Facebook has announced that Messenger now has 900 million monthly active users. The latest numbers comes three months later when it had reached 800 million MAU which essentially means, the service raked up 100 million users in just three months. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger hits 900 million MAU, gets codes, usernames, links and more”
Facebook is upping its game with new Live Video update that brings a large number of features ranging from Live Reactions, improved discovery and more. Continue reading “Facebook Live gets improved video discovery, Live Reactions, filters and more”
Facebook is testing a new security tool that will alert users when someone is trying to impersonate them i.e using their name or profile, according to a latest report from Mashable.
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Facebook is definitely trying to project Messenger as more than just an instant messaging app. The social network has discretely rolled out an addictive game right inside the Messenger.
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Facebook has apparently decided to pull the plug on support for Blackberry 10 and BBOS. This move follows, the company’s decision to stop Whatsapp for the platform.
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Following the Apple and FBI battle over privacy, a number of tech companies are looking forward to bolster their encryption service. According to a report from The Guardian, companies like Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, Snapchat and others are working to improve the privacy of user data.
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Snapchat recently acquired an app that specialized in selfie animations called Looksery. Now, Facebook has acquired a similar app that goes by the name of MSQRD to bring similar features to its messaging service as well.
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In a bid to make it easier for publishers to create Instant articles, Facebook has introduced a WordPress Plugin. The social network has teamed up with Automattic, parent company of WordPress.com VIP to create this plugin.
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Facebook is finally releasing a Material Design update for Messenger on Android. The latest update revamps the app with Material Design elements like bold colors, cleaner and more colorful UI.
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Facebook has been continuously tweaking its News Feed to surface relative content to its users. Today, the social network has changed the algorithm again to put Live Video streams on top of your News Feed.
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Things are getting more fun and expressive at Facebook. The big blue social network is finally moving beyond its quintessential ‘Like’ and embracing other popular emoticons under its new feature dubbed as Reactions.
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Facebook’s over 1.55 billion monthly active users watch more than 100 million hours of video daily on the platform. Now, the social network is rolling out a new video feature that will allow you to send birthday wishes to friends and loved ones in a video form.
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Facebook has announced Telecom Infra Project (TIP) with an aim to bring operators, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other technology companies together to collaborate on the development of new technologies and reimagine traditional approaches to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure.
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Facebook is eyeing to bring advertisements to Messenger in Q2 2016, as per a leaked document that was obtained by Tech Crunch. As per the documents, ads will only appear in message threads with businesses and businesses being able to serve ads to people who previously initiated a chat with them via Messenger.
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Facebook has announced that it is making its Instant Articles program open to all publishers starting April 12. The social network will make it official at its F8 developer conference.
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