Facebook zooms Rooms
Can’t say this was unexpected. The demand is high and the need, urgent. In response, Facebook has launched Messenger Rooms, its videoconferencing service for the masses. Available on both mobile and...
View ArticleNew Oculus Quests in the making
It’s been reported that Facebook is working on new versions of the Oculus Quest virtual reality (VR) headset. According to Bloomberg, the social networking giant is working on multiple potential...
View ArticleNTU and Facebook launch programme to develop data centre talents
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Facebook have announced a new programme that offers course on data centre. Starting in August, the nine-month programme will offer four specialist...
View ArticleFacebook and PayPal sow into Gojek
Facebook and PayPal have pumped undisclosed sums into Indonesia ride-hailing firm Gojek. According to Matt Idema, COO of Facebook-owned WhatsApp, the investment underscores Facebook’s commitment to...
View ArticleFacebook under fire
Facebook has come under fire in the United States for anti-competitive practices. The Federal Trade Commission and 48 states alledges that the socila media giant has become a monopoly by gobbling up...
View ArticleGoogle in Aussie showdown
Faced with a proposed new Australian law on having to pay news sites for links to their articles, Google is threatening to pull the search engine out of the continent. Google is not the only […]
View ArticleNo more news sharing and viewing on Facebook in Australia
Facebook has taken the drastic step of blocking publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news. This ban is in response to the Australian government’s...
View ArticleAustralia passes news media bargaining code
Australia has passed the News Media Bargaining Code to get Facebook, Google and other tech platforms to pay Australian publishers for showing their contents in posts and searches. Under the code,...
View ArticleFacebook to end Watch Party on April 16
Facebook’s Watch Party, which lets users watch videos together, will become history on April 16, 2021. No reason was given for the removal of this feature, which was introduced in 2018. Watch Party...
View ArticleFacebook apologies after 6-hr outage
In an age where many lives evolve around social media, a six-hour platform outage may feel like an eternity. It’s not only one platform but three — Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram — that went down, […]
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