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Facebook introduces three new native ad tools on its native ads format

Facebook has announced a slew of improvements to its Native ad products, which form a crucial part of its Audience Network. “Today, more than…

Facebook drives video ad strategy by targeting desktop users with games

As you might know, video on Facebook is massive. With over four billion native videos on the platform every day, the company says that…

Facebook’s Hello app is caller ID on steroids

Facebook has released a new app that shows users more information about the person calling them. The Hello app — built by the same…

Facebook’s Internet.org is coming to Nigeria #MWA2015

Facebook on Wednesday announced plans to launch Internet.org app next month in Nigeria. The Internet.org app encourages telecoms to provide free and affordable access…

Weekly Round Up #20: Facebook Messenger, Opel hipster cars, Huawei mystery, and Samsung S6 price

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Stuart Thomas,…

If your Facebook store failed, don’t blame Facebook, blame yourself.

I worryingly read a slew of articles over the weekend about the shuttering of numerous big-brand F-commerce sites. My issue with most of these…

Facebook (finally) allows verified accounts

Facebook will start allowing public figures to verify their accounts and include pseudonyms from today, according to a report by TechCrunch. This means that…

Orange to bring Facebook to ‘every phone in Africa’

Mobile telecommunications giant Orange has launched a brand new service which it claims will make Facebook “accessible on every phone in Africa”. The French-based…

Tunisians turn to Facebook in marijuana protest

When you think Tunisia and Facebook, a couple of terms come to mind: the Arab Spring, protests, regime overthrow…and marijuana? Just months after the…

The difference between Facebook friends and real friends: A case study

My object of study, the 21-year old beauty who I call EmmaFB, has 921 Friends on Facebook. Her friends are from all the phases…

Angry Birds flies beak-first into Facebook

Good news for anyone who loves Facebook and loves gaming, but hates Zynga’s slew of social titles. Angry Birds has arrived on the world’s…

Is MySpace on the comeback trail?

Think MySpace is dying a slow, torpid death? Think again. A new report from the New York Times suggests that the social network has…

Facebook wants to improve on social games in 2012

Facebook wants to use its Open Graph make it easier for people to build social games, particularly in the mobile space. The social network…

Indonesian authorities to crack down on ‘abusive’ tweeters

Twitter’s decision to censor tweets on a country by country basis caused widespread outcry. For the government of Indonesia, however, such measures may not…

Google, Facebook tell Indian court they have already removed offensive content

Internet giants Google and Facebook claim they have already taken down the content that saw a civil suit brought against them and 19 other…

SA president asks citizens to share concerns on social media

South African president Jacob Zuma wants his country’s citizens to lay out their troubles on social media ahead of his State of the Nation…

What a post IPO Facebook could learn from Google

The media had been speculating on Facebook’s IPO for months. On the day the social giant announced it would be going public, there was…

New Die Antwoord album drops on iTunes, announced on Facebook

Die Antwoord shot to fame, at least in part, by using social media to leverage their faux trailer-trash, multi-lingual flavour of rave-driven rap. It’s…

Facebook IPO may come this week

Facebook’s long-awaited initial public offer (IPO) may come as early as this week, if media reports are to be believed. Reports that the world’s…

Google+ lets in teens, beefs up safety

Google’s nascent social effort, Google+, has opened up to teenagers and beefed up its safety features. The move is widely believed to be a…

Angry Birds set to smash into Facebook

Rovio’s hit franchise Angry Birds is set to smash beak first into Facebook come Valentine’s Day. According to Asia Tech News, the company is…

Lenovo Legion Go S: A Game-Changer in Handheld Gaming

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

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