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Facebook Stories and Messenger Day are now the same thing

Messenger Day — the Facebook Messenger version of WhatsApp Status and Instagram Stories — is no more. Instead, the feature has been rehashed and…

Russia to ban Facebook if it doesn’t comply with data storage laws

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor will check to see if Facebook is abiding by a Russian data storage law — and the result may lead to the company…

Facebook suggests users upload nudes to avoid revenge porn

Worried that an abusive ex may upload intimate images of you to social media? Facebook may have a solution for you, though maybe not in…

Facebook evens the playing field by discontinuing ‘dark posts’

At the end of October, Facebook broke the news that it planned to introduce a new advertising feature that would lead to any paid…

Facebook has more duplicate accounts than Snapchat has users

Facebook’s userbase is a curious number. Not only is it the largest of any social network on the planet at 2.07-billion users per month,…

Facebook’s AI led to the wrongful arrest of a Palestinian man

Facebook has been touting its artificial-intelligence services as a way to quickly identify those promoting terrorist content on the platform, but not all of these…

Don’t expect a separate Facebook tab for friends’ posts any time soon

Facebook has been testing a feature that separates friends’ posts from public pages’ in six countries, but it says there are no current plans to…

Facebook brings its F8 developer conference to the world

Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference has become one of the highlights of the tech calendar. But of all the millions of developers around the globe,…

Facebook launches Canvas, a DIY full-screen ad product

Facebook on Thursday announced the launch of Canvas, a new mobile product that allows video ads to play in full-screen whenever someone taps on…

Meet Reactions, Facebook’s solution to the ‘like’ conundrum

This has been a long time coming. Facebook on Wednesday announced a new product aimed at resolving the strange phenomenon whereby people end up…

Facebook to extend Instant Articles programme to publishers big and small

Facebook has announced that it will extend its Instant Articles programme to all publishers from 12 April 2016 at its F8 conference. Facebook launched…

No Facebook, Elon Musk was not an ‘illegal immigrant’

By now second guessing stuff on the internet should come naturally. A Facebook post — that’s been shared nearly 25 000 times — claims…

When it rains, it pours: Facebook faces sanctions in France for illegal data mining

When Facebook reports record revenue numbers and staggering active monthly user growth, being Mark Zuckerberg must feel pretty damn good. Right now though being…

India bans Facebook free internet services

The world’s largest democracy has finally taken a stance on free internet services. This comes after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on…

Facebook looks to breathe new life into events with innovative ride-sharing features

One of Facebook’s most underused and disappointing features, the Events function, might be getting a makeover that will bring it a whole new lease…

Facebook Q4 and full year 2015 results are on fleek, 1.59bn MAU, 100m hours of video watched a day

Facebook reported its fourth quarter results, ending 31 December 2015, and full year 2015 earnings today. Nobody really expected Facebook to do badly but…

Facebook’s AI is getting scarily intelligent, scarily fast

Facebook is putting some serious effort into Artificial Intelligence, and not just so that Mark Zuckerberg can have his own Jarvis-style personal home assistant…

Facebook rolls out Mentions on Android

Facebook Mentions, a platform from the social network that makes it easy for public figures to talk with their fans and each other, has…

Facebook Messenger out to kill the phone number

Facebook Messenger, which passed the 800-million user mark in 2015, is out to kill the phone number. That’s according to post from the social…

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