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Facebook Seeks Reporter to Tell Uplifting Stories About Site

Feeling down? Facebook could soon rectify that. The social media site is, as noticed by Re/code, advertising for a reporter who can pen positive stories for its “Facebook Stories” project….

Facebook Permitted to Bar Pseudonyms, German Court Rules

A German court today overturned a previous order from another authority that, in Germany, Facebook could not unilaterally change users’ pseudonymous usernames to their real names. Though Facebook’s real-name policy…

Facebook Bringing Live Video to 30+ More Countries in Weeks

Facebook has announced that its live video broadcast feature Facebook Live, which arrived on the iOS app in the US last month, is rolling out to over 30 more countries…

Birthday Video Cam Feature Added to the Facebook iOS App

Sending “happy birthday” messages to friends is probably one of your most routine pastimes on Facebook. From now on, you are no longer limited to sending those messages in text,…

Facebook CEO Voices Support for Apple in its Clash with FBI

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed his company’s support for Apple in its dispute with the FBI concerning the potential weakening of the encryption of a gunman’s iPhone. During an…

Facebook to Allow All Publishers to Post to Instant Articles

Facebook has announced that its online news reading program Instant Articles will, from April 12, be available to all publishers – whatever their size and wherever in the world they…

Facebook Can Affect Brain Like Cocaine, Research Suggests

Being addicted to Facebook can affect the brain in a similar manner to cocaine, new research suggests. However, Facebook can, it turns out, be much easier to quit than the…

Facebook App Removal Said to Save 15% of iPhone Battery Life

Uninstall the Facebook app and enjoy a boost of up to 15% in your iPhone’s battery life. That’s what a tech writer has claimed, following an experiment and other users’…

Facebook CEO Hints at Future Apple Pay Integration in Apps

Apple Pay functionality could one day be integrated into Facebook iOS apps including the social media site’s main app and Messenger, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hinted. During his company’s…

Facebook Says More About Its First Ireland-Based Data Center

Facebook has revealed more about its impending first data center in Ireland, and second in Europe – a facility that will be “one of the most advanced, efficient and sustainable…

Signs Emerge That Facebook is Making Messenger App for Mac

Is Facebook making a stand-alone Messenger app for Mac in the style of the existing iOS app? A new photo and eyewitness account posted by TechCrunch certainly suggest so. TechCrunch…

Facebook Messenger Reaches 800 Million Monthly Active Users

The instant messaging platform Facebook Messenger was hugely popular in 2015. Facebook has revealed that, near the year’s end, Messenger reached a monthly active user base of over 800 million….

Facebook Allowing Some Developers to Make Own Messenger Bots

Facebook is reportedly extending the functionality of its very popular Messenger app by allowing some developers to make their own “bots” for shopping, booking travel and more online. TechCrunch reports…

Facebook Tops List of Most Popular Mobile Apps in US in 2015

The Facebook mobile app is in premier position in a new list, put together by research company Nielsen, of the most popular mobile apps in the United States between January…

Facebook Announces Switch from Flash to HTML5 for All Videos

In yet another milestone in the lengthy decline of Adobe Flash, Facebook has announced that every video on its website now plays in the alternative technology of HTML5 by default….