Facebook last year started providing more background information about the publishers and articles users see in News Feed. Today the company is rolling out this feature to everyone in the US and adding additional features to provide more context to users. Continue reading “Facebook News Feed updated with more background information on publishers and articles”
Facebook has been in the news over the past week or so for all the wrong reasons. The company has officially come out and announced its roadmap in cracking down the platform abuse and user data security. Today the company is back at it and mentioned that it is revamping its privacy and security settings. Continue reading “Facebook revamps privacy and security settings following criticism”
Facebook was expected to introduce the smart Home-Speaker at the F8 event in May but now it looks like the company has delayed its plans amid data-privacy practices and the outrage surrounding it, according to industry sources. Continue reading “Facebook reportedly delays Home-Speaker launch over user-data privacy violation crisis”
Over the past few days, Facebook has been under a lot of pressure over Cambridge Analytica data misuse and today to dent it further, FTC (Federal Trade Commission) confirms that it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations. Tom Pahl, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement, confirmed that it has an open non-public investigation. Continue reading “FTC confirms it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations”
At the start of this year, Facebook announced that it is prioritizing more local news in the news feed in the US to prioritize local news. Today the company is expanding it to people in all countries, in all languages. Continue reading “Facebook expands to prioritize more local news in news feed globally”
Facebook Call and text history logging is part of an opt-in feature for people using Messenger or Facebook Lite on Android for quite some time now. However, reports started flowing in that the company has been logging people’s call and SMS (text) history without their permission. Today, the company clarified that it is an opt-in feature. Continue reading “Facebook clarifies Facebook Lite and Messenger call and text history logging is opt-in, can be deleted”
Facebook is rolling out an update to the Messenger which brings new admin privileges, joinable links and more. With admin controls, admins can now approve new members before they join your group chat which is really helpful in large group chats with people you may not yet be connected to. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets new admin privileges and joinable links”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally opened up about the on-going Cambridge Analytica that is said to have the possession of Facebook user data that was improperly obtained which was a breach of Facebook’s trust. The company has vowed to crack down on platform abuse and it has announced future steps and plan of action. The company says that it will take action on potential past abuse and put stronger protections in place to prevent future abuse. Continue reading “Facebook vows to crackdown platform abuse, CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally opens up about Cambridge Analytica data misuse”
Facebook is said to be planning on launching the Oculus Go VR Headset at F8 Developer Conference on May 1 according to sources of Variety. Facebook declined to comment just as expected. The company first introduced the Go VR Headset back in October 2017. Continue reading “Facebook Oculus Go standalone VR Headset expected to launch at F8 conference on May 1”
Facebook has released the Express Wi-Fi app for locally operated hotspots for Android. The app lets users buy data packs and find nearby hotspots as part of Facebook’s distributed Wi-Fi network. Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi program is live in five developing countries where users can buy and access high-speed data connectivity via local telecoms. Continue reading “Facebook Express Wi-Fi app for locally operated hotspots released”
Facebook Messenger Lite for Android has finally received the long-awaited video calling feature giving an opportunity to stay connected with friends and family. Video calling is one of the essential features in Messenger as it brings the ability to chat live face-to-face. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger lite finally gets video calling”
Facebook has started rolling out a new update to Messenger that lets you add friends in group audio and video calls. Currently, in order to make a group video call, you will have to disconnect the existing call and start a new conversation from your inbox. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger now lets you add friends in group calls”
Facebook introduced community crisis response over a year ago making it easier for people to ask for and give help during a crisis. Today it has announced that it is also including organizations and businesses to help the community and respond plausibly. Continue reading “Facebook now includes organizations and businesses in community help during crisis”
Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July and started pre-bookings in August. It comes pre-loaded with JioTV, JioMusic and few other apps and recently got support for Google Assistant. Today the company has announced that Facebook app will be available for the phone through the app store starting from tomorrow, February 14th. Continue reading “JioPhone users finally get Facebook app”
Facebook has confirmed that is testing downvote button to flag inappropriate comments to hide them. Since it is a testing phase, it is only available to a limited set of public Page post comment reels according to TechCrunch. Continue reading “Facebook is testing downvote button to flag inappropriate comments”
