Owing to the general elections in India in 2019, Facebook announced that it is making big changes to the way it manages political ads on Facebook and Instagram. The company has already rolled out such changes in the US, Brazil, and the UK. Continue reading “Facebook to bring Ad transparency tools ahead of India’s general elections in 2019”
Facebook introduced Watch Party back in July which would let groups watch videos together and now the company is expanding it to every page and profile around the world. Facebook claims that there have been more than 12 million Watch Parties in Groups since the testing phase started in January. Continue reading “Facebook expands Watch Party to every page and profile worldwide”
WhatsApp’s chief business officer, Neeraj Arora has quit WhatsApp roughly one year after WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton exited from Facebook. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014 and the company mentioned that it would allow WhatsApp to operate independently under Acton and co-founder Jan Koum, who served as its chief executive officer until abruptly quitting over privacy and data concerns in April. Continue reading “WhatsApp chief business officer Neeraj Arora resigns”
Weeks after announcing the ‘Your Time on Facebook,’ Facebook has finally started rolling the feature across the world. This is designed to help users manage social networking habits similar to what we have with Instagram’s usage insights. The dashboard reveals how many minutes you’ve spent on Facebook’s app on that device each day for the past week and on average. Continue reading “Facebook ‘Your Time’ dashboard to check usage finally rolling out worldwide”
Facebook is said to be internally working on bringing ‘Watch Videos together’ feature within Messenger. Meaning, you and your friends can watch a synchronized video over group chat on your respective devices. The company is aiming to make users spend more time on Facebook Messenger while creating shared experiences that are more meaningful and positive. Continue reading “Facebook said to be testing ‘Watch Videos together’ feature within Messenger”
Facebook confirmed that it is working on bringing ‘Unsend’ feature to everyone after CEO Mark Zuckerberg unsent messages and now it looks the feature is finally here. Facebook Messenger now gives the ability to unsend messages so they can remove their sent messages from the recipient’s inbox. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out Messenger ‘Unsend’ feature for Android and iOS”
Facebook has released the Lasso app that lets users create fun short videos that are aimed to compete with TikTok. This move is to bring back teens which Facebook lost in 2018. Lasso lets users record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music.
Continue reading “Facebook Lasso TikTok like lip-syncing app for Android and iOS released”
Facebook introduced Portal and Portal+ video calling devices back in October. The company has clarified some privacy concerns saying that Facebook does not listen to, view or keep the contents of your Portal video calls and all the video calls are encrypted, the Smart Camera and Smart Sound use AI technology that runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook servers. Continue reading “Facebook Portal and Portal+ video calling devices with Alexa, AI smart camera tech go on sale in the US”
According to a BBC Report, Hackers said to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users’ accounts. The perpetrators said that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell. However, Facebook says that its security has not been compromised. Continue reading “Hackers publish private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts, Rogue Browser extension blamed”
Instagram is working on a new ad type called “Promote” for Stories to allow business pages to show their slideshows to more users without doing much work. Admins can choose to auto-target users similar to their followers, people in a certain location, or use all of Instagram’s targeting parameters. Continue reading “Instagram confirms it is working on new ad type “Promote” for Stories, launches Analytics in beta”
Facebook is said to be working on a standalone app; Lasso where users can record and share videos of themselves lip-syncing or dancing to popular songs. The app is designed to be a standalone competitor to Musical.ly which later was acquired by Bytedance and re branded to TikTok. Continue reading “Facebook said to be working on TikTok-like Lasso video music app”
Facebook has launched the ability to add Music on Facebook Stories and is expanding Lip Sync Live, and soon will be making it possible to add songs to your Profile. With this new additions, users can add a song to photos and videos they share to Facebook Stories. Continue reading “Facebook brings Music feature to profiles and Stories, expands Lip Sync Live to pages”
Facebook today announced that it is rolling out a new, simplified version of Messenger dubbed Messenger 4. The company in a survey found that 7 out of 10 users say simplicity is the top priority in a messaging app. The new Messenger will have three tabs instead of nine; your conversations, both one-to-one and groups. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger 4 update with simplified navigation, customizable chat bubbles, dark mode and more rolling out”
According to the latest report from The Information, Facebook is planning on buying a “major” cybersecurity company and has already offered deals to “several” companies. Though the names of the companies remain unknown, Facebook reportedly to buy software that could fold into its existing services, such as tools for signaling hacking attempts or securing individual accounts.
Continue reading “Facebook said to be planning on acquiring ‘major’ cybersecurity company”
Facebook has hired Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister. Nick will lead Facebook’s global affairs and communications team as the company faces safety issues over data protection and the threat of greater government regulation. Continue reading “Facebook appoints former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg as head of global affairs”
