Now playing: Watch this: Facebook TV is happening, rivaling Netflix and YouTube 1:12 Facebook on Thursday announced Watch, an original video platform for your viewing pleasure. Below are some common questions you may find yourself asking (or answering) about the new Facebook platform. Do I have access? Odds are you don’t quite yet. Facebook has …
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So, you feel like you’ve moved on from being an Instagram newbie and want to know the more advanced tips and tricks? You’ve come to the right place. Here’s what you need to know to step up your Instagram game. 1. You can save other people’s posts I don’t know how many times I’ve seen someone’s post and wanted to …
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Original video content is getting a new home at Facebook. The social network on Wednesday introduced Watch, a new video platform for programming produced exclusively for Facebook users. The new feature, which will be available on mobile, desktop and Facebook’s TV apps, is a continuation of the video push Facebook launched last year. “On Facebook, videos are discovered through friends …
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Instagram is looking to make live videos a lot more chatty by letting broadcasters add a guest to a livestream. The feature, announced Tuesday, will let people using it add someone by tapping a new icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen and hitting an “Add” button. Anyone who is watching the stream is eligible to be invited on, …
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Facebook Messenger bots are used for everything from ordering food to reading news to booking flights. In the hands of crisis-mapping platform Ushahidi, they’re also monitoring election-related violence. Tuesday is election day in Kenya, which in a year of critical elections around the globe might make it seem like just another day. But it’s not. Presidential elections in Kenya — …
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Facebook has quietly retired Lifestage, a few weeks short of the teen-focused social network’s first anniversary. The app, launched in August 2016, invited teens — and teens only — to take photos or videos of various things, with categories such as what you “like” and “dislike,” “how I dance” and “my best friends.” But the app, designed to be a …
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The battle to build a new generation of virtual and augmented reality experiences is already well underway, and if a new report from International Data Company is correct, the stakes might be higher than you might expect. Spending on virtual and augmented reality could double each year for the next four years, says a new report. Sarah Tew/CNET Worldwide spending …
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Three years ago CNET addressed whoever might step into Mozilla‘s then-empty CEO slot and asked 10 questions about the future of the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox browser. It was a chaotic time, with Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich quitting after a controversy over his stance on gay marriage, and Google‘s Chrome increasing its threat as the browser of choice for …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Nothing to see here. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The internet makes us more reactive. The instant nature of the medium allows us — encourages us, even — to squint at some words or a picture and instantly emit a retort. Too often, a nasty one. …
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Facebook Stories, the Snapchat-esque short-lived messages, are expanding from the social network’s phone app to your PC, too. The messages let you adorn a photo or short video with graphics, text and styles, but the missives disappear after 24 hours. The Facebook web interface you’ll see when browsing from a laptop or desktop machine now spotlights a few Stories in …
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