Facebook released a dedicated gaming app for Android smartphones on Monday (April 20) so users can take part in live gameplay or watch others play, according to a New York Times report. “Investing in gaming, in general, has become a priority for us because we...
The European Union (EU) is targeting Facebook’s Marketplace as the next leg in its antitrust investigation, according to a Monday (April 6) report in the Financial Times (FT). In an effort to see if Facebook has an unfair advantage in the classified advertising space, investigators...
The desktop version of popular app Facebook Messenger has arrived on Mac and Windows computers, letting people communicate via video chat during a time when everyone is using that means of communication. Video chat and other similar modes of connection have become a lifeline for...
The coronavirus has ended up a boon for social media giant Facebook, which saw a 50 percent spike in usage as the virus ate its way through the country’s health and economy. The usage of the social media network’s numerous features, such as messenger and...
Facebook is under fire in a new set of documents in a lawsuit, which allege the company knew for years that paid advertising services on the site were exaggerating and distorting the number of people who would see the ads, according to a report by...
Global events — which include the coronavirus, now stretching across more than 60 countries – make one’s mind cast toward what else might be on the universal stage. Global currency, anyone? In the age of Libra, in a new decade where at least some central...
Facebook is reportedly considering changing the makeup of its proposed Libra currency so it will accept a variety of coins, including those of central banks around the world that have voiced opposition to the project and even started working on coins of their own, according...
Facebook’s Libra Association added a new member after a number of participatory companies left the organization in the past few months, according to a report by CNBC. Shopify, an eCommerce company, said Friday (Feb. 21) that it was going to join the organization “to make...
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday he was unsure whether social media giants like Facebook and Google needed the immunity that protected them from being sued over content posted by their users, which has protected such companies in the past. Barr said the...
