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Facebook adds video calling to Messenger
Facebook adds video calling to Messenger
Facebook has announced the addition of video calling to Messenger as the company looks to take on Skype and FaceTime. 28 Apr 2015
WhatsApp on track for 1 billion users by the end of the year
WhatsApp on track for 1 billion users by the end of the year
Massive messaging app WhatsApp has announced 800 million monthly active users, on pace for the 1 billion mark by the end of the year. 19 Apr 2015
WhatsApp sees huge growth, soon has a billion users
WhatsApp sees huge growth, soon has a billion users
When Facebook last year announced it will acquire WhatsApp many sighed in frustration and went even so far as switching messengers. There was ...... 19 Apr 2015
Don't want the app? Facebook launches Messenger for your browser
Don't want the app? Facebook launches Messenger for your browser
Last year, Facebook annoyed users by splitting off their Messenger service into its own dedicated app that you had to download if you wanted to be able to send messages. 10 Apr 2015
Facebook integrating WhatsApp, adding messaging to profiles
Facebook integrating WhatsApp, adding messaging to profiles
A year after Facebook spent $19 billion to acquire the messaging giant WhatsApp, the social media behemoth is beginning to integrate the service. 07 Apr 2015 - 3 comments
Facebook now facing a class action lawsuit over children's spending on the site
Facebook now facing a class action lawsuit over children's spending on the site
A federal judge has ruled that Facebook will face a class action lawsuit that contends the social media giant must pay refunds if children spend their parent's money on the website without permission. 13 Mar 2015 - 3 comments
Facebook apologizes for small downtime
Facebook apologizes for small downtime
Last night, Facebook and a number of other sites went down for around 30 minutes, leading to suggestions that the sites might be under attack. 27 Jan 2015
Sources: Facebook considered investing in Xiaomi
Sources: Facebook considered investing in Xiaomi
According to sources, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun recently discussed a possible Facebook investment in the world's third-largest smartphone maker. 13 Jan 2015
Instagram now valued at over $35 billion
Instagram now valued at over $35 billion
In 2012, social networking giant Facebook purchased photo sharing giant Instagram for $1 billion. At the time, many cited the deal as a sign that the tech world was in a bubble. What a steal. 23 Dec 2014
Facebook is 'auto-enhancing' your uploaded photos on iOS
Facebook is 'auto-enhancing' your uploaded photos on iOS
Social networking giant Facebook has been auto-enhancing your photos, and will continue to do so unless you opt-out. 19 Dec 2014
Facebook wants to stop drunken selfies from appearing on your page
Facebook wants to stop drunken selfies from appearing on your page
Have you ever posted embarrassing photos of yourself and friends on Facebook after you've had just one drink too many? 11 Dec 2014
Man sent to jail for Facebook posts of topless ex-girlfriend
Man sent to jail for Facebook posts of topless ex-girlfriend
A Los Angeles man has become the first person convicted under California's 'revenge porn' law for posting topless images of an ex-girlfriend to Facebook. 04 Dec 2014 - 14 comments
Facebook did it again: Stand-alone Facebook Groups mobile app
Facebook did it again: Stand-alone Facebook Groups mobile app
Despite the s..tstorm caused by forced extraction of messaging into Facebook Messenger, Facebook wont give up. This time around the social media ...... 19 Nov 2014 - 3 comments
Facebook just made it a lot easier to help fight ebola through the social network
Facebook just made it a lot easier to help fight ebola through the social network
Facebook has announced a few new initiatives this week that will allow its 1 billion+ users to help donate towards fighting the deadly disease. 06 Nov 2014 - 2 comments
Facebook's standalone Messenger app is now mandatory if you want to chat
Facebook's standalone Messenger app is now mandatory if you want to chat
Facebook will be removing messaging functionality from its iOS and Android apps in the next week, meaning if you want to continue to use the social network to chat you will need to get the standalone Messenger app. 29 Jul 2014 - 4 comments
Oculus to sell its Rift VR headset 'at cost'
Oculus to sell its Rift VR headset 'at cost'
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey is sure to have made consumers happy with his latest comments, saying that the company will sell the Rift VR headset at cost, with the company not looking to make a profit on them. 12 Jun 2014
Flickr dumps Google, Facebook logins and demands Yahoo account instead
Flickr dumps Google, Facebook logins and demands Yahoo account instead
Flickr informed users this week that they will no longer be able to use Google and Facebook accounts to login from this month. 08 Jun 2014
EU: Google, Facebook must abide by EU data protection and privacy rules
EU: Google, Facebook must abide by EU data protection and privacy rules
European Union ministers have agreed that firms located outside the European Union must abide by data protection and privacy rules within the 28-member bloc. 07 Jun 2014
Facebook adds music and TV identification service for posts
Facebook adds music and TV identification service for posts
Facebook has unveiled a Shazam-esque TV and music identification service which will allow you to tag what you are listening to or watching in your news feed post. 22 May 2014
Facebook buys 'Moves' fitness app
Facebook buys 'Moves' fitness app
Facebook has acquired the popular Moves fitness app for iOS and Android, according to developer ProtoGeo Oy. 25 Apr 2014 - 3 comments
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