San Francisco: Apple displaced Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018 while Facebook, mired in data breach controversies, fell to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally, an annual report said on Thursday. According to global brand consultancy Interbrand’s “Best 100 Global Brands 2018” report,[Read More…]
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Facebook says hackers didn’t access any third-party app
San Francisco: Tendering a fresh apology in the data breach that affected 50 million users, Facebook has said that a detailed investigation found no evidence that the hackers accessed any third-party apps using Facebook Login. In the biggest-ever security breach after Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook last week admitted that hackers[Read More…]
Facebook faces $1.63 bn in EU fine over fresh data breach
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) Embroiled in another massive data breach, Facebook may face $1.63 billion in fine from the European Union (EU) privacy watchdog, the media reported. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission which is Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe,[Read More…]
Hackers broke into 50 mn users’ accounts, says Facebook
San Francisco: In the biggest-ever security breach after Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook on Friday admitted hackers broke into nearly 50 million users’ accounts by stealing their “access tokens” or digital keys. This allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens which they could then use to take over people’s accounts, Facebook[Read More…]
Instagram founders quit Facebook
Instagram founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom have resigned from the Facebook-owned photo sharing app that has over one billion users. According to a report in The New York Times late on Monday, the co-founders have resigned from their positions and plan to leave the company in coming weeks while[Read More…]
Facebook appoints Hotstar’s Ajit Mohan as Managing Director, VP India
Facebook on Monday announced it has appointed Ajit Mohan, former CEO of video streaming platform Hotstar, as Managing Director and Vice-President, Facebook India. Set to join Facebook from early next year, Mohan will be responsible for driving Facebook’s overall strategy and continued investment in India, reporting directly to the Menlo[Read More…]
3 Indian women selected as Facebook global community leaders
Adhunika Prakash, who founded non-profit Breastfeeding Support for Indian Moms in Pune, was on Monday selected among five global leaders for $1 million award each by Facebook as part of its Community Leadership Programme. Apart from Prakash, Chetana Misra who founded Mompreneurs India and Tamanna Dhamija who created Baby Destination[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: FIR against Congress leader for posting morphed image of PM Modi
On September 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event for the Bohra community in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. One of the pictures from the same program of PM was morphed and shared on Facebook. A complaint was lodged by Indore Development Authority president Shankar Lalwani, in Palasia police station. Police[Read More…]
Facebook expands security tools to protect elections globally
In order to further secure candidates and campaign staff vulnerable to hackers and nation-state actors during the elections, Facebook has introduced additional tools to protect political campaigns in the US and around the world. The social media giant has launched a pilot programme to expand its existing protections for users[Read More…]
CBI writes to Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, GSR in data breach case
The CBI has written to UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research (GSR) and US-based Facebook, seeking information in connection with its probe into allegedly illegally obtaining social networking site data of Indians, sources said on Monday. According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources, the agency has written to[Read More…]
HDFC Bank most valuable Indian brand, 5th year running: Survey
Private sector HDFC Bank has become Indias most valuable brand for the fifth year in a row with a 21 per cent rise in its brand value to $21.7 billion over the previous year, according to a survey. According to a release here on Sunday, HDFC Bank retained its top[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Congress sets 15,000 FB likes, 5,000 Twitter followers as target for ticket aspirants
Indian National Congress in Madhya Pradesh issued a notice to the candidates aspiring for tickets. ‘Social media’ activity of the MLAs would be taken into consideration for ticket distribution in the poll-bound state. The party has announced that the tickets will be given only to those having huge social media[Read More…]
You may groove as Snapchat brings in musical GIFs
Photo-messaging app Snapchat has reportedly joined hands with third-party service TuneMoji to allow users to post musical Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs) to a personal chat or their Story. TuneMoji shows a searchable gallery of GIFs which users would be able to set to different licensed songs and sounds from which users could select a messaging[Read More…]
Google to increase political ad transparency and security
Google took a new move Wednesday to increase transparency on political ads on its platform by releasing an online library of US political ads and a report on details of ad-expenditure ahead of the mid-term US elections in November this year. Google said the addition of the political advertising report[Read More…]
Ad firms suffer 21% fall as Google, Facebook dominate digital dollars: Reports
The dominance of Google and Facebook of digital advertising has led to the number of independent and smaller ad tech companies falling 21 per cent since 2013 to 185 in the second quarter of 2018, the media reported. According to a report in The New York Times on Sunday, venture capital[Read More…]
YouTube to replace Facebook as No. 2 website in US
San Francisco: Owing to severe decline in monthly page visits, from 8.5 billion to 4.7 billion in the last two years, Facebook is set to cede its long-held second position among the top websites in the US to YouTube, according to a new study. Although Facebook’s app traffic has grown,[Read More…]
Facebook prepares to bring dating app
San Francisco: In a bid to take on mobile dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, Facebook has begun testing its dating project internally with employees. According to a report in The Verge on Friday, an independent app researcher, Jane Manchun Wong found evidence of the dating feature testing and posted it[Read More…]
Facebook brings digital literacy library for learners and educators
Facebook has something new for 830 million youngsters in the world. Wait, not just for the youngsters but also for the educators looking to address digital literacy. Yes, Facebook has announced the launch of a Digital Literacy Library to help young people build the skills they need to safely enjoy[Read More…]
Twitter users unable to auto post and retweet to Facebook
With Facebook cutting off access to its API platform for hundreds of thousands of apps, Twitter users are no longer able to tweet and retweet automatically on their connected Facebook accounts. Facebook has deprecated its Publish actions permissions from its API – a feature that allowed apps to publish posts[Read More…]
Facebook partners Asian College of Journalism for high-integrity news in India
New Delhi: In its bid to curb the spread of fake news and ensure high-quality journalism in India, Facebook on Thursday announced its first partnership in the country with Chennai-based Asian School of Journalism (ACJ). Part of the Facebook Journalism Project — announced last year to develop high-quality journalism around[Read More…]
WhatsApp rolls out four-person group calling
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out its group calling feature – for both voice and video options – on iOS and Android devices for its 1.5 billion users. The group calling feature supports up to four people simultaneously. You can make a group call with up to four people total[Read More…]
Police officer criticised on social media as he kneels before UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Praveen Kumar, a senior police officer in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur town was recently roasted for sharing his pictures on Social Media where he kneels down, shakes hand and puts tilak to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Yogi Adityanath, also the head priest of the influential Gorakhnath temple in the town,[Read More…]
Facebook loses $120 billion in market value over slow growth
Facing global backlash over the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook stock nosedived 20 per cent — wiping over $120 billion off the company’s market value — after its revenue and user growth in the second quarter of 2018 fell short of investor expectations. The social media giant late on[Read More…]
Myanmar condemns false news of demonetisation
Myanmar’s Presidential Office has denied that it has issued an executive order to demonetise banknotes, saying that legal action will be taken against perpetrators of the fake news, media reported on Wednesday. Director-General and Spokesman of the President’s Office U Zaw Htay refuted the false executive order proliferating on Facebook,[Read More…]
Facebook suspends Crimson Hexagon analytics firm over policy violation
After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook has now suspended Boston-based data analytics company Crimson Hexagon over concerns that it harvested users’ data. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal late on Friday, the social media giant was investigating whether the analytics firm’s contracts with the US government,[Read More…]