The tech world has already expressed their concerns over US President Donald Trump’s order of banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Now major tech companies are going a step further and planning to jointly draft an open letter opposing Trump’s immigration and travel orders.
Facebook has updated Live to add the ability for users to go live directly from their desktop. Users can now go live on Facebook via a web browser to Pages. The social network says the new tools and improvements will give publishers more control, customization, and flexibility over their broadcasts. Continue reading “Facebook Live now lets you live stream from web”
Facebook launched Live Video in December last year and now a year later it is expanding live media to audio as well. The social network has now introduced Live Audio for a select group of publishers and plans to make it available for everyone next year. Continue reading “Facebook introduces Live Audio, starts with select publishers”
Facebook has updated Account Kit developer tool that is used to log in to apps with their phone number. Introduced by Facebook in April this year, Account Kit is a phone number and email login solution. It is a complimentary product to Facebook Login. Continue reading “Facebook debuts instant verification for Android apps”
Facebook has officially launched group video calling for Messenger on Android, iOS and desktop. Up to 50 people can participate at a time in an ongoing video call while only up to six people can be seen at a time. However the 50 participants can listen and respond using text, stickers, emojis, and GIFs. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets group video call support on Android and iOS”
Facebook is finally taking measures to curb spreading of fake news with help of new tools. The social network has added options for readers and third-party fact checkers to flag articles. Continue reading “Facebook finally debuts tools to curb fake news”
After Google, Twitter and YouTube, Facebook is also giving us a recap of what all moments and events were most talked about in 2016 in India. Facebook’s Year-end review for 2016 shares inisghts that we talked most about Diwali, Cricket, Uri attacks and surgical strikes this year.
Continue reading “Facebook Year in Review: Diwali, surgical strikes most talked about topics in India”
Facebook is now working on a new feature called ‘Collections and functions’ that will display the selected content from the publisher directly into the news feeds. This feature is similar to the Snapchat’s Discover section that showcases news stories and videos. Continue reading “Facebook working on ‘Collections’ function to showcase content into News Feed”
In a bid to bolster its photo and video efforts, Facebook has acquired facial recognition startup FacioMetrics. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading “Facebook acquires facial recognition tech startup FacioMetrics”
Facebook came under the scanner after it was accused of influencing the masses with fake news on its site that resulted into an unexpected result for the recent US presidential election. In order to put an end to such fake news sites, Google and Facebook have announced measures to curb spreading of fake news. Continue reading “Google and Facebook take measures to block ads from fake news site”
Music streaming service, Gaana has released ‘Gaana Facebook Messenger bot’ to enhance customer experience for its users. With this feature, Gaana becomes the first music bot inside the Facebook messenger. Continue reading “Gaana launches Facebook Messenger bot for music streaming”
Facebook has announced financial results for Q3, 2016. The social network has reported revenue of $7.1 billion, up 56% YoY while net income was $2.4 billion. Continue reading “Facebook reports $7.1 billion in revenue, crosses 1B mobile only MAU in Q3, 2016”
Facebook is taking a cue from Prisma and testing an app that add artsy filters to live video. The social network’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox showed off the app at the WSJD Live event. Continue reading “Facebook showcases live video app with Prisma like filters”
India has now become Facebook’s second largest market, according to Adam Mosseri, VP, Product Management at Facebook. The social network has crossed 155 million monthly active users in India. Continue reading “Facebook claims India has over 155 million monthly active users”
Facebook has always been focused on videos as over 100 million hours of videos are consumed daily on the platform. Now, the social network has rolled out the ability to stream videos from Facebook to your TV. Continue reading “You can now stream Facebook videos on your TV”
