San Francisco: Over 400 million people are using video-on-demand service Facebook Watch monthly and 75 million people daily who spend at least one minute on Watch, the social networking platform has announced. Launched in the US in 2017, the video service allows users to enjoy videos from different genres, including[Read More…]
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Facebook dismisses report of journalists’ frustration with fact-checking
San Francisco: Facebook has dismissed a media report that claimed journalists working as fact-checkers for the social media giant are frustrated and are ending partnerships as the company failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation. A report in The Guardian on Thursday said outside reporters have lost trust in[Read More…]
Facebook headquarters evacuated due to bomb threat
The New York Police Department evacuated buildings on Facebook’s headquarters in the Silicon Valley after an anonymous bomb threat was received but hours after a sweep of the structure began there was no word of explosives found. The San Mateo bomb unit responded to the afternoon threat at the company’s campus in Menlo[Read More…]
Festivals, Kerala floods connected most Indians on Facebook in 2018
New Delhi: Festivals, the Kerala floods and cricket connected most users on Facebook in India during 2018, the social media giant said on Friday. In its “2018 Year in Review” report, the company said India set Facebook buzzing on festivals in 2018 with Janmashtami, Eid al-Adha, Pongal and Navratri driving[Read More…]
Facebook expands tool to connect users to local news
San Francisco, Facebook has started expanding its “Today In” section for local news and community information to make it easier for people to find news and information from their local towns and cities. “It is now available in over 400 cities in the US, and we have launched our first[Read More…]
Outgoing Facebook executive says he hired controversial PR firm
San Francisco: Facebook‘s outgoing Head of Communications and Policy Elliot Schrage has taken the full responsibility for hiring a Republican-owned political consulting and PR firm Definers Public Affairs that is alleged to have “dug up dirt” on competitors. In a blog post, Schrage said the legal team at Facebook continues[Read More…]
Facebook to now track your time spent on its platform
San Francisco, Just days after photo-messaging app Instagram rolled out the feature to track users’ time spent on the app, Facebook has now released “Your Time on Facebook” tool that counts how many minutes people spend on the app. The feature is designed to help users manage social networking by[Read More…]
Facebook post reveals man sexually assaulted 10-year-old, asked possibility of pregnancy on Practo
While sharing her experience in a Facebook post, a Delhi-based gynaecologist narrated how she came across a query during online consultation which revealed that a man sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl who had not even hit her puberty yet, and was concerned about the victim getting pregnant. Dr Sweta Singh,[Read More…]
WhatsApp Update: Adding a new contact to become super easy!
In the last few months, the mobile app giant has made tremendous changes to the platform. Whatsapp have come up with gifs and stickers in the recent months, beautifying one of the most easy-to-use apps. The Facebook-owned app is all set to ease the process of adding contacts to your[Read More…]
Facebook quietly rolls out short-format video app ‘Lasso’
San Francisco: Facebook has launched a video app “Lasso” that enables users to make and share short-format videos with filters and special effects. “Lasso, FB’s new short form video app is now available in the US!” Facebook Product Manager Andy Huang said in a tweet on Friday. Equipped with video-editing[Read More…]
Facebook starts selling Portal video chat devices in US
San Francisco: Facebook has made its new smart video chat devices, Portal and Portal+, available for purchase in the US. Consumers can purchase Portal for $199 and Portal+ for $349 from portal.facebook.com, Amazon.com, BestBuy.com as well as Amazon Books and Best Buy stores, Facebook said on Wednesday. Portal has a[Read More…]
Washington: Facebook, Twitter fight misinformation on US Election Day
Washington: Social networking platforms Facebook and Twitter were busy battling misinformation and fake news as the US voted in the midterm elections on Tuesday. According to a report in USA Today late Tuesday, Facebook “swiftly removed misinformation, such as posts and memes, urging Republicans and Democrats to vote on the[Read More…]
Facebook blocks more accounts ‘meddling’ in US mid-terms
Washington: Facebook has blocked 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on Instagram that may be engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” from foreign entities into the US mid-term elections. According to the social networking giant, US law enforcement contacted them about online activity that they recently discovered and which[Read More…]
