San Francisco: Facebook is testing a new feature called “Add Voice Clip” that appears in its status update composer menu that allows users to record a short audio snippet to use as a status update. The new feature was first spotted by an Indian user and the social media giant[Read More…]
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Facebook expands job application feature to 40 nations
San Francisco: To help local businesses hire the right people, Facebook has expanded the ability to apply to jobs directly on its platform to more than 40 countries. Rolled out in the US and Canada in 2017, Facebook’s job application feature is different from Microsoft-owned LinkedIn as it is focused[Read More…]
India ranks 47th when it comes to inclusive Internet: Facebook
New Delhi: Compromised by low usage and poor quality, India is ranked 47th out of 86 countries when it comes to inclusive Internet and connectivity for all, a Facebook report said on Monday. Facebook, which commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to create a comprehensive “Inclusive Internet Index,” found India in[Read More…]
Now add friends in live chats on Facebook Messenger
San Francisco: Facebook has rolled out a new feature in both iOS and Android apps that can allow users to add more friends and family members to a live audio and video chats in Messenger. With the update, users need not hang up and manually add people into a conversation[Read More…]
Belgian court orders Facebook to stop collecting users’ data
Brussels: A Belgian court has ordered Facebook to stop collecting data on users or face daily penalty of 250,000 euros. The court found the social media site guilty of breaching Belgium’s privacy laws, www.deredactie.be reported late Friday. The Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy (CPP) had taken Facebook to[Read More…]
Amazon now world’s third-most valuable company
San Francisco: With a market cap of $702.5 billion, Amazon has become the third most valuable company in the world, racing past Microsoft, which has a market cap of $699.2 billion. According to a report in The New York Post, Amazon stock surged 2.6 per cent on Wednesday, taking the company’s[Read More…]
Facebook to launch smart home speakers in July: Report
San Francisco: Taking on Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is now set to officially roll out two smart home speakers in 2018. According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the two models — Aloha and Fiona with 15-inch touchscreens — will be launched around July. “Supply chain sources said that[Read More…]
Not our job to recruit journalists for content: Facebook
San Francisco: In a clear message to news publishers, a top Facebook executive has emphasised that it is not their job to recruit people from media organisations for the content on the social media platform. At the “Code Media 2018” conference in California organised by the famous tech portal ReCode, Facebook’s[Read More…]
Facebook bans cryptocurrency ads on its platforms
San Francisco: Facebook has banned ads that promote initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and binary options trading from its platforms, including Instagram, Audience Network and Messenger. The new policy prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, Facebook said[Read More…]
Rupert Murdoch wants Facebook to pay publishers
New York: Facebook, which controls a lion’s share of the online advertising business along with Google, should pay a fee to publishers if it wants to promote trustworthy and accurate news on its platform, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said. According to The Verge on Tuesday, Murdoch, in a letter, proposed[Read More…]
New Facebook update to prioritise trustworthy news: Zuckerberg
San Francisco: After tweaking its News Feed to allow users to see more updates from family and friends than posts from businesses, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now announced to prioritise news that is trustworthy, informative and local. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Zuckerberg said it’s important that News Feed[Read More…]
Facebook feature to let group members watch videos together
Facebook has introduced a feature called “Watch Party” that will let the members of a group watch videos and interact with each other at the same time. “In a Watch Party, members of a group can watch videos together in the same space at the same time — videos are[Read More…]
Twitter, Facebook asked to disclose more information on fake news
Shareholders of Facebook and Twitter have asked the social media platforms to disclose more information about sexual harassment, fake news, hate speech and other forms of abuse that take place on their platforms. According to a report in the Washington Post, the shareholder resolution by the New York State Comptroller’s[Read More…]
You may post your Instagram ‘Stories’ on WhatsApp soon
Facebook is running a small test to let users post their Instagram “Stories” directly to WhatsApp Status. The new feature will let users post decorated photos, videos, and GIFs on WhatsApp which will disappear after 24 hours. “An Instagram Story posted as a WhatsApp Status also becomes encrypted like the[Read More…]
Snapchat may bring ‘story’ feature to the web
Popular photo-sharing platform Snapchat is working on extending the reach of its “Stories” feature on the web as it also continues to test a major redesign of its Android and iOS apps, reports say. “Snapchat is developing a new product called ‘Stories Everywhere’ with a goal of making ‘Stories’ available[Read More…]
Facebook asks new users in India to enter names as per Aadhaar
Facebook has begun testing a feature with a set of new users in India where they are being asked to enter names as per their Aadhaar details. The social media giant, however, is not asking new users to give their Aadhaar number but just the name as written on their[Read More…]
WhatsApp will not work on these smartphones from December 31
Instant messaging service app WhatsApp will not work on certain BlackBerry and Windows Phone platforms from December 31, 2017, the company said. The Facebook-owned social app will discontinue functioning on Blackberry OS, Blackberry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0. Earlier Whatsapp extended its support for both the platform in June 2017.[Read More…]
Check if WhatsApp will work on your phone from Dec 31
Facebook-owned mobile messaging app WhatsApp will stop working on a number of platforms from December 31, the company has confirmed. The messaging app will drop support for ‘BlackBerry OS’, ‘BlackBerry 10’, ‘Windows Phone 8.0’ and older platforms, from December 31, 2017, according to an express.co.uk report published on Monday. “We[Read More…]
New Facebook face recognition tools to help you manage identity
To help people better manage their identity on Facebook, the social media giant has launched new facial recognition features. The new features will help you find photos that you’re not tagged in and help you detect when others might be attempting to use your image as their profile picture. “We[Read More…]
Data requests from India surged in 1st half of 2017: Facebook
The Indian government requested Facebook for data 9,853 times in the first half of 2017 – up from 6,324 times in the first half of 2016 — Facebook’s latest ‘Government Requests Report’ revealed on Tuesday. Facebook restricted access to 1,228 pieces of content “in response to legal requests from law[Read More…]
Facebook admits it can make people feel worse
Call it admonition from parents and behavioural experts or self-introspection but Facebook has for the first time admitted that passively scrolling through posts on the social media platform can make people feel worse — while active engagement on the platform may have the opposite effect. Citing scientific research on well-being[Read More…]
Over 25 million businesses on Instagram; up from 15 million in July
There are now more than 25 million businesses on Instagram — up from 15 million in July — and the vast majority of them are small businesses, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app said on Friday. As 800 million use Instagram each month to discover and follow their passions, more and more[Read More…]
Money-minded people spend more time on Facebook: Study
Materialistic people are likely to have significantly more friends than people who are less interested in possessions and they are also likely to use social media more frequently and intensely, says a study. Materialistic people see and treat their Facebook friends as “digital objects,” said the study published in the[Read More…]
Facebook, Google join ‘The Trust Project’ to fight fake news
In their bid to fight fake news and help readers identify trustworthy news sources, Facebook, Google, Twitter and several media organisations have joined the non-partisan “The Trust Project”. “The Trust Project” is led by award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman of Santa Clara University’s Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics. Starting from Friday,[Read More…]
Facebook ‘Local’ to bring together restaurants, bars for users
Facebook is reportedly relaunching its “Events” stand-alone app as “Local” for Android and iOS devices that will feature information about local businesses and reviews from Facebook users to help bring together businesses, restaurants, bars and more along with events. “Launching in the US on iOS and Android, Facebook “Local” combines[Read More…]