Now playing: Watch this: Facebook clones Snapchat again 1:21 Facebook just made its biggest move in its war against Snapchat. The social network on Tuesday widely released Facebook Stories, a near-identical clone of rival Snapchat’s popular feature, also called Stories. The feature lets people post a string of videos and photos that disappear after 24 …
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Now playing: Watch this: Start using Facebook Stories 1:38 There’s a new way to share your life on Facebook, and you may already be familiar with it. Facebook Stories is the latest Snapchat-like feature to roll out on the company’s main app. Even if you’re not a Snapper, you’re probably already familiar with the concept — these ephemeral stories have …
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Facebook launched a new tool Monday that’s designed to make it easier to find and “follow” your elected representatives. The Town Hall tool lets US users find state and federal representatives based on their location. Each official can then either be followed for updates or contacted directly by listing their phone number, address or a link to message them on …
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Facebook wants to help make it easier to keeping track of who helps shape the laws where you live. Facebook on Monday launched a new Town Hall feature, which puts together a list of federal and state officials based on your location. Each official can then either be followed for updates or contacted directly by listing their phone number, address …
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Facebook on Monday announced Live Location, a new feature for Messenger users. Live Location will share your current location with friend or group of friends on Facebook Messenger for one hour, after which you go back off the grid until you decide to share again. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET To use Live Location, open a conversation in Facebook Messenger. If …
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Facebook is making it easier to answer the question, “Hey buddy, where are you?” The social media company announced Monday that it’s adding a Live Location feature into its Messenger app, designed to help bring people together when they might not know how far apart they are. The Messenger app already lets you send your current location to a friend, …
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Facebook Messenger users can now show how they feel about individual messages with new Reaction emoji. Like the emoji available when reading posts on the social network, the Messeger Reactions announced Thursday just require you to press and hold any message to access a pop-up set of love, smile, wow, sad, angry, yes and no emojis. If multiple people react …
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Twitter just become bearable again. The service has introduced new filters that allow you to block specific words from both your timeline and your notifications. That means if you’re as sick to death as I am of politics cluttering up the bulk of your feed, well, now you’ve got options. For example, I think it goes without saying that mentions …
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Facebook Live, despite its occasional misuse, is a fun and interactive way to keep in touch with friends and family members alike. Up until now, live streaming on Facebook was done through the Facebook mobile app on your phone. However, on Wednesday Facebook announced that you can now use Facebook Live on a computer. Starting a Facebook Live session from …
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Facebook activated Safety Check in London on Wednesday afternoon following a suspected terrorist incident at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The Met Police were called to Westminster Bridge at 2:40 p.m. after a car crashed into railings and gunshots were heard outside Parliament. “We’re treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise,” the Met said in a …
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