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Facebook Opens Garden Rooftop Menlo Park Campus
Internet April 1, 2015
Facebook has finished work on its new Menlo Park, California campus, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. Most of Gehry’s notable work involves “blend buildings”, the idea of complex shapes fitted in-and-around a central structure. Facebook’s campus is a lot less wacky but fits with the culture of the... Read more
Facebook has unveiled its plan for full internet access across the globe. It involves solar powered drones with a wingspan of a Boeing 767. The drones—developed by UAV maker Ascenta—will be able to stay in the air for three months. Facebook will fit low-orbit satellites capable of transmitting 3G... Read more
Facebook Launches Embeddable Video Player
NewsSocial MediaVideo March 26, 2015
Facebook is getting serious with video. After setting videos to autoplay last year, it is now offering a way to embed the videos using HTML code. YouTube offered the same type of embed code a few years ago. Now, most traffic to YouTube comes from embeds from other sites,... Read more
Facebook Launches Apps For Messenger & Business Features
BusinessMobileNewsSocial Media March 26, 2015
Facebook has launched the next step on Messenger, its second largest messaging service behind WhatsApp. Instead of merging the two apps, Facebook intends to make Messenger a platform for more than just text chat. It has launched Messenger Platform, allowing third-party developers to create apps to run over-the-top of... Read more
Instagram Launches Layout Collage App
MobileNewsSocial Media March 25, 2015
Popular image sharing app Instagram, has just launched a new app called Layout. The new app is designed to help users create image collages before sharing them on their social networks. Layout is initially only available for iOS on iPhone. It won’t be long before Android receive their version... Read more
Pay Friends Through Facebook Messenger
MobileSocial Media March 18, 2015
Facebook is launching a new payments service on Messenger, allowing friends to send money to one another in a convenient way without any fees. The social network has been working on the payments service for around a year, picking up some talent from PayPal and Square. It is said... Read more
Facebook Won’t Let You Feel Fat Anymore
MobileNewsSocial Media March 11, 2015
For anyone out there who has “fat days” every now and then, you can still have them, you just won’t be able to share about it easily in your Facebook status update. If you’re an avid Facebook user, then you know that you can choose from just about any... Read more
Driver On Facebook Allegedly Kills 3 People
MobileSocial Media March 10, 2015
I’m not sure what it’s going to take to get drivers to put down their Facebook accounts while they’re driving, but if stories like this help in even the smallest way, I’ll keep sharing them. It was just pointed out within the last couple of weeks thanks to a... Read more
More Drivers Are Using Facebook On The Road
InternetMobileSocial Media February 27, 2015
If your daily travels are anything like mine, then you probably see more people glued to their phones while driving than not. It’s only curious to wonder what they’re doing – texting, taking pictures, getting directions, asking Siri a question, actually having a phone conversation with someone else –... Read more
Facebook Accessibility Team Addresses Disabilities
NewsSocial Media February 23, 2015
Social media has become a vital tool for billions of people for a variety of reasons, but one key demographic of internet users are benefiting from the power of connectivity in ways that previous generations never could. Some sites have already become a haven for individuals with disability issues... Read more
Californian Town Adds Facebook Warning To Road Signs
MobileNewsSocial Media February 16, 2015
You know too many people are addicted to Facebook when even road signs have to warn people to pay more attention to what they’re doing. I’m sure we’ve all noticed people walking down the street paying far more attention to what’s happening on their Facebook Newsfeed than what’s happening... Read more
Facebook Video Autoplay: How To Stop It
How ToSocial Media February 13, 2015
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like autoplay videos on the web or in apps for that matter. If something catches my eye and I am intrigued about the topic, then I’ll click on it at my leisure, not when forced to. There are some websites that... Read more
Now You Can Choose Who Gets Your Facebook Page After You Die
NewsSocial Media February 13, 2015
There’s a lot of decisions that have to be made before you die, such as figuring out who’s going to get your prized possessions, where you’re going to be buried, what kind of funeral you want to have, who’s going to get what share of your estate, etc. And,... Read more
WhatsApp Security Bug: Your Profile Picture ‘Could’ Be Viewed By Anyone
NewsSocial Media February 4, 2015
It has come to light that a potential security problem found in WhatsApp could mean that anyone could see a users’ profile photos. According to security researchers, this is even ‘if’ they have been set to be viewed by friends only. The security flaw, which was located by 17-year-old... Read more
Teen Expelled After Posting Pic Of Principal On Facebook
NewsSocial Media January 29, 2015
There are good uses for Facebook, and then there are not so good uses, as one teenager from England is learning the hard way. Despite the fact that you can say pretty much whatever you like on the social media site, that doesn’t mean your comments won’t occasionally have... Read more
Teen Arrested For Allegedly Making Threats With Emojis
InternetMobileNewsSocial Media January 27, 2015
People get arrested for some crazy things anymore, and while I’ve heard of some outlandish stories, this one just has to come close to the top of the list. A 17-year-old from Brooklyn was recently arrested after he allegedly threatened police with emojis. Go ahead and read back over... Read more
Social networking giant, Facebook, has begun trialling a new feature for the highly criticised Messenger app; voice transcription. As you may or may not be aware, Facebook Messenger can send and receive voice clips. Sometime you can get inundated with these and just not not been able to play them because... Read more
Richard Branson the head of Virgin, has said that his company is joining up with Qualcomm in order to put thousands of Internet satellites into orbit to offer Web access to remote locations on the planet, which currently don’t have Internet access. The idea of providing Internet access globally is... Read more