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Facebook outlines Portal’s security policy as devices begin shipping

Facebook’s Portal, the smart home device which the company revealed last month, has begun shipping in the US, and to mark the occasion Facebook…

Author James Patterson to release a movie-book on Facebook Messenger

In a matter of hours, James Patterson’s book The Chef will be published in an interactive experience via Facebook Messenger. The author confirmed the…

SASSA warns South Africans of new grocery voucher scam

A new scam parading as an official voucher programme from SASSA is making the rounds, according to the agency. “SASSA would like to warn…

Coconuts: Cape Town entrepreneurs feud on Facebook after ‘blatant’ foul play

We’ve been giving avocados stick this month on Memeburn, but today, we’re looking at two coconut-orientated Cape Town startups locked in a social and…

Hikers, T-rex throw impromptu dance party on Lion’s Head

With the taps running ever drier in the city, it seems that a select number of Cape Town residents have finally lost their minds….

5 inspirational quotes from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard speech

If you could attend a lecture from anyone on earth (besides Shia LeBeouf), who would you want most? For Harvard students this week, they…

Mark ‘Zucker-Duck’ Zuckerberg is trolled hard by Harvard hacker

Mark Zuckerberg famously dropped out of the prestigious Harvard University to work on his small indie project Facebook, and while Harvard may forgive the…

Facebook will pay up to $250k for original content from Buzzfeed and Vox

Facebook has signed a deal with entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to create original video content for the platform,…

Facebook doesn’t want you to know its censorship policies

Facebook still won’t tell the world what its censorship policies are, despite receiving a slew of criticism from experts and users alike for its…

Cape Town’s drought makes international news on CNN and Facebook

If you live in Cape Town, chances are you forgot what rain actually is. With the city still battling one of the worst droughts…

Facebook deletes journalist’s account after exposé of corruption

Pulitzer-winning Malta journalist, Matthew Caruana Galizia, has had his Facebook account suspended after posting allegations of corruption against Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his…

Facebook to compete with Twitch as it signs deal with ESL

Facebook has landed a major deal with the Electronic Sports League (ESL) which will see 5 500 hours of events and original content added…

Facebook didn’t cause Palestinian uprising, court rules

A US court has dismissed a lawsuit set to implicate Facebook in a Palestinian uprising in 2015. Dubbed the “Facebook Intifada,” the spate of…

Facebook moves to end clickbait… and what it’s done will shock you

Okay, so it’s actually pretty standard. Facebook announced yesterday that it would be targeting individual posts that withhold “crucial details or mislead people.” Last…

5 cool Facebook Messenger chatbots for tech news

Chatbots saw a massive resurgence last year, as Google, Microsoft and Facebook all jumped on the bandwagon. Facebook has been actively encouraging chatbot development…

Award-winning Oculus Story Studio is shutting down

Oculus Story Studio, the Facebook-owned company’s first foray into virtual reality filmmaking, is shutting down. Launched two years ago, the Story Studio aimed to…

In Facebook’s future, human beings will become digital interfaces

In addition to some clever, if not gimmicky announcements coming out of this year’s F8, Facebook has laid down the outline of its envisaged…

Facebook knows when teens are vulnerable, then targets them with ads

“Don’t be evil” is a common phrase uttered by Google executives, but we can’t help but think Facebook should perhaps adopt it too. A…

Snapchat takes big step towards protecting its ‘Geofilters’ from Facebook

Snapchat has taken a large step in its war against Facebook’s encroachment. The company’s owner Snap Inc, has reportedly bought a patent that covers…

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