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Facebook is testing a dark theme and an unsend feature for the Messenger app on Android. The unsend feature (spotted on Reddit, via BGR), is similar in UX to the WhatsApp experience. Users will have a short window after sending a ...
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Facebook and Privacy scandals. Name a better duo. No seriously, for what seems like the umpteenth time this year, Facebook has been found engaging in behaviour that skirts the creepy line and teeters on kind of illegal — in ...
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Facebook has come under fire for its opaque moderation procedures this past year, with the New York Times posting a piece about its disorganised content strategy this week. The firm responded in an unattributed post, claiming that...
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Facebook has been criticised for taking part of the political polarisation of society. This had not gone unnoticed by engineers in the firm, who has considered different ways of tackling this. Facebook had thought about working on...
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You’ve noticed it by now. It’s not just phones anymore. Every computer you have from the lowly Chromebook, the do-it-all Windows PC all the way up to the expensive MacBook ships with a notification centre to help you m...
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Facebook has been systemically taking down inauthentic activity in places like the US, UK and Myanmar. In coordination with Grpahika, the firm identified a new threat in Bangladesh, a number of pages and accounts designed to mi...
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Amazon is selling Facebook’s Portal and Portal Plus for a $50 discount today. The regular Portal which normally costs $199 can be had for just $149, while the Portal Plus is available for just $299, down from $349. Facebook&...
by Surur
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Facebook is perpetually wrapped in privacy scandals, but these usually involve unnamed small developers. Today’s Facebook scandal involves numerous big-names, including Microsoft, Netflix and others, after it was revealed ...
1 month
Facebook’s privacy situation just keeps getting worse. The firm discovered — and made public a bug that had affected its app between September 13 and September 25. This bug would allow apps which were granted access to...
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Facebook is working on improving its life events posts from today onwards. Facebook’s David Harris explained on Wednesday, “Life events on Facebook are a way to share, celebrate and come together around your most impo...
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Instagram is testing a new creator account feature that will allow high profile Instagram uses access to specialised data and analytics to help them grow their brands. With creator accounts, users will be able to see data aroun...
by Pradeep
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Instagram is now rolling out new voice messaging feature to hundreds of millions of users around the world. This new voice messaging feature in Instagram Direct is similar to the one that is already available on WhatsApp. You can ...