Facebook: News

06 Aug 2017

iOS

Sarahah App: The latest most-downloaded notorious app in town

From time to time, there comes an app that catches everyone's attention, rising to fame overnight.

04 Aug 2017

India

Manforce launches 'Achaari Masti', its pickle-flavoured condoms

For all those who swear by achaar, Manforce has just the thing for you.

05 Aug 2017

Mark Zuckerberg

Amazon could have had a Facebook of its very own

It can be safely said that PlanetAll is/was the biggest social media platform out there. Millions of people post pictures, share stuff and connect with friends via this platform.

04 Aug 2017

Ireland

Stripe: $9.2bn start-up built on seven lines of code

Despite the explosive growth of e-commerce across the world, the technology behind its finance structure is decades old.

04 Aug 2017

Social Media

Facebook wages war on fake news by providing perspective

Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms out there and it often unwittingly ends up hosting news that has no credibility or even an ounce of truth in them.

02 Aug 2017

Technology

Facebook bot was never planning world domination. Calm down!

There have been some debates, recently, over the news that research was shut down at Facebook's artificial intelligence lab because one bot started conversing to another in an indecipherable language.

01 Aug 2017

Bill Gates

Artificial Intelligence, let's talk about the elephant in the room

Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates are not regular Joes. So when they repeatedly warn you about something, you listen.

31 Jul 2017

Facebook Messenger

Facebook launches Messenger Platform 2.1 for a richer experience

After, Messenger Platform 2.0 in April, the social media giant, Facebook has now launched Messenger Platform 2.1, armed with a host of new and improved features to make sure businesses can attract new customers and also connect with their current customer-base better.

30 Jul 2017

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Are social media platforms blasphemy tools?

In Pakistan, social media networks like Facebook were once platforms where people could debate religion.

28 Jul 2017

Instagram

Project Insight: Your Facebook/Instagram post can soon detect tax frauds

Data analytics is one of the most lucrative career options in today's age. But most Indians probably weren't expecting the government's plans with it.

28 Jul 2017

Emmanuel Macron

Did Russia interfere in French elections? Facebook, US say yes!

They've done it again. We are talking about Russia, elections and spying.

27 Jul 2017

YouTube

Facebook to launch its own TV shows by August!

Facebook has been competing for years with TV for advertisements; however, it no longer wants to just "compete", it wants to take over TV!

27 Jul 2017

Instagram

Facebook's financial report shows solid growth, strong sales numbers

Beating analysts' estimates social media platform Facebook has reported a solid quarter banking on the demand for its mobile ads and the ability to garner new users with its suite of apps.

26 Jul 2017

Instagram

Facebook is going bullish on Instagram's revenue potential

Facebook threw a curve ball when it, without any prior notice, decided to report solely GAAP earnings last quarter.

24 Jul 2017

India

Is Facebook's WhatsApp taking a step towards monetization?

Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp doesn't make any money as of now.

23 Jul 2017

Google

Is Facebook coming with 'modular' smartphone?

Facebook has now filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a 'modular electromechanical device.'

21 Jul 2017

Android

LinkedIn launches 'Made in India' Lite app for Android users

LinkedIn has announced the launch of the LinkedIn Lite app, a data-light version of its Android app which takes up less than 1 MB of storage.

20 Jul 2017

Google

Google introduces a new Facebook-like feed experience

Google wants to know users better to show content they may be interested in even before they Search.

18 Jul 2017

Pakistan News

Facebook rejects Pakistan's demand for linking accounts to cell numbers

Facebook has rejected a demand by Pakistan to link new accounts to mobile numbers of users.

12 Jul 2017

Google

News Media Alliance fights back Facebook and Google's monopoly

When it comes to online publications, news outlets are at the mercy of Google and Facebook, the two platforms that run a near monopoly over online advertising and online news traffic.

12 Jul 2017

iPhone

Now you can use Facebook to find nearest public Wi-Fi

You can now use Facebook to locate the nearest public Wi-Fi. The feature is being rolled out globally for Android and iPhone apps.

11 Jul 2017

Startups

MRI-tech will make telepathy possible in 8 years, start-up claims

Everybody has heard about telepathy i.e. thinking something inside your head and your thoughts getting transmitted to another person or vice versa.

09 Jul 2017

Transgenders

Britain's first male to give birth to a baby girl!

21-year-old Hayden Cross, a transgender in the middle of sex-transition, has become the first male in Britain to give birth to a baby girl.

08 Jul 2017

Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio's ad offering free DTH subscription is a spam

Ever since Reliance Jio hit the market, it has come up with attractive offers for its customers but a latest Facebook ad by the company offering free DTH subscription is fake.

04 Jul 2017

Delhi High Court

Offensive social media posts against SC/ST members now punishable

Abusing members of the SC/ST community on social media will now fall under the purview of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which would deem such acts punishable.

28 Jun 2017

India

Not In My Name: Indians against 'targeted lynching' of Muslims

On June 28, thousands of people across India will take to the streets to protest against "targeted lynching of Muslims". 'Not in my name', they say.

28 Jun 2017

Mark Zuckerberg

Biggest "country" on Earth, Facebook hits 2 billion monthly users

Social network giant Facebook has reached yet another milestone!

26 Jun 2017

Social Media

Facebook gears up to launch new app aimed at influencers

Social networking giant Facebook announced plans to unveil a new app later this year, targeted at influencers.

26 Jun 2017

Tesla

An ex-Tesla engineer's herbal cure for hangovers

A South Korean engineer, who has worked with Facebook and Tesla, is now all set to launch his new venture on July 5.

23 Jun 2017

Data Leak

What NOT to do on Facebook!

Social media giant Facebook lets you do many things.

23 Jun 2017

Snapchat

Snapchat's Snap Map is fine but cost firm a bomb

If you are a Snapchat user, chances are you are already using its latest feature, Snap Map; a by-product from its acquisition of social mapping start-up Zenly. Snap Map lets users find out where his/her friends are in the city or world.

23 Jun 2017

WhatsApp

WhatsApp touted as a major news force

Industry experts are now pitching WhatsApp as one of the biggest forms of news media, enabling people to discover and share news.

22 Jun 2017

India

New security features on Facebook India, especially for women

In a relief for millions of Indian women on Facebook, the portal has launched two new safety features to check unauthorized misuse of profile photos.

21 Jun 2017

X

Facebook, Twitter being increasingly used to spread political propaganda

In social media, truth takes a back seat and propaganda rules; it's not a random observation but the summation of a detailed study made by Oxford Internet Institute's Computational Propaganda Research Project.

19 Jun 2017

Microsoft

YouTube is bringing its A game to tackle terrorism online

YouTube has often been blamed for not doing enough to curb some of the offensive content (mainly terrorist propaganda videos) that makes its way into the channel and spreads extremism online.

19 Jun 2017

X

Two-factor authentication: Protect your online accounts against hackers

Considering the fact that every second one or more accounts are getting hacked across the world, a little bit of precaution won't hurt.

19 Jun 2017

Social Media

Facebook bug reveals moderators' identities to suspected terror groups

Facebook acknowledged that a security bug last year resulted in the company inadvertently leaking the personal details of its content moderators to suspected terror groups using the social network.