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September 27th, 2018 12:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Facebook Calls WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton ‘Low Class’

It's already a known news that WhatsApp founders, Brian Acton and Jan Koum already left Facebook due to some issues with the parent company. After quitting the company recently, Brian Acton has spoken about the issues he faced at Facebook and the reason behind exiting. Denying WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton's claims that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to undermine the instant messaging app's encryption technology, a top Facebook executive called... Read More

September 4th, 2018 11:03 AM 1 COMMENTS

Networking Bug Caused Temporary Outage on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users faced a temporary outage earlier today. Facebook and its other social media platforms temporarily went down late on Monday in the United States, Canada and various other parts of the world, including in India. Facebook blamed a networking issue for the temporary outages. People took to Twitter, reporting about the outages across Facebook platforms which were later restored. "Earlier today, a networking issue caused some... Read More

August 11th, 2018 10:39 AM 8 COMMENTS

Blocking of WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Will Hurt Biz Interests and Harm Users: COAI

The Apex industry body, COAI has issued its views against blocking of mobile apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, etc. The COAI cautioned DoT that the move would not only impinge on freedom of speech and expression of users, but also hit routine day-to-day communications, commercial activity, and business interests. The mobile association has written back to the Telecom Department, which had sought the industry's views on technical measures which... Read More

August 7th, 2018 8:20 PM 13 COMMENTS

Telcos Have to Comply if Government Orders to Block Apps Such as WhatsApp, Facebook: COAI

Telecom operators in India will have to comply if the government orders to block mobile applications. COAI, which represents top telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India today said that the service providers need to comply if the government orders to block mobile applications but it is extremely difficult to focus and block specific apps. "It is a difficult proposition. If it becomes law and if it... Read More

August 2nd, 2018 10:45 AM 1 COMMENTS

Nokia Snake Game Comes to Facebook Courtesy of Augmented Reality

HMD Global, the new home of Nokia phones today announced the availability of classic Snake game on Facebook. Nokia has made use of Facebook's Augmented Reality technology to roll out this game to the masses. However, this game is a bit different from the original one. Thanks to AR technology, users can now be the Snakes. The Snake Mask game utilises new Facebook AR technology to bring Snake to the... Read More

June 8th, 2018 2:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Bug Which Changed Privacy Setting to Public Affected 14 Million Users

Facebook admitted that because of a bug in the platform, as high as, 14 million users posted publicly on their timelines despite their previous privacy settings. Under perilous times for the social media giant, this might be the second big blow it is facing since the start of this year. The social media giant stated that because of the bug users were suggested that they post publicly even if they... Read More

May 21st, 2018 8:14 PM 1 COMMENTS

Qualcomm and Facebook to Offer High-Speed Broadband in Urban Areas

Qualcomm and Facebook today announced they are working together to deliver high-speed internet connectivity with Facebook's Terragraph technology through the development of a multi-node wireless system based on 60GHz technology from Qualcomm. Facebook's terrestrial connectivity system aims to improve the speed, efficiency and quality of internet connectivity around the world at only a fraction of the cost of fibre deployments. As part of the partnership, Qualcomm will integrate its QCA6438... Read More

April 11th, 2018 7:35 PM 3 COMMENTS

This is How to Know Whether or Not Your Data was Leaked on Facebook

Facebook is now in damage control mode after the data leak scandal. To do that Facebook is intimidating its users about whether or not their data was compromised in the Cambridge Analytica Leak. The London based firm was alleged to harvest data from as much as 87 million people using the app ‘This is your digital life’. Facebook is pushing notifications to the users who have been affected by the... Read More

April 7th, 2018 3:55 PM 3 COMMENTS

Facebook Admits to Retracting Mark Zuckerberg’s Message from Recipients’ Inbox after Allegations

Facebook has been making mistakes and deepening troubles for itself after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Things took an even harsher turn when Facebook accepted to deleting Mark Zuckerberg’s messages which he sent to a lot of recipients. Now the company is claiming that it is ready to launch a new ‘Unsend’ feature which will allow users to unsend their messages. This is to be noted that Facebook has already been... Read More

April 5th, 2018 12:32 PM 7 COMMENTS

Data of 87 Million Users in Jeopardy After Facebook Scandal, Half a Million Users from India

Facebook might fall in the lines of trouble with this new revelation of statistics related to Cambridge Analytics scandal. About information of 87 million users might have been put in jeopardy because of improper sharing by UK based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Out of the total 87 million, more than half a million users from India might be in this crowd whose data could be compromised. Although Facebook is... Read More

March 27th, 2018 5:00 PM 5 COMMENTS

Facebook Admits to Using SMS and Call Log Data from Messenger: How to Stop it?

Facebook despite being surrounded in a lot of controversy made another shocking revelation. The Social Network giant admitted to collecting users’ data from their Messenger app and also via the SMS that are sent through a user’s phones. Although, in such cases, the usual go-to reason for collecting data is the fact that it is done so only after getting explicit permission from the user. But it is noteworthy that... Read More

November 30th, 2016 6:00 AM 2 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Update Brings ‘Instant Games’ Onboard Including Pac-Man

Facebook is rolling out a new update for its Messenger app on iOS and Android, which will allow users to play a variety of games on the messaging platform. With this update, Facebook has integrated a game controller icon within the app that will show various games that can be played on the Messenger. By tapping on the game controller icon, users will get a list of games, ranging from... Read More

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