Facebook removed accounts from Russia, Kosovo, Iran, and Macedonia citing what it described as “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” On Tuesday, Facebook Inc disclosed, it has removed more accounts from Russia, Kosovo, Iran, and Macedonia citing what it described as “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” A total of 2,632 pages, groups and accounts were removed from Facebook and Instagram…
With this strategic move, Facebook is trying to easing into the online retail market which is dominated by the likes of Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc. Facebook-owned Instagram stated, it is testing a feature that allows U.S. users to shop and purchase items that have been tagged for sale through its “checkout” feature. The unveiling…
Ireland hosts the European headquarters of a number of U.S. technology firms. The country’s Data Protection Commissioner is investigating hacking attacks as well as how Facebook stores and manages personal information of its massive user database. In what could potentially be a major development, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner stated, it expects to conclude the first…
The appointment, effective immediately, sees Vishah Shah replacing Adam Mosseri who became Instagram’s head in October 2018. Facebook Inc’s owned photo-sharing app Instagram stated, it has promoted Vishal Shah, its director of product management, as the head of product, effective immediately. The position was earlier held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram’s head…
The “Close Friends” feature allows users to share their stories with a select group of people rather than just followers. On Friday, Facebook-owned Instagram stated, it has launched a new feature called “Close Friends” through which users can share their stories with a smaller group of people. This new feature appears on the user’s profile…
Users across the globe have taken to twitter with the #instagramdown hashtag, complaining that the service is down. On Wednesday, users of of Facebook’s photo and video sharing app, Instagram complained of outage. Users across several cities spread across the globe, including London, San Francisco and Singapore took to Twitter complaining about the outage with…
The development adds to the growing number of high profile executives, and co-founders leaving Facebook’s businesses. In a development that adds to the growing list of executives leaving Facebook, Instagram has notified that Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, its co-founders, have resigned as the company’s chief executive officer and chief technical officer. Facebook has provided…
Through this app, users can browse through products and buy them directly. The Verge has reported citing two sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, Facebook Inc-owned Instagram is working to create a new standalone shopping app through which users can browse through goods and buy them directly. It is not clear when…
Facebook is exploring ways to tap blockchain technology across apps on its platform. In one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of Facebook Inc, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered one of its biggest management overhauls and handed over more responsibility to its chief product officer. Facebook also announced the launch of a blockchain…
This policy will be effective from July 1, 2018. On Wednesday, Alphabet Inc’s Google stated starting from June it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related content including binary options, and financial services that aid betting. In a separate blog post, Google said in 2017 it had taken down 3.2 billion ads, up by nearly…
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