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Facebook Slideshows are slowly rolling out on Android

January 27, 2017 no comments

Last June Facebook launched the Google-Photos-like Slideshow feature on iOS and now the social network is ready to spread the love. Android Police reports that the feature is in a slow rollout, so yo...

Facebook starts testing ads in Messenger

January 26, 2017 no comments

It was only a matter of time before Facebook Messenger would start testing ads, after rumors of its plans to do so leaked nearly a year ago. Earlier today, it announced that users in Australia and Th...

Facebook tests fake news filtering outside of the US

January 17, 2017 no comments

Facebook’s tools for fighting fake news are about to get their first test run outside of the US… and they might just prove vital. The company has confirmed to the Financial Times that it&...

Facebook is building a tool to hunt copyright infringing videos

December 30, 2016 no comments

YouTube isn’t the only site record labels are taking issue with when it comes to copyright infringement. Financial Times reports that music publishers want Facebook to license music that gets p...

Facebook ‘lurking’ is making you miserable and here’...

December 28, 2016 no comments

LONDON — Another study has proved what we already knew but didn’t want to admit — Facebook ‘lurking’ is making you miserable. A new study by the University of Copenhagen has reveale...

Facebook Live Audio elbows in on radio and podcasting

December 21, 2016 no comments

Facebook spent much of 2016 tricking out its Live video broadcasting feature, most recently opening it up to footage shot with 360-degree cameras. But it seems they’ve been busy bringing anothe...

Spice up your Facebook timeline with colored background

December 20, 2016 no comments

Are you tired of that boring black and white text on Facebook? Do you long for the days of MySpace where you could throw caution to the wind and just paint your profile page neon green? Well, you can...

Facebook Messenger adds group video chatting on iOS and Android

December 20, 2016 no comments

In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook has spent a lot of time making video a priority this year, and its latest initiative involves the Messenger app. Today, Facebook is launching group video c...

Facebook test lets you hide upsetting ads

December 19, 2016 no comments

Targeted ads can be annoying, but they’re much worse when they’re insensitive to tragedies in your life. If you lose a child, seeing ads for children’s products is understandably tr...

The Bittersweet Sweepstakes to Build an AI That Destroys Fake News

December 16, 2016 no comments

AUTONOMOUS 18-WHEELERS ARE now driving the highways. Coffee table gadgets are recognizing spoken English nearly as well as humans. Smartphones apps instantly translate conversations between people sp...

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