Facebook is finally working on a ‘Dislike’ button, says Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that the company is working on a dislike button for its social network. He dded that the “Dislike” button will not work like Reddit’s up and downvote mechanism.

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Facebook said to be working on virtual reality video app for mobile

It looks like Facebook is planning to bring virtual reality to mobile devices. A latest report from the Wall Street Journal says that the social network is testing a virtual reality video app for mobile.

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Facebook revamps Pages for mobile with new action button, sections and more

With an aim to make it easier for small business to enhance its mobile presence, Facebook has redesigned Pages by introducing new tools for better communication with customers.

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Facebook introduces personal digital assistant M for Messenger

Following a report last month, Facebook has entered into personal digital assistant space with ‘M’. The new feature that will be present inside Messenger, helps users with day to day tasks like online hotel reservations, travel arrangements and so on.

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Facebook overhauls Notes, turns it into a blogging platform

Facebook Notes has received a makeover as a blogging platform. The latest update allows users to post longer pieces of articles that differentiates from a standard Facebook status update thereby making them look like a blog.

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Facebook clocks $4.04B revenue, hits 1.49B MAU in Q2, 2015

Facebook has revealed financial results for Q2, 2015. The social network has recorded $4.04 billion revenues beating analyst expectations of $3.99 billion revenues.

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Facebook’s Oculus acquires Gesture Recognition firm Pebbles Interfaces

Facebook owned Oculus has scooped up gesture recognition firm Pebbles Interfaces. The financial terms of the deal are not disclosed but as per the Wall Street Journal, the deal is said to be about $60 million.

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Facebook testing own MoneyPenny virtual assistant for Messenger

Facebook is said to be working on a virtual assistant for its Messenger platform, as per a latest report from The Information. The virtual assistant is being internally dubbed as “MoneyPenny”.

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Google Maps v4.8.0 for iOS brings Share to Facebook and Messenger

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The latest Google Maps v4.8.0 brings users the ability to share places directly to Facebook and Messenger. It also brings about a few changes to the UI and a few bug fixes.

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Facebook testing floating videos in your News Feed

Facebook is testing a new feature that enhances your video viewing experience. The social network’s latest floating video feature will allow users to scroll through their News Feed while letting them watch the video.

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Facebook testing photo editor feature similar to Snapchat

With an aim to ramp up its photo offering, Facebook is testing a new Snapchat like feature that lets you add filters, text, stickers and more on photos before you post them on the social network.

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Facebook for iPhone lets you share web links without leaving the app

Facebook has updated its iPhone app to make it easier for users to share web links without opening a browser. Dubbed as “add a link”, the feature lets people find and share links within the app.

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