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Birthdays Mini, a new feature on the photo-sharing app, allows users to keep track of their friends' birthdays.

Red social. El Emirato Islámico usa la proscrita internet para su estrategia de comunicación con mensajes de piedad, orden, respeto y diplomacia

Although Facebook is best known as a social media platform, its design ventures—including its Frank Gehry-designed headquarters in Menlo Park, California—are worth a second glance. Their latest? A mixed-use development that will replace an existing million-square-foot warehouse of office space with new office space, as well as 1,729 apartments, a supermarket, a 193-room hotel, and numerous restaurants and shops. And its not just for Facebook employees; anyone can rent or shop there. Known...

Over the past few weeks, as protests in—and in solidarity with—Palestine have grown, so too have violations of the freedom of expression of Palestinians and their allies by major social media companies. From posts incorrectly flagged by Facebook as incitement to violence, to financial censorship of relief payments made on Venmo, and the removal of Instagram Stories (which also heavily affected activists in Colombia, Canada, and Brazil), Palestinians are experiencing an unprecedented level o...

Apple has officially released the iOS 14.5 system and this is not good news for Facebook. This is because the system requires application developers to obtain users’ consent before tracking users. Although Facebook objected to this, it has no choice but to abide by it. Nevertheless, Facebook is not giving up and will do all it can to get users’ consent. If you are on iOS 14.5 and you open the Facebook or Instagram app, you will see a pop-up message. In this message, Facebook explains that...

Facebook has just come out with their Q1 2021 earnings report and looking at the results, we are very sure that the company may just move to invest heavily in the VR and AR devices in times to come. Going by the predictions made by developers and analysts as they estimated Facebook selling 2 to 3 million units of Oculus Quest 2 last year, the company has also sold another 2 million units already in the first quarter of 2021. If all of these estimates are true then Quest 2 now enjoys 5 million ...

The big story: Facebook faces questions over data breach A data breach involving personal data (such as email addresses and phone numbers) of more than 500 million Facebook accounts came to light over the weekend thanks to a story in Business Insider. Although Facebook said the breach was related to a vulnerability that was “found and fixed” in August 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commission — Facebook’s lead data regulator in the European Union — suggested that it’s seeking the �...

6 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters Breakingviews) - This hipster is going mainstream – at least, in the usually un-hip world of competition regulation. Advocates of a broader definition of antitrust, factoring in issues like data usage and inequality, are on the ascent in Washington. If they get their way, big technology firms will suffer. First, the progressive thinkers will have to contend with some antitrust squares in high places. Signage is seen at the Federal Trade Commission headquarters i...

Although Facebook has said it has banned terror groups from its platform, ISIS is still continuing to post material there. On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses what ISIS’ objective is and how they’re getting away with this. toggle audio on and off change volume

Governor Cuomo Accepts Report from DFS on Facebook Investigation Share Investigation Finds Facebook Did Little to Prevent Apps from Sharing Sensitive User Data Although Facebook Has Taken Positive Steps to Remediate Problem in Response to DFSs Inquiry, Internal Controls Need Further Improvement The Report Can be Found Here Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today accepted a New York State Department of Financial Services report detailing the findings of an investigation into the transmission of...