Ottawa, Feb 16 (IANS) A Canadian woman found her long-lost brother after posting a message on social media website, Facebook on New Year’s Eve, the media reported on Tuesday. Matthew Handford, who tracked down his…
Paris, Feb 14 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook would be tried in France for blocking a French teacher’s account after he posted an image of a nude painting, a media report said. A Paris appeals…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A day after Facebook India managing director Kirthiga Reddy said she will be relocating to the US in the next six to 12 months, a spokesperson of the social networking…
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) Facebook has offered ad credits worth up to $1,000 to users who helped the social media giant counter terrorist propaganda by posting anti-extremist and positive messages on its website, a…
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has launched multiple account support for Android users and confirmed the return of SMS support in Messenger. “Millions of people share phones with their family and…
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook is developing a novel technology for Internet.org to better serve internet access for the rural populations globally, a media report said. Patent records obtained by The…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Facebook had cut off its Free Basics service for India three days after the country’s telecom watchdog said no to the discriminatory pricing of data content. “Free Basics is no…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday introduced new features for video ads on its website, including automated captioning for sound-off videos and other updates to help advertisers better use its…
From Lalit K Jha Washington, Feb 11 (PTI) Facebook founder and head Mark Zuckerberg has distanced himself from the comments made by Marc Andreessen about India, saying the remarks were “deeply upsetting” and did not…
New York, Feb 10 (IANS) These are still early days for the virtual reality (VR) technologyÂ’s adoption and the VR ecosystem will take time to develop globally, social media giant Facebook’s top executives have predicted….
New York/New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A tweet by Facebook board member Marc Andreessen implying that FacebookÂ’s Free Basics is the same as colonialism created a storm on Twitter on Wednesday, with many Indians lashing…
London, Feb 10 (IANS) In another setback to Facebook in Europe, the French data protection authority has ordered the social networking giant to stop sending user data to the US and comply with the European…
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) A day after India’s telecom watchdog said no to Facebook’s Free Basics, the social networking giant’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg conveyed his disappointment in a post but reiterated his…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) Long spells of bad night sleep do not only put you at the risk of developing day-long tiredness, crankiness or distraction but also lead to compulsive Facebook checking too,…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) The Facebook app that enables your conversations with your friends on the popular social network has now made it simple to play chess from a computer or a smartphone. To…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) A man in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri has landed up behind bars after his rant against a local political leader on Facebook went viral. Without taking any names, Rohit Pashi, a resident…
New York, Feb 6 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has blocked dispensary pages selling cannabis for medical purposes in the US state of New Jersey, even as medical marijuana has been legalised in the state,…
New York, Feb 4 (IANS) As the world gets ready to watch Super Bowl coming Sunday, a new Facebook study has revealed that the volume of Facebook shares and posts from its users 15 minutes…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) In a bid to deliver a more meaningful News Feed experience to its over 1.5 billion users, social networking giant Facebook is set to change the way it works after…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) At a time when the world is bracing itself against the growing Zika virus, social networking giant Facebook has partnered with Brazil’s non-profit Abrasco Divulga to help combat the disease…