Facebook Lite is part of the company’s latest effort to attract audiences in the developing world. Facebook Over the last decade, Facebook’s list of features and capabilities has piled pretty high. Now the company is stripping that way in a new app designed for customers with low-end phones and poor cellular connections. The new app, …

Google’s updated version of Cardboard works with any device up to six inches, including Apple’s iPhone. Caitlin Petrakovitz/CNET Google has an ambitious plan for the future: help nearly anyone with a smartphone to experience virtual reality. The technology industry is preparing for an onslaught of new devices that mount on your head, immersing you in computer-generated worlds ranging from space …

Chromecast is Google’s $35 thumb-size device that plugs in to televisions to connect them to the Internet. Daniel Terdiman/CNET Google is upping its competition against set-top boxes from Apple and Amazon with new capabilities for its inexpensive Chromecast streaming stick for televisions. Google said it will begin offering new capabilities that make it easy for developers to create more interactive …

Mark Zuckerberg has been holding monthly Q&A events since November Facebook What’s the best birthday present the leader of the world’s largest social network could get? Just leave him alone. That’s the message Mark Zuckerberg left people with when holding his sixth town hall event answering questions from the public Thursday. Zuckerberg says he’s so averse to birthday celebrations that …

When illicit photos of Anisha Vora began showing up online, she didn’t know what to do. She contacted Facebook, Twitter and other companies hoping they’d do the right thing and take the photos down. But soon, there were too many places for her to deal with on her own. What happened to Vora happens to all sorts of people. Students, …

Enlarge ImageAnisha Vora became the victim of “revenge porn” after her ex-boyfriend posted her photos to more than 300 websites. Sarah Tew/CNET Anisha Vora remembers when she first realized something was wrong. It was February 2012, and the then-22-year-old student learned that photos showing her naked or partially clothed were circulating on the Internet. The culprit was an ex-boyfriend she’d …

Facebook is steadily expanding Messenger’s capabilities. James Martin/CNET Video chat has become a great way for people to communicate with friends and family, especially across international borders. Facebook now wants a piece of that action. Facebook users can soon use the social network’s Messenger app to talk face-to-face over Wi-Fi or cellular networks, simply by tapping on a video camera …

All those other social networks Facebook runs? They’re getting big. James Martin/CNET Facebook is well on its way to building another Facebook. The world’s largest social network has been steadily growing its audience outside its namesake website and mobile app, encouraging people to connect using its Instagram photo sharing network, Messenger communicator app and WhatsApp text message replacement service. The …

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, answering questions from Facebook users. Facebook Mark Zuckerberg continues to support Net neutrality. That was one of the key messages that came from a question and answer session the Facebook cofounder and CEO held on his company’s website Tuesday. Zuckerberg said the principle of Net neutrality, which requires that all Internet traffic be treated equally no …

Facebook is increasing the capabilities of its Messenger communication service. Facebook released a new version of its Messenger communication service, but it wasn’t an update for the company’s smartphone or tablet app. Instead, Facebook launched Messenger.com, a website making the service available for desktop and laptop computers. The social network has been expanding its Messenger platform steadily over the past …