Facebook is Launching TheStreet, News Subscription
Facebook has decided to launch a news-based subscription called TheStreet. Facebook Executive of News Partnerships, Campbell Brown, reported that preliminary tests will start this October in response...
View ArticleFacebook Shuts Down AI System
Facebook’s artificial intelligence experiment recently shut down one of it’s chatbots, considering two robots started speaking to each other in their own language. Instead of using codes, they went...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Takes Paternity Leave
On Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced that they had their second child. Zuckerberg and Chan revealed their second daughter’s name, August, but refrained from...
View ArticleThe Future of Facebook
Facebook was once the king of social media, with the site breaking 1 billion users in 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2017, that figure more than doubled, with Facebook having over 2.2 billion active...
View Article50 million Facebook Profiles Harvested in Massive Data Breach
Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm used in the Trump presidential campaign and the winning Brexit campaign, has been found to have harvested millions of Facebook profiles of U.S. voters. This...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Questioned by Congress
In response to the explosive revelation that 87 million people’s Facebook profiles were collected by political data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his first...
View ArticleFacebook to Introduce ‘Clear History’ Privacy Tool
As Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference is underway, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s plans to implement a new feature called Clear History before taking the stage. This new tool is one...
View ArticleNickelodeon brings back 90s hits ‘Clarissa Explains it All,’‘Kenan and Kel’...
This week TeenNick, an affiliated network with Nickelodeon, is rebroadcasting old series from the 1990s that are considered classics by young adults. Due to the high demand from former viewers via...
View ArticleAnonymous Activist Group Threatens to Bring Down FaceBook
An Anonymous video has been released that shows the group threatening to blow up Facebook on Nov. 5. Anonymous is an activist group that revolts against big government and agencies usually by hacking....
View Article“Unthink” Launches Revolution Site Against Facebook to the Public
Unthink.com, an “anti-facebook” site was launched yesterday. On it’s first day they allowed in the first round beta testers. According to TechCrunch, “The Tampa-based company with $2.5 million in...
View ArticleFacebook Announces Timeline, a Big Change to Your Profile
Facebook is rolling out a new profile layout called Timeline. The new profile view functions more like a digital scrapbook, rather than a mish-mosh of random facts about your dog, what you ate for...
View ArticleNewest internet craze “Pinterest” gaining in popularity
Do you check Facebook several times in an hour? Is every thought or action of yours documented immediately via Twitter? How many blogs do you have? Have you recently jumped on the Linkedin bandwagon...
View ArticleNew “Bald and Beautiful” Barbie to inspire children
Barbie has always had a few trademark attributes. The tiny waist, bright smile, and flowing gold tresses have always been synonymous with the doll, but a first is about to happen for the playmate of...
View ArticleFacebook reveals Facebook Home for Android
Facebook has announced the upcoming release of its replacement homescreen app for Android phones. Now instead of needing to launch the Facebook app to check messages or updates from your friends, you...
View ArticleFacebook launches Workplace
The jig is up. Facebook knows that you log in during work hours at some point or another. The Facebook execs decided to target you slackers and launched ‘Workplace’ which is a business version on...
View ArticleMichael Bublé’s son diagnosed with cancer
Sometimes, the bad news just gets worse. But when those times occur, it’s important to remember what unites us all. Last week, Michael Bublé announced on his Facebook page that his three year old son,...
View ArticleGoogle and Facebook team up to eliminate fake news
In an age of technological proliferation in every which direction, there are many companies vying for power of the future over different mediums. Of course, we’re talking about Google and Facebook....
View ArticleFacebook is Now Going For Your Bank Information
Facebook has approached several major banks in the US in hopes of letting its customers be able to access account balances or get fraud alerts through its Messenger service. As reported by the Wall...
View ArticleFacebook is Now Rating Users Based on Their Trustworthiness
Facebook has become adamant about rating news sources found on its website, after the fallout from the fake news debacle that continues to pose a problem. However, news sources aren’t the only thing...
View ArticleFacebook Opening a ‘War Room’ to Combat Election Interference
After coming under intense scrutiny for its role in harboring “fake news,” Facebook is taking a proactive approach to reducing the amount of misinformation found on its site. A new room is being...
View ArticleTech Experts Compare Facebook to Cigarettes
Nearly a year ago, tech billionaire Marc Benioff warned people of the dangers Facebook poses to not only our democracy but our health. Benioff compared the social network to that of the cigarette...
View ArticleFacebook Announces Task Force to Fight 2020 Election Interference on its...
Facebook has launched a new task force that will be closely monitoring its platform for any instances of interference in the 2020 presidential campaign. The task force was formed following pressure...
View ArticleFacebook Found to be Listening to Private Voice Messages
After reports of Amazon, Google, and Apple listening in on smart speaker voice commands to better develop its respective AI assistants, Facebook has now joined the creepy eavesdropping fray. This...
View ArticleFacebook is Testing Facial Recognition Tool to Verify Your Identity
Facebook, the ultimate arbiter of everything privacy and security (kidding) is reportedly testing a new facial recognition feature that will confirm users’ identity. The feature, discovered by code...
View ArticleHow Facebook Tracks You Even When You’re Offline
When it comes to shady practices conducted by social media companies, Facebook takes the cake. Facebook has shown it has no problem with monitoring and collecting your personal information to sell it...
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