Renowned writer James Patterson releases an interactive fiction on Facebook Messenger
With the upsurge in the usage of the internet, various artists are coming up with their own ways to market their content. In one of such attempts, America’s celebrated writer James Patterson has introduced a Facebook Messenger version of his latest novel – The Chef. On Tuesday, Patterson launched a[Read More…]
Facebook apologises for promoting White supremacy ad
Social networking giant Facebook has apologised after letting an ad campaign target its users interested in “White genocide conspiracy theory”. News site The Intercept had no trouble in launching the campaign just a few days after conspiracy theory about external forces trying to exterminate the White race purportedly inspired the[Read More…]
Facebook messages from 80,000 accounts up for sale
According to reports, hackers have published messages from as much as 80K Facebook user accounts. In reply to the situation, Facebook said that its security has not been compromised. It was 2 months back in September when the news regarding the breach first broke out. A person advertised selling personal[Read More…]
Whatsapp latest feature allows you to create your own stickers; here’s how
WhatsApp on Friday October 26, announced that it would start supporting stickers, essentially elaborate emoji or playful illustrations. The feature has been rumoured to hit WhatsApp for a while now and it will finally roll out to Android and iPhone users with the stable version of WhatsApp in the coming weeks. In a[Read More…]
Facebook now allows users to add songs to photos, videos
San Francisco: Offering its over two billion monthly users new ways to express themselves, Facebook has introduced new music features, including an option to add a song to photos and videos they share to Facebook Stories. “And, we’re bringing it to News Feed, too!,” Facebook said in a statement on[Read More…]
“I saw a little wrong information”, says the graduate who drove his parents in a rickshaw
Bangladeshi graduate Wali Ullah’s picture has been going viral for quite some time now in media but with a different name and identity. Image of Wali Ullah riding his parents back home in a rickshaw after convocation is distinctly misinformed on Twitter and is being shared across India. Misinformation: The[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Cyber battle between BJP and Congress is pacing up political heat
The two major contenders in Madhya Pradesh’s electoral battle, both Congress and BJP are fighting through various means including rallies and road shows, apart from these tactics, there is a hidden war between the both, which is famously called as social media war alias cyberwar. However, Madhya Pradesh polls 2018[Read More…]
Facebook now has a War Room to fight election interference
San Francisco: In line with its efforts to prevent misuse of its platform during elections, Facebook has set up a War Room to reduce the spread of potentially harmful content. Facebook faced flak for not doing enough to prevent spread of misinformation by Russia-linked accounts during the 2016 US presidential[Read More…]
UP court receives complaint against Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Lucknow: A complaint has been registered in an Uttar Pradesh court against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and three others for using national symbols and letter heads of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its site without due permission. Chief Judicial Magistrate Anand Prakash Singh on Wednesday[Read More…]
Facebook to bring Safety Check to ‘Workplace’ early next year
San Francisco: To help organisations locate their people in a crisis, Facebook is planning to introduce the Safety Check feature in “Workplace”, the social network’s messaging service for businesses. “With Safety Check, if a crisis arises, organisations can identify who may be affected, send multiple modes of notification, and monitor[Read More…]
Happy Navratri 2018 Best Wishes, Wallpapers, Photos, Quotes, SMS, Greetings for Facebook & WhatsApp
Navratri literally means nine nights. According to Hindu traditions, each day, devotees worship a different form of Goddess Durga. According to the Hindu lunar calendar, Navratri falls in the month of Ashvin and the festival celebrates Goddess Durga’s victory over a demon to restore dharma. This year the festival will[Read More…]
Human traffickers use Facebook, Tinder to hunt underage victims: Study
New York: Human traffickers are exploiting social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or SnapChat, as well as dating apps such as Tinder, Blendr and Yellow to hunt for potential underage victims, reveals a new study. Traffickers educate themselves by studying what the victim posts on these sites to build[Read More…]