Jan Koum is moving on. The WhatsApp co-founder said in a Facebook post Monday that he plans to leave his messaging company, which Facebook bought four years ago for $19 billion. Koum, who reportedly will also be leaving his position on Facebook‘s board, said “it is time for me to move on.” He said he’s taking time …
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Twitter is widening its video partnerships with media companies — both old and new school — by bringing in new shows like SportsCenter Live from ESPN and live video and clips from NBC Universal. As its video views have nearly doubled in the past year, Twitter is almost doubling the number of shows it broadcasts over its social network to 30 …
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Scattered around Earth, you and other audience members slip on VR headsets and convene in a common virtual world. As you explore, you’re approached by a character different from avatars you’ve met in VR before. It reacts to you like somebody in the same room would, but this isn’t a creature of our world. It’s sewn together by the same …
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Mark Zuckerberg has done a lot of apologizing and explaining in the weeks since he was forced to tell the world that data from 87 million Facebook users was co-opted and misused without their — or his company’s — knowledge. This week, he gets to say it all over again when he faces about 5,000 developers who gather near Facebook’s …
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Facebook began trialling a downvote button (not a dislike button) in February, giving the feature to a limited number of its many, many users. The trial appears to be a “so far, so good” scenario, as the company has rolled out the button to some users in Australia and New Zealand. “People have told us they would like to see …
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Facebook says it wants children to be able to take a time out from its Messenger Kids app. On Friday, the company introduced “sleep mode” for its chat app designed specifically for children aged 12 and under. The new feature lets parents set parameters for when their kids can and can’t use the app. Messenger Kids, which was introduced in December, …
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Don’t expect to join a class action lawsuit against Yahoo — or any other site owned by Oath, Verizon’s content division. As CNET first reported on April 13, Yahoo began notifying users that their email would soon be subject to additional scanning for advertising purposes. The updated terms of service also noted changes in the company’s mutual arbitration clause — …
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Facebook is close to a deal that would bring CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Brussels to answer questions from members of the European Parliament, according to a report by Politico. Earlier this month, Zuckerberg endured 10 hours of grilling over two days in the chambers of Congress. That followed the onset several weeks earlier of a spiraling scandal for Facebook triggered …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Snap reveals a new version of its Snap Spectacles, which offer faster uploads and water resistance. Facebook earnings show strong growth in users and revenue, despite Cambridge Analytica woes. The long-awaited death of cash may finally be reaching a tipping point. Now playing: Watch this: Snap Spectacles are back…why??? (The 3:59, Ep. 393) 4:09 …
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Cambridge Analytica says the data it licensed from Global Science Research (GSR), which collected information on millions of Facebook users through a personality quiz app, was “ineffectual,” an evaluation that prompted its decision to not use the data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Voter profiling firm Cambridge Analytica says the Facebook data it obtained was “ineffectual.” Getty Images In …
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