Facebook blocks accounts linked to Russian state-owned Sputnik
Facebook Inc said it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated accounts, which it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on its platforms, including some linked to state-owned news agency Sputnik.
Former Facebook engineer picks up $15M for AI platform Spell
In 2016, Serkan Piantino packed up his desk at Facebook with hopes to move on to something new. The former Director of Engineering for Faceboook AI Research had every intention to keep working on AI, but quickly realized a huge issue.
AR mingles with beauty experiences
Augmented Reality (AR) has always been evolved to better serve consumer experiences and now it powers make up try-on experiences.
Facebook Ad-Spend Growth From National Marketers Is Slowing, Intelligence Firm’s Data Shows
Slight cracks might be appearing in the dominance of the digital-advertising duopoly, particularly Facebook, as some data suggests a slowdown in the rate of ad-revenue growth for the giant social platform, as well as a shrinking of the combined Google-Facebook share of the overall advertising pie.
Microsoft ends 2018 as America’s most valuable company
Barring any further stock market shocks, Microsoft finishes the year ahead of Apple and Amazon as America’s most valuable publicly-quoted company, despite never making it to $1 trillion.
[Infographic] Thailand is the world’s biggest social commerce market
Enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, and self-driven, Thais are already leading the world in social commerce and innovation. Thailand is the world’s biggest social commerce market where
Facebook is reportedly planning its own stablecoin
Facebook looks to be jumping on the blockchain wagon with plans to introduce its own stablecoin, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Facebook Messenger is building a ‘Watch Videos Together’ feature
Netflix and chill from afar? Facebook Messenger is now internally testing simultaneous co-viewing of videos. That means you and your favorite people could watch a synchronized video over group chat on your respective devices while discussing or joking about it
Facebook Portal needs more At least it just added YouTube
To offset the creepiness of having Facebook’s camera and microphone in your house, its new Portal video chat gadget needs best-in-class software. Its hardware is remarkably well done, plus Messenger and the photo frame feature work great. But its third-party app platform was pretty skimpy when the device launched this week.
Facebook will launch interactive gameshow format,‘Confetti’ in Thailand
Facebook has partnered with Fremantle, the world’s most prolific entertainment producer, to launch new international versions of its first interactive game-show, ‘Confetti’, in Thailand, the UK, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, on Facebook Watch.
Facebook Launches Dating Feature in Thailand – First in Asia
Thailand will be the first country in Asia, and second country globally, to receive the new dating feature launching today.
Apple, Amazon, Google and others sign letter opposing Trump’s attempt to redefine gender
A list of 50-plus companies, including some of tech’s top names, joined forces this week to pen a letter calling out the Trump administration over a reported plan to narrow gender definitions.