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Facebook for Android gets new location privacy controls
Social networking giant Facebook has a sour reputation as far as user data goes. And it's not for nothing. Last year, the company was embroiled in one data breach after the other, and it...
Instagram is testing a donation feature called Fundraiser
Popular photo-sharing app Instagram keeps on getting new features that make it more relevant for users. Facebook has been focussing a lot on the app since the time its popularity went up with a...
Hey Facebook, here are four new features that we would want to see on...
Facebook gets updated regularly and over a period of time, we have experienced a lot of changes in the social networking giant. Some of the major changes have included, more reaction-based options on post,...
Soon you will be able to delete sent messages in Facebook Messenger
There are people who wish to remove messages once they are on social media or messenger. Sometimes we might send messages to wrong people, or even worse, send unfriendly messages and change our mind...
Facebook loses approval of Apple to test apps, use tools on iPhones
Apple is backlashing at Facebook over issues of privacy. Apple revoked a set of testing tools that Facebook uses in order to ensure apps are ready for use on Apple iPhone and iPad. This...
Here’s why Apple decided to ‘punish’ Google
Apple has pulled app-development tools from Google after the Cupertino-based technology company reached the conclusion that the search giant broke its rules, according to a report in Bloomberg.
It is worth mentioning that Facebook's app...
Facebook won’t combine all its messengers this year
Recently, we have come to know that Facebook will be launching the end-to-end encryption and combine all its messaging platforms into one. This would lead to the integration of WhatsApp and Instagram with Facebook....
Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp might get integrated
In a new move made by Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is planning to integrate Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram together. This is going to happen by end-to-end encryption of all three apps. This move, as...
Facebook is closing down its Moments app
Social networking giant Facebook launched its Moments app back in 2015 saying that it was a way of managing pictures of you and your friends by uploading them to the app. With Moments, Facebook's...
Facebook is doing private beta testing for its LOL app aimed at children
Facebook has started beta testing its about-to-launch app called ‘LOL’. This app is divided into several categories such as “For You”, “Animals”, “Fails” and “Pranks”. Basically, LOL is a special feed of funny videos...
Facebook Messenger’s redesigned app has finally started rolling out to the masses
Last year at its developer conference F8, social networking giant Facebook announced a redesign for its Messenger app. And now, the redesigned app has finally started rolling out. The Facebook Messenger listing on Google...
Is Facebook’s 10-year challenge a way of collecting data to enhance facial recognition?
Social media platforms literally dominate our lives. It wouldn't be wrong to say that earlier these platforms were used to share our life events and now, people actually do things so that they can...
Beware of the ‘WhatsApp Gold’ update: It’s a malware!
The world of social media can be a great source of information. However, a lot of that information can also be fake so we must check how credible the source is. And this is true...
How to delete your Facebook account
Before we begin, there are two kinds of account deletions in Facebook, you can either temporarily or permanently delete your account. When your account is temporarily deleted then, people won’t be able to find...
Facebook Messenger may soon get the ‘dark mode’
A few weeks back, Google acknowledged it that the battery life of an Android smartphone can last longer if you enable dark mode on your device. While the piece of information did prove to...
Why Instagram tried the horizontal feed only for a few hours
Popular photo-sharing app Instagram completely changed its user interface for a few hours, only to change it back again. With the new user interface, users had to horizontally swipe through posts on Instagram, rather...
WhatsApp rolls out PiP mode to all Android users
Popular instant messaging service WhatsApp has rolled out the picture-in-picture mode to all its Android users with its latest update. The feature enables WhatsApp users to watch videos from various third party apps within...
Facebook admits to have exposed 6.8 million users’ private photos to developers in data...
Social networking giant Facebook has again admitted to a privacy breach that occurred on its platform. The company has said that private photos on up to 6.8 million users were exposed to apps that...
Facebook adds support for photos and videos to its ‘Life Events’ feature: Here’s how...
Social networking giant Facebook has revamped its ‘Life Events’ feature. The updated feature can now include photos and videos of other people or pages tagged. To be more specific, till now you could only...
Bomb threat in Facebook building, staff evacuated
For any company security of its employees is of utmost importance. That is why most companies have a red button located in the boss’s cabin in case natural disasters, bomb threats or other security...
How to create and share 3D Photos on Facebook
Recently, social networking giant Facebook rolled out a new tool for its iOS app called 3D photos. The feature adds interactive 3D effects to photos shot on portrait mode on iPhone using artificial intelligence....
Instagram’s Close Friends feature allows you to share your Stories with a select few
Facebook-owned photo sharing app Instagram has launched a new feature called 'Close Friends'. If you time and again have to edit your Stories Settings on Instagram because you don't like sharing some moments with...
WhatsApp appoints Abhijit Bose as its first India head
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has said announced that it has announced Abhijit Bose as its head of operations in India, which is its biggest market in terms of users.
Bose is the Co-founder and Chief Executive mobile...
Facebook Messenger rolls out ‘Remove for Everyone’ feature: Here’s how to use it
Last week, media reports suggested that Facebook is getting the unsend feature to its Messenger app. The social networking giant decided to take this step after it faced a lot of backlash after deleting...
WhatsApp will soon change the way you add contacts: Here’s how
It has become a pattern. Snapchat gets a feature, Facebook first tries it on Instagram and then gets it on WhatsApp. We saw the company do this with Stories and Stickers, and now it...