Facebook has introduced a new feature dubbed as Music Stories that enables users to better discover new music or share tracks with their friends.
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Facebook records $4.5B in revenues, hits 1.01DAU, 1.55B MAU in Q3, 2015
Facebook has exceeded analyst estimates and recorded a whopping $4.5B in revenue for Q3, 2015. The social network reported a 41% year-over-year increase in revenues.
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Facebook’s news app Notify tipped to launch next week
In August, it was reported that Facebook will launch a standalone mobile news app. Now, a fresh report from the Financial Times states that the news app will be launched as early as next week and it will be called as ‘Notify’.
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Facebook replaces ‘Other Folder’ with Message Requests for Messenger
In a bid to make it easier for users to talk with other people who are not present in their friend list, Facebook has rolled out Message Requests for Messenger. The feature replaces the ‘Other Folder’ in Messenger that housed messages from strangers.
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Facebook improves notifications on mobile apps, makes them more personal
Facebook has revamped Notifications tab on its mobile apps in order to make them more personal. The latest update replaces the notification tab with Google Now-style cards.
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Facebook iOS app updated to fix battery drain issue
iPhone users were facing battery drain issues due to Facebook’s iOS app. Ari Grant, Engineer Manager at Facebook has admitted to the issue and released an update to fix it.
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Facebook improves search feature to include public posts
Facebook has made its search feature more powerful with latest update. The social network has announced Search FYI, an expanded search function that will allow users to find out what the world is saying about a particular topic.
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Facebook’s Instant Articles expands to all iPhone users, coming to Android soon
Facebook’s Instant Articles are now available to all iPhone users following its launch in May this year. The public beta of the feature will be available for Android this week before a broad roll out by the end of the year.
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Facebook will now notify you of State-Sponsored Attacks
Facebook has announced that it will now alert users if it strongly suspects that an account is being targeted by a hacker working for a nation state.
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Facebook is testing a standalone video feed
It looks like Facebook wants to bank on one of the important part of the internet ecosystem – videos. The social network is therefore testing a brand new feed that only focuses on videos.
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Facebook is testing ‘Reactions’ button that includes emojis
Last month, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said that social network is working on a ‘dislike’ button. Today, Facebook is testing what is possibly the dislike button but it is calling it as ‘Reactions’.
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Facebook adds doodle photo editing tool to mobile apps
Facebook is bringing a popular feature from Messenger to its main mobile apps. The social network will now let you doodle on your photos that have been uploaded to Facebook.
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Facebook is testing GIF-like photos for mobile profiles
Your Facebook profile is about to get a new makeover. The social network is testing a new feature where users can upload a profile video instead of a normal photo as their profiles on Facebook .
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Facebook revamps Internet.org as Free Basics, rolls out 60 new services
Facebook has re-branded Internet.org as Free Basics. The app and web platform, providing access to over 250 services, is now live in 19 countries including India and will be part of the “larger objectives” of Internet.org.
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Facebook brings 360-degree videos to your News Feed
After YouTube, now Facebook will begin rolling out 360-degree videos in News Feed starting today. Company says that the users on Web and Android will be able to see 360 videos in their News Feed soon, but the iOS users will receive it in coming months. Continue reading “Facebook brings 360-degree videos to your News Feed”