Facebook is making Messenger more fun for its users with the addition of instant games. The instant messaging app will get popular games like Pac Man, Space Invaders, Galaga and Words With Friends. Continue reading “You can now play Pac-Man and Words With Friends in Facebook Messenger”
In a bid to bolster its photo and video efforts, Facebook has acquired facial recognition startup FacioMetrics. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading “Facebook acquires facial recognition tech startup FacioMetrics”
Facebook came under the scanner after it was accused of influencing the masses with fake news on its site that resulted into an unexpected result for the recent US presidential election. In order to put an end to such fake news sites, Google and Facebook have announced measures to curb spreading of fake news. Continue reading “Google and Facebook take measures to block ads from fake news site”
Earlier this year Facebook introduced terrestrial connectivity systems – Terragraph and Project ARIES (Antenna Radio Integration for Efficiency in Spectrum) in an aim to provide better internet connections in both rural and urban areas. Now the company has announced that it has demonstrated a record data rate of nearly 20 Gbps over 13 km with MMW technology. Continue reading “Facebook demos record 20 Gbps data rate over 13 km with millimeter-wave technology”
Facebook killed Rooms and others stand-alone apps in December last year that had failed to gain any traction. A report back in September said that Facebook is planning to integrate Rooms into Messenger. Now the company has started rolling out Messenger Rooms, a bulletin board-style, real-time messaging feature for users in Australia and Canada. Continue reading “Facebook tests Rooms public group chat feature in Messenger”
Facebook has launched Flash, a Snapchat style camera app that is aimed at emerging markets. Currently available only in Brazil, Flash allows you to add filters, masks, emojis, doodles and other such avataars to photos. Continue reading “Facebook Flash is a Snapchat clone designed for developing countries”
The popular artsy Prisma filters are now coming to Facebook Live video. The latest feature comes a month after Facebook showcased AI powered filters for live video.
Continue reading “Facebook Live gets support for Prisma art filters”
Facebook has announced financial results for Q3, 2016. The social network has reported revenue of $7.1 billion, up 56% YoY while net income was $2.4 billion. Continue reading “Facebook reports $7.1 billion in revenue, crosses 1B mobile only MAU in Q3, 2016”
India has now become Facebook’s second largest market, according to Adam Mosseri, VP, Product Management at Facebook. The social network has crossed 155 million monthly active users in India. Continue reading “Facebook claims India has over 155 million monthly active users”
Facebook has always been focused on videos as over 100 million hours of videos are consumed daily on the platform. Now, the social network has rolled out the ability to stream videos from Facebook to your TV. Continue reading “You can now stream Facebook videos on your TV”
Facebook was testing Facebook at Work for over a year with than 1,000 organizations around the world. Today, the social network has officially launched the tool for enterprise customers and it is dubbed as Workplace.
Continue reading “Facebook takes on Slack with Workplace for enterprise customers”
Facebook has released a new ‘Events from Facebook’ app for users to discover nearby events through a streamlined channel. Continue reading “Facebook introduces standalone Events app for iOS, Android app coming soon”
Facebook started testing end-to-end encryption for Messenger in July on select group of users. Now, the social network has rolled out end-to-end encryption for its over 1 billion Messenger users.
Continue reading “Facebook now lets everyone enable end-to-end encryption on Messenger”
In a bid to allow users to discover, buy and sell items locally, Facebook has launched its Marketplace. The feature will appear as a “shop” icon at the bottom of the Facebook app and will allow users to list or search for items on sale in their community.
Continue reading “Facebook introduces Marketplace for local buying and selling”
Facebook has launched Messenger Lite app on Android for emerging markets such as Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. The Messenger Lite uses less data and is designed to work in areas with slower internet connections.
Continue reading “Facebook Messenger Lite for Android launched”
