Facebook isn’t just a social network for posting vacation photos or cat videos. It’s a multibillion dollar ad business. On Wednesday, internal Facebook emails and documents released by UK lawmakers provided a rare glimpse into the methods the social network explored to make money from the user data it’s collected over the years from all …
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Facebook is rolling out group stories worldwide, so everyone can dip into its version of Snapchat. You can use the feature to post photos and videos that automatically vanish after 24 hours. Until now, Facebook had limited to feature to just some users. The social network highlighted the feature’s popularity in the pup-focused Dogspotting group — try not to get addicted to …
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Fake news is being spread on WhatsApp in some of Africa’s most populous countries, according to two new reports, raising concerns over coming elections in Nigeria. Photoshopped images and false claims about politicians have been circulating on the Facebook-owned messaging service in Nigeria, which holds election in February next year, according to a report from The Poynter Institute on Friday. Many of …
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The long-awaited Unsend feature will hit Facebook Messenger soon. The feature will give you a 10-minute time limit to take back what you said, the social network revealed in the release notes for Version 191.0 of the iOS app. “Coming soon: Remove a message from a chat thread after it’s been sent. If you accidentally send the wrong photo, incorrect …
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WhatsApp has reportedly confirmed that it’s putting ads in its Status feature. A senior executive of the Facebook-owned messaging service told New Delhi media on Wednesday that ads are coming, according to India’s Economic Times. “That is going to be primary monetization mode for the company as well as an opportunity for businesses to reach people on WhatsApp,” Chris Daniels, …
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WhatsApp is supplementing its GIFs and emoji with stickers, and encouraging artists to add to the selection. The Facebook-owned messaging service is launching packs created by its own designers and some outside creators, it said Thursday. To use them, you just tap the new sticker button and make your choice. Now playing: Watch this: 5 apps for group video calls …
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Concerned parents with children who are taking part in unsupervised trick-or-treating or other guardian-free Halloween activities can find some anxiety relief without tagging along. Don’t go all crazy-stalker-parent on them, but you can easily use location sharing between mobile phones with various apps. Find My Friends If you’re an iPhone family, there is actually more than one way to share …
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Instagram. WhatsApp. And now Oculus. Top executives at companies Facebook has acquired keep heading for the exits. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, who co-founded the virtual reality startup Facebook bought for more than $2 billion in 2014, on Monday became the latest high-profile leader to depart the world’s largest social network. That list reads like a who’s who of the tech …
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In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I’m not inside the Matrix, but it’s not far off. With every step, I walk past thousands upon thousands of virtual interactions between real people happening through the world’s largest social network, Facebook. I’m inside the company’s newest European data center in Clonee, Ireland, a small town …
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WhatsApp told India’s government on Tuesday it’s developing tools to crack down on rumors and false messages plaguing users of the app. Chris Daniels, CEO of the Facebook-owned messaging service, promised IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad that it would figure out a solution, according to Reuters. The minister said he asked WhatsApp to develop a method of tracing the origin …
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