The Election Commission will launch a special drive to enrol new electors, and has collaborated with Facebook to launch a ‘voter registration reminder’ on July 1. With over 180 million people in India on Facebook, the ‘Register Now’ button is designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India.
Facebook has announced that it now has 2 billion monthly active users. The latest milestone was revealed by Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook post. This means nearly two-thirds of the people on the Internet are on Facebook. The social network had 1.94 billion MAUs in Q1 2017. Continue reading “Facebook now has over 2 billion monthly active users”
Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Over 1 million Redmi 4 phones sold, Vivo X9s and X9s Plus coming soon and more – FoneArena Daily”
In a bid to combat terrorism, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. “We believe that by working together, sharing the best technological and operational elements of our individual efforts, we can have a greater impact on the threat of terrorist content online”, Facebook said in its blog post. Continue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group”
Facebook announced at the VidCon conference that it is working on a dedicated app for video creators. The video creation app will be exclusive for people with verified accounts like journalists, celebrities and other online influencers. It will essentially be an update to the Facebook Mentions app that is limited to aforementioned people. Continue reading “Facebook is working on a standalone app for video creators”
Facebook has rolled out an important feature for its over 166 million monthly active users in India. The social network has introduced a profile picture guard that will give Indian users more control over who can download and share their pictures. Continue reading “Facebook is giving Indian users more control over their profile picture”
Facebook is finally rolling out support for GIF, one of the most popular and anticipated feature to its platform. The social network was testing the feature for a month and has released on the 30th anniversary of GIF. Continue reading “Facebook finally lets you add GIFs to comment replies”
Facebook has launched disaster maps that use aggregated, de-identified Facebook data to deliver crucial information to aid organizations during and after crises. This initiative is the product of close work with UNICEF, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, and other organizations.
We already spend a lot of our time on Facebook but it looks like the social network wants us to stay on its platform even longer. According to a new report from TechCrunch, Facebook is rolling out a new feature that will allow you to order food through the site itself. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out “Order Food” feature to select users”
Facebook Reactions are now expanding to comments. The social network has started rolling out reactions to its main app soon after bringing them to Messenger in March. Continue reading “Facebook Reactions are now available for comments”
Facebook has officially announced the commercial launch of Express Wi-Fi in India. The social network was testing this service in the country since August last year. Facebook has launched 700 hotspots across the four Indian states of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. Continue reading “Facebook launches Express WiFi in India; partners Airtel for 20,000 hotspots”
Facebook has reported financial earnings for Q1 2017. The social network has recorded $8.03 billion in revenue, up 49% YoY. Facebook continued its march toward the 2 billion user threshold as more than 1.94 billion people are now using its service monthly as of March 31, up 17 percent from a year earlier. Continue reading “Facebook reports $8.03 billion in revenue, hits 1.94 billion MAUs in Q1 2017”
Google and Facebook have been confirmed as victims of a $100 million phishing attack that was first reported in March, according to a latest report from Fortune.
Continue reading “Google and Facebook confirmed as victims in $100 million phishing scam”
Facebook today announced new India centric features for its platform at an event called as “A place to connect” in Delhi. The social network is bringing India specific camera filters along with the frames and effects that come in the Facebook camera. The custom effects for India include Namaste and geo-specific experiences in cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, and other places. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out camera effects for India, brings Reactions to Lite app”
Facebook has launched a new social VR app dubbed as Spaces at the on going F8 conference. The platform will let you create a cartoon-like avatar that you use as your virtual self. Continue reading “Facebook Spaces Social VR platform launched”
