Facebook Unveils Plan to Get People Vaccinated Against COVID-19
March 16, 2021
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a plan on how the social media giant will be helping get more people vaccinated. Zuckerberg said they’ve helped connect over 2 billion people to authoritative COVID-19 information in…
Instagram Reels Coming to the Main Facebook App
March 9, 2021
Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram is testing a way for creators to share their short-video clips on Facebook.com. The new test will be first live in India, Facebook’s biggest market in the world. It’s not surprising…
Facebook “unfriends” Australia Over Milestone Media Code
February 23, 2021
Facebook has implemented new measures in Australia in retaliation to the country’s proposed new Media Bargaining law. The proposed law would require Facebook and other big technology companies like Google to pay for news. In…
Facebook is Building a Smartwatch
February 16, 2021
Social media giant Facebook is developing a smartwatch, the first foray of the company to the wearables market, dominated by Apple’s likes. According to a report from The Information, the company is developing a smartwatch…
Clubhouse is the latest shiny object; Facebook Wants In
February 12, 2021
If you’re a Twitter regular, Clubhouse discussions are unavoidable. People have something to say about Clubhouse, left and right. For starters, Clubhouse is an audio-based social network that allows people to chat about anything in…
WhatsApp Pressured to Retire Controversial Privacy Policy Update in India
January 20, 2021
India’s ministry of IT is urging Facebook to withdraw WhatsApp’s privacy policy updates in the country. In a message to the Facebook-owned messaging platform, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology says the new privacy…
WhatsApp Users Forced to Share Data with Facebook in New Policy Changes
January 7, 2021
WhatsApp Messenger is notifying users of some policy changes that will require them to share data with Facebook. In a new in-app notification sent to users, the Facebook-owned messaging app says, “you’ll need to accept…
Facebook’s Dark Mode Feature Extends to More Users on Android and iOS
November 2, 2020
Facebook has started to publicly test dark mode on its mobile app on Android and iOS. The company first began testing the night friendly feature with a few users in June. The news comes from…
Facebook Unveils Machine Learning Translator for 100 Languages
October 20, 2020
Facebook has announced its new machine learning translation model, which, according to the company, is the first that doesn’t rely on English data. Machine translation is specifically important to the giant social media site, which…