Facebook acquires gif-sharing platform Giphy for $400 million
Facebook has made another prey on its campaign of conquering the whole internet. Today, Mark Zuckerberg’s company announced that it is acquiring the popular GIF-sharing …
Facebook Building Submarine Cable To Let More Africans Go Online
A large submarine cable is being built in Africa to allow more of the 1.3 billion inhabitants of the African continent to go online. The …
Facebook launches Messenger Rooms to compete with Zoom
Video conferencing applications have grown in popularity during confinement, so the big names in tech have been busy developing their current application or proposing new …
WhatsApp: video calls with 50 people soon thanks to Messenger Rooms
The WhatsApp instant messaging application will offer, in its Web version, the possibility for users to hold video conferences with up to 50 participants. The …
New Facebook Feature Coming: Adaptive Colors For Background
PhoneArena reports that Facebook tried to make its Android applications more beautiful through new features. Software engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered this feature a few …
3 billion people now use at least one of Facebook’s apps each month
The use of Facebook services experienced a huge increase during the confinement: record number of users, increase in video calls and live videos, and turnover …
Facebook still intends to fill WhatsApp with ads
WhatsApp is probably one of the most succesful applications around the world. It has billions of users in iOS and Android and it’s more than …
Facebook introduces a group video call service with Messenger Rooms
The COVID-19 crisis has made video conferencing applications extremely popular. Apps little known to the general public, such as Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, or …
Facebook data can be used for future display of ads on WhatsApp
Facebook has been planning to advertise on its popular messaging app WhatsApp for a long time. While it is not known how to run ads, …
Facebook Messenger Kids app gets new features and reaches 30+ new countries
Facebook’s Messenger is probably the most unconventional messaging platform. After all, it is integrated with Facebook but also looks like a completely separate social media. …
Data from 267 million Facebook users on sale for just $600
The personal information of 267 million Facebook users was available for sale on the dark web for 600 dollars. Indeed, after the researchers of a …
Facebook invests $5.7 billion in the Indian Jio and becomes largest minority shareholder
Facebook is constantly searching for ways to further expand the popularity of social media networks and services. The latest attempt involves India’s top network carrier. …
Here’s how the dark mode of Facebook for iOS will look like
Facebook has been working on a dark mode for its own apps since summer 2019 and Instagram was also supplied with it quite quickly. With …
WhatsApp increases the limit of users in video calls: you can now try it
From now on, it will be possible to make Whatsapp video calls with 5, 6, 7 and even 8 participants! Faced with the success of …
Facebook has a new app for gaming to compete with Twitch and YouTube
In March, Facebook added the Gaming tab to its main application. Now, the giant decided to go a step further by releasing a mobile application …
Libra Association Announced To Support Multiple Versions of Digital Currencies
Facebook’s Libra Association, the regulator of the planned digital cryptocurrency Libra, issued a statement today. It said that Libra will be linked to individual national …
Facebook app has now a silent mode to mute push notifications
Facebook today presents a novelty concerning its iOS and Android application. It is a silent mode which cuts off push notifications. The social network specifies …
Facebook for Android changes its interface for a better one-handed used
According to informed sources, Facebook developers are preparing to make changes to the user interface of the mobile social network application for Android devices. The …
Facebook Will Provide More Data To Researchers For COVID-19 Surveys
Facebook said on Monday that as part of the Carnegie Mellon University’s self-reported ‘Heat Map’ project for the new coronavirus infection, the company will begin …
Facebook launches Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS
Do you want to use Facebook Messenger on your Mac or PC without the need to open your browser every time? Now you can finally …