Facebook's struggle with Gateway Pundit highlights challenge of containing disinformationGateway Pundit’s continuing presence on Facebook illustrates the platform’s worldwide struggle to stop the spread of disinformation and to ...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram ReelsAds on Instagram Reels can be up to 30 seconds long and users can choose to skip the ads, the company said.
23 Apr, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
FB, Insta want to raise your glam quotient, will now let users add B'wood tracks to StoriesMusic products on Facebook and Instagram are currently available in 55+ countries.
18 Sep, 2019, 09.14 AM IST
Facebook to free your News Feed from terrible 'viral' storiesWith the new update launching today, Facebook is going to start ranking viral posts lower, if they are not interesting enough.
05 Dec, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
Facebook launches Instant Articles for Android users in IndiaAndroid smartphone users in India will be able to browse feature-rich content from five local publishers through the Instant Articles featu...
16 Nov, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
Twitter wants to become your go-to source for newsTo increase the number of users who visit the site for news content, Twitter released a new feature this week that highlights tweets from n...
18 Jul, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
Get ready to start seeing more 'Facebook Instant Articles' on your newsfeedFacebook boasts that the new format loads stories on mobile phones up to ten times faster than if readers click a link and head over to a p...
25 Jun, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
Facebook sharing boosts involvement with news and information: ResearchThe researchers studied whether the way Facebook users shared links to news stories with their friends affected how involved they remained ...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
New Facebook feature 'Register to Vote' to attract first-time votersThe feature aims at attracting the 17 million first-time voters, who are in the age group of 18 or 19 years, to participate in the electroa...
05 Sep, 2013, 08.17 PM IST
Facebook forced to drop flawed special New Year messaging featureFacebook was forced to drop the app following a flaw that allowed anyone to see and even delete personal messages intended for others.
31 Dec, 2012, 08.25 PM IST
Facebook 'likes' are getting added automatically without user-clicksFacebook 'likes' are being added to webpages irrespective of whether users have clicked a like button or not, the company has acknowledged.
05 Oct, 2012, 05.59 PM IST
- Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts
Facebook users who check into a store or click the ``like'' button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends' ...
27 Jan, 2011, 11.04 AM IST
- Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts
Facebook users who check in to a store or click the ``like'' button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends'...
27 Jan, 2011, 03.38 AM IST
- Facebook dismisses shutting down rumors
Facebook has dismissed rumors that the social networking site is shutting down, after millions of its users got panicked.
11 Jan, 2011, 02.44 PM IST
- Amartya Sen hits out at Facebook; says no intention to join
After falling victim to identity theft on 'Facebook', Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has said he got no help from the managers of the social ne...
16 Aug, 2010, 12.45 AM IST
- Facebook reaches 500 mn users
Social networking site Facebook officially has 500 million users, the company announced Wednesday.
22 Jul, 2010, 09.12 AM IST
- Indian users may not quit Facebook on privacy issues
Nearly 17-million Indian Facebook users do not seem to be having enough privacy concerns to quit the popular social networking site.
31 May, 2010, 01.28 AM IST