger app’s virtual assistant ‘M’. ‘M’ will now suggest users several animated GIF options, pegged to common expressions like ‘thank you’, Fortune reported late on Thursday. It will also provide a series of ‘Quick Replies’ — ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘I think […]
San Francisco: After reports surfaced this week that the social media giant enabled advertisers to reach “Jew haters”, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — also of Jewish origin — has apologised, saying the company is now strengthening its ad policies. Facebook enabled the advertisers to direct their pitches to the news feeds of almost 2,300 people […]
San Francisco/New Delhi: Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Daily Beast has reported. The activists said their accounts are frequently being suspended or taken down and hoped that the social media giant would let them speak the truth. Myanmar considers […]
New York: Following several deadly terror attacks in Britain over the past six months, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is set to urge Facebook and Google to perk up their efforts in cracking down on online radicalisation. May will demand tougher action to combat online radicalisation at a showdown in New York this week, The Mirror […]
Kolkata: A class 11 student in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was found hanging lifeless from the ceiling fan of her house after she was scolded by her elder brother for spending excessive time on Facebook, family members said on Saturday. While the family said the girl – a resident of Mansabari area under […]
San Francisco: Facebook is working on letting users hit the “snooze” button when they need to take a temporary break from posts by friends, pages or groups without unfriending, unfollowing or leaving them. “We are testing new ways to give people control over their News Feeds so they can stay connected with the stories they […]
San Francisco: To help its users during disasters, Facebook has created a new centre for crisis response where people can find information about recent crises and access the social network’s crisis response tools — including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers to support crisis recovery — all in one place. “We are also introducing links […]
San Francisco: More than 1.3 billion people around the world are now using Facebook Messenger every month, the company has announced. The Messenger surpassed the one billion monthly active users (MAUs) mark in July 2016. “We’ve continued working hard to make Messenger the best it can be, introducing new masks, filters and reactions for video […]
San Francisco: In a bid to stop fraudulent business practices as more and more publishers join its platform, Facebook has issued new standards and guidelines for content creators to ethically earn money on its “family-friendly” network. Facebook’s list of prohibited content include misappropriation of children’s characters; tragedy and conflict; content that is incendiary, inflammatory, demeaning […]
San Francisco: Amid reports that Russia-based organisations purchased ads on Facebook before the 2016 US presidential poll, a Senate Committee is considering inviting Facebook and Twitter to testify on misinformation spread on their platforms. The calls for the social media platform’s representatives to appear before the Congress came from Senator Mark Warner, ReCode reported on Tuesday. […]
San Francisco: Facebook is ready to shell out a whopping $1 billion to become a major hub for videos, a media report said on Saturday. The social media giant is willing to spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform, according to people familiar with the matter. The figure, which […]
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has announced it would soon be launching features to take businesses onboard and make it easy for them to interact on the messaging platform. “In the coming months, we’ll be testing new features that aim to solve some of these challenges, and make it easier for people to communicate with the […]
San Francisco: The Facebook profiles of Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan cannot be blocked because they have reportedly been blocked so many times that the social media giant is stopping it happening. When people do not want to see your posts, they will either unfriend you, stop following you or they will block […]
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