Facebook’s new Nearby Friends feature may one day be used for advertising and marketing purposes. It seems inevitable, but Facebook’s new Nearby Friends feature, which allows users to see when their friends are nearby to arrange a meet up, will one day sell your activity to advertisers. The new feature allows users to agreed to … Read more
Sick of seeing spammy posts on your Facebook feeds? Facebook says no more. Facebook’s engineers are working hard on a new algorithm that is going to help keep users news feeds free of spam and misleading content. After a recent study revealed that teenagers felt Facebook was second to Instagram when it came to social … Read more
Facebook is continuing to prove that it is more than just a social media network by developing face recognition technology that can match faces with great accuracy. Facebook’s DeepFace software uses artificial intelligence to help create facial recognition technology that is 25 percent more effective than existing methods. “You normally don’t see that sort of improvement,” stated Yanif … Read more
Facebook’s updated News Feed design has officially been rolled out however, the design is nothing like what Facebook had originally planned. When Facebook began rolling out their new design many people commented that it looked very similar to the old, original News Feed. Over a year ago, Facebook originally launched plans to make feeds much … Read more
Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is looking to drones to help provide better internet access to remote locations around the world. Facebook is definitely proving that they are more than just a social media company by exploring the use of drone technology to help deliver wi-fi services to countries such as the Philippines and Paraguay. So far, … Read more
Facebook announced yesterday that it has purchased Oculus VR for $2 billion in cash and stock. “There are not many companies building technologies that can be the next major computer platform,” stated CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg when asked about the purchase. “We are making a long term bet that immersive virtual reality will be … Read more
Instagram has just signed a $100 million deal with the ad agency, Omnicom. Ads have only just recently been featured on Instagram and they have proven to be extremely successful for the social media company. Now, Instgram is heading a year long commitment with Omnicom to help advertisements appear on users feeds. Omnicom was acquired by … Read more
After much complaining, Facebook has decided to return News Feeds back to the way they were. Facebook has just announced a new design for users News Feeds, the new design however, will actually be a return to the old design that it seems everyone loved. “You may recall that last year we experimented with a … Read more
The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over Facebooks $19 billion acquisition with WhatsApp. The privacy groups are concerned that allowing Facebook to have access to the 450 million WhatsApp users could lead to “unfair and deceptive trade practices.” This is not … Read more
Facebook announced this morning that it has just purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp, which has over 450 million users, is a popular messaging service that allows users to send texts, images and videos anywhere around the world for a one time payment of just 99 cents. According to sources, Facebook agreed to buy WhatsApp … Read more
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