Mark Zuckerberg: News

30 Mar 2019

Facebook

Facebook "mistakenly" deletes old posts of CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook, which enjoys a strong global user base of over 2.3 billion, has a pretty tall list of scandalous accusations - meddling with elections, sponsoring partisan politics, and compromising users passwords - you name it.

15 Mar 2019

Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg's close aide Chris Cox is leaving Facebook

Chris Cox, one of the first 15 software engineers of Facebook, is quitting the tech giant after mulling over it for more than two years.

10 Mar 2019

Facebook

Now, Facebook is working on machine capable of reading minds

Even after several privacy-related debacles, Facebook is working on projects that may not get the best of responses.

08 Mar 2019

Facebook

This Facebook Messenger bug exposed who you chat with

Just a day after Mark Zuckerberg's promise of a more private Facebook, security firm Imperva has revealed a vulnerability that marred the platform.

27 Feb 2019

Facebook

Soon, you'll be able to clear websites visited on Facebook

After a flurry of scandals and data leaks, Facebook has been working hard to rebuild user trust across the globe.

26 Jan 2019

Facebook

Why Zuckerberg wants to merge WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram?

Facebook is working on a bold move to merge its key messaging products.

12 Dec 2018

Donald Trump

Pichai asked to explain why Googling 'idiot' returns Trump photos

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai, on Wednesday, appeared for his first Congressional hearing, he was asked why a Google image search for 'idiot' returns images of Donald Trump.

28 Nov 2018

Donald Trump

TIME Person of the Year 2018 voting opened: Details here

The voting for the TIME Person of the Year 2018 is open, and of all contenders, South Korean boy band BTS is leading the readers' poll right now with 10% of total votes - 3% higher than the Thai Cave divers who rescued trapped children.

17 Nov 2018

Facebook

How Facebook could use photos to learn about your family

We all are aware of Facebook's ad-delivery practices.

16 Nov 2018

Android

Why Zuckerberg ordered Facebook executives to not use iPhones

Just recently, the New York Times reported that Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg asked his top executives to switch to Android phones.

01 Nov 2018

India

You'll soon start seeing ads on WhatsApp: Details here

In what might come as a disappointment to many WhatsApp users, as well as WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, the messaging platform is getting ready to serve advertisements to users around the world.

18 Oct 2018

Facebook

Facebook's major shareholders want Mark Zuckerberg out of Chairman's position

Major shareholders of Facebook believe the tech giant is better off without Mark Zuckerberg as the Chairman and moved a proposal on Wednesday regarding the same.

07 Oct 2018

Facebook

Want to delete Facebook? Here's a step-by-step guide for you

Facebook's recent security lapse (affecting at least 50 million users) has sent the users of the social network in a state of panic.

29 Sep 2018

Facebook

Hacker cancels plan to delete Zuckerberg's Facebook account: Details here

The Taiwanese hacker, who wanted to delete Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook account and broadcast himself while doing so, has decided to back off.

28 Sep 2018

Facebook

Hacker claims he'll delete Zuckerberg's Facebook account: Details here

In a rather amusing development, a Taiwanese hacker has claimed that he would compromise and then delete the Facebook account of Mark Zuckerberg on September 30.

27 Sep 2018

Facebook

WhatsApp co-founder left $850mn for his morals: Here's why

Since WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton quit Facebook a year ago and then went on to bite the hand that fed him, tweeting, "It is time. #deletefacebook", many questions had remained unanswered.

05 Sep 2018

Facebook

Are Silicon Valley giants facing a new political reality?

In a development that possibly chalks out a new political reality for Silicon Valley hotshots, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are both set for back-to-back House and Senate hearings on Wednesday.

16 Aug 2018

Facebook

Amarinder seeks help of Facebook, Google to make Punjab drug-free

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought technical support from Facebook and Google to combat the drug menace prevalent among the youth of the state.

11 Aug 2018

Facebook

5 times Facebook shamelessly copied from Snapchat

If imitation is a form of flattery, then Facebook must be Snapchat's biggest fan. Over the years, it has unapologetically ripped off features from Snapchat.

10 Aug 2018

Facebook

Facebook has now learned a "psychological trick" to lure teens

In another revelation about Facebook's growth-at-any-cost approach, an internal Facebook note has revealed that the company has learned a new "psychological trick" to lure more teens into using its platform.

07 Aug 2018

Android

What's new in Android Pie? Here's a comprehensive guide

Since its launch 10 years ago, Google's Android operating system has seen a slew of changes over the years.

