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Facebook Users Can Now Add Lightsabers to Profile Pictures

If you’re among the millions of Facebook users eagerly anticipating the theatrical opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens this week, you now have the option of adding a lightsaber…

REVIEW: Boomerang from Instagram (iOS)

Somewhat reminiscent of the Live Photos feature introduced with the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, the free Boomerang from Instagram allows for the capture of what could almost be…

Facebook to Soon Allow New Content and Comments Even Offline

Regularly checking your Facebook feed on your iPhone on the move can be great, but less so in those tricky locations where you can’t get a cellular connection. Facebook has…

Facebook CEO for 2 Months Paternity Leave after Baby Born

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that, upon the birth of his expected baby girl with wife Priscilla Chan, he will take two months paternity leave. The Guardian reports that…

Facebook Enables Flag Filter for Avatars After Paris Attacks

Following the attacks in Paris yesterday, Facebook has enabled its users to show solidarity with victims, their families and France by adding a French flag filter to their profile images….

Facebook Introduces “Music Stories” Feature for iPhone App

Facebook typically isn’t considered the predominant platform for discovering and sharing music – but that could soon change thanks to a new sharing feature, Music Stories, for Facebook on iOS….

Snapchat More Enjoyable Than Facebook, Says New Study

A new study has found that interactions on the social media app Snapchat are associated with more positive emotions than those on Facebook and other social networking sites. Snapchat has…

Facebook CEO Gives “First-Ever Speech in Chinese” in Beijing

At the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing on Saturday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered his first Chinese-language speech, in which he spoke about why he founded Facebook and his future…

PayPal Exec Poached to Run Comms for Facebook Messenger

Facebook already has a former PayPal worker as its Vice President of Messaging Products – and, now, Christina Smedley from the payment firm is set to join Facebook to run…

Facebook Trialing “Birthday Video” Feature for iOS App

On Facebook, it’s not easy to forget a friend’s birthday, thanks to the various notifications that are pushed in the user’s way ahead of or on the big day. However,…

Facebook Signs Deal to Move into $26M-a-Year London HQ

It looks like Facebook will soon significantly boost its number of staff in London, as the social networking site has agreed to move into a huge, but still under construction,…

Facebook’s Dublin HQ to Face Protest at ‘Real-Name’ Policy

Facebook’s Grand Canal headquarters in the Irish capital of Dublin is to be the setting of a new protest against the social media site’s contentious ‘real-name’ policy. This policy strictly…

Facebook Testing Pop-Out Videos That Follow Along Newsfeeds

Though Facebook has developed into a veritable source of intriguing video content, the site’s wealth of other features can all too easily distract from it. It is likely for this…

Could Sheryl Sandberg Lead to More Women in Tech?

Challenge any expert to list the most influential women in the world of tech, and you can confidently expect Sheryl Sandberg to be one of the first names that they…

Study Reveals Facebook and Twitter Users Seeing More News

A study recently conducted by the Pew Research Center has revealed that US users of Facebook and Twitter are becoming more exposed to external news through these social media platforms….