The Board has upheld Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account. However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose…
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) In a move to make your News Feed more informative, Facebook has tweaked its algorithm to bring news that’s relevant and of interest to you. “Our goal with News Feed…
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Even though we spend a lot of our time following people or chatting with them on social media sites such as Facebook, such virtual interactions are unlikely to take the…
New York, May 25 (IANS) Funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, the construction of a school for low-income students has been stalled in California owing to a major water shortage,…
Bangkok, Feb 26 (IANS) Two university students were arrested in Thailand’s capital Bangkok for selling weapons on social media website Facebook, the media reported on Friday. Sanit Mahathavorn, acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau,…
New York, Feb 26 (IANS) The social media giant Facebook on Friday launched Canvas — a new full-screen, immersive mobile ad experience that loads nearly instantaneously when someone taps on a news feed ad –…
New York, Feb 26 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has issued a stern internal memo to employees not to ruin the “Black Lives Matter” movement by defacing Facebook’s signature wall that serves as a dry-erase…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) Gone are the days when you could only “like” your girlfriend’s Facebook post even when you wanted to convey more to her. Now with “Reactions”, hold down the “Like” button…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) In an effort to restructure traditional approaches and deploy telecom network infrastructure to meet growing internet demands, Facebook has launched Telecom Infra Project (TIP) for developing new technologies. The project…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Can spending excessive time on Facebook or other social media be as dangerous as addiction to cocaine or gambling? Well, yes, if researchers from California State University-Fullerton…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Affordable data plans and rising global incomes saw nearly 3.2 billion people going online from desktop to smartphones and ipads in the year 2015 — Up from three billion in…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) The social networking giant Facebook is the undisputed leader in mobile advertising and the top marketing option for app developers, a new report has revealed. AppsFlyer — an Israel-based mobile…
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has announced to bring 360 video to Samsung’s Gear VR – the Virtual Reality (VR) headset launched in India recently. Today, we are taking an important…
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) In its bid to further explore immersive new virtual reality (VR) experiences that will help people connect and share, Facebook has created a social VR team focused entirely on exploring…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A new mobile app has been launched to allow people know who “unfriended” them on the popular social networking website Facebook since their last login, a media report said. The app…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter has more active users in Japan than Facebook, which is much larger globally, according to a media report. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday cited an announcement…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A leaked document from Facebook has revealed that the social networking giant may launch ads within Messenger in the second quarter of 2016. The document, obtained by the tech website…
New York, Feb 19 (IANS) A day after Google’s Indian-American chief executive Sundar Pichai supported arch rival Apple to fight a court order to help the FBI break into the iPhone 5c used by California…
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to open up its Instant Articles programme to all publishers globally to give users a better and faster reading experience — whether it…
London, Feb 17 (IANS) After blocking the official Facebook page of comic magazine Viz that publishes a parody of issues with frequently risque language and humour for hours, the social media giant has reinstated it…