07 Aug 2018

Facebook

Facebook asks JP Morgan, Citibank, Chase to share customer details

Facebook has asked major US banks to share customer data to allow it to develop new services on the social network's Messenger texting platform.

04 Aug 2018

Facebook

Is Facebook the new Tinder? Dating feature is undergoing testing

Two months after Facebook announced its upcoming Dating feature during its F8 developers conference, reports have surfaced saying that the social media giant has already started testing the feature internally.

01 Aug 2018

Facebook

Facebook removes 32 fake accounts involved in political influence campaign

Facebook has removed 32 fake accounts and pages that it says were involved in "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and political influence campaign to manipulate voters ahead of 2016 US Presidential elections.

28 Jul 2018

Facebook

Shareholder sues Facebook, CEO Zuckerberg after $120 billion stock plunge

In what could be the first of many lawsuits over Facebook's disappointing earnings announcement, Facebook shareholder James Kacouris, has filed a suit against Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and CFO David Wehner for allegedly making misleading statements about Facebook's slowing revenue growth, falling operating margins, and declining users.

26 Jul 2018

Facebook

Zuckerberg loses a whopping $16.8 billion as Facebook's stock plunges

On the back of scandals and investigations, embattled Facebook Inc.'s shares went into freefall on Wednesday following sluggish sales growth.

21 Jul 2018

Samsung

Once again, Zuckerberg shows he doesn't care about users' privacy

Once again, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is trying his dirty tricks, unabashedly so. Our privacy just doesn't matter to him.

15 Jul 2018

X

To make Kylie Jenner 'billionaire', people are donating money. Why-oh-why?

After Kylie Jenner was named the 'youngest self-made billionaire' by Forbes earlier this week, many thought the magazine went a bit far. Because how can the member of the Kardashian- Jenner clan be self-made?

08 Jul 2018

Facebook

Facebook enhances security measures ahead of July 25 Pakistan polls

Ahead of the July 25 general elections in Pakistan, Facebook is taking enhanced security measures to ensure transparency and prevent abuse on the platform, media reports said.

08 Jul 2018

Facebook

Zuckerberg becomes world's third richest man, overtakes Warren Buffett

Despite concerns about data privacy over Facebook, the social network's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken American business magnate Warren Buffett to become the world's third richest person.

04 Jul 2018

Facebook

5 times Facebook shamelessly copied from Snapchat

If imitation is a form of flattery, then Facebook must be Snapchat's biggest fan. Over the years, it has unapologetically ripped off features from Snapchat.

03 Jul 2018

Facebook

Facebook's second-bug in a month: Blocked-people 'unblocked' for 8L users

It hasn't even been a month since Facebook revealed a massive privacy bug on its platform, and the world's top social media site is now talking about another.

30 Jun 2018

Facebook

Facebook might quietly use microphone to track ads you watch

A recently published Facebook patent depicts a technology that will silently trigger microphones in a household to listen to users as they watch TV ads.

24 Jun 2018

Facebook

Facebook will help you spend less time on Facebook

Following on the footsteps of Apple and Google, Facebook has now confirmed that it's bringing a feature akin to Apple's Screen Time and Google's Digital Wellbeing.

13 Jun 2018

Facebook

Facebook confirms it tracks everything about you. And, it's creepy

Facebook has submitted a 454-page report to the US Congress detailing all the ways through which it tracks users' activities.

06 Jun 2018

Facebook

Facebook shared data with Chinese phone makers, including Huawei: Report

A media report has claimed that Facebook has data-sharing pacts with at least four Chinese companies, including Huawei.

Facebook giving open-access to user's data; formed data-sharing partnerships: NYT

Weeks after it was revealed that a British political firm Cambridge Analytica accessed millions of user data on Facebook, the social network company is now through another set of allegations by the New York Times.

04 Jun 2018

WhatsApp

Indian activists ask messaging apps to change group chat rules

A group of Indian activists has asked Internet-based messaging service providers such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and others to amend their group chat rules so that users cannot be added to groups without their consent.

15 May 2018

Facebook

Facebook suspends 200 apps post Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has suspended 200 potentially problematic third-party apps from the platform.

04 May 2018

Facebook

Searching for groom, Kerala woman asks Mark Zuckerberg for help

Moving away from matrimonial websites, Kerala woman Jyothi KG took to Facebook in search of a suitable groom for herself.