Свежие новости и отзывы о Facebook

Onavo, the data-security app maker Facebook acquired in 2013 in order gain insights into mobile user activity across apps, has quietly launched a new app aimed at Android users called Bolt App Lock. Instead of offering a VPN, Bolt App Lock is a tool that lets you lock down any app you don’t want others to be able to open, using a PIN code, pattern, or your fingerprint. Apps that help… Read More... →

Filed under moves that are potentially groundbreaking with big implications but with quite small numbers, Facebook has signed an exclusive deal with the MLB to stream 25 afternoon games, according to Bloomberg. The deal is a bit reminiscent of the one Twitter signed for Thursday Night Football back in 2016 to stream games that are outside of the range of primetime football (usually reserved… Read More... →

Just weeks after signing a large licensing deal with leading indy label representative ICE, Facebook has continued its march into the world of music with the news that it has now added Warner Music Group into the mix, the last major label that was not yet working with the social network. Facebook has signed a wide-ranging licensing deal that covers all of Warner Music’s recorded and… Read More... →

“Facebook has played at times a negative role in the political discourse”, according to Facebook co-founder and Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate Chris Hughes. “The algorithms are not neutral” he said today at a Bloomberg Beta event promoting his new book Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality And How We Learn. Mentioning “the filter bubbles” and… Read More... →

Facebook’s Oculus suffered a prolonged, embarrassing outage yesterday because someone at the company forgot to update a certificate which expired and plunged the company’s network of Oculus Rifts into darkness. For nearly the entire day, users were unable to jump into VR. For gamers it was an annoyance, but with more and more companies looking to experiment with integrating… Read More... →

Fishbrain, the Sweden-made mobile app and social network for sport fishing, is disclosing $13.5 million in Series B funding. The round is led by B Capital Group, the VC fund founded by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, with participation from SoftBank Ventures Korea, and existing investors Northzone, and Industrifonden. Read More... →

Власти Шри-Ланки временно заблокируют доступ к Facebook, WhatsApp и Viber по всей стране на 72 часа. Об этом сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на заявление правительственной Комиссии по регулированию телекоммуникаций (TRC).... →

After bringing its pared-down Android app Messenger Lite to mature markets like the US and UK last autumn, Facebook is expanding its features to ramp up engagement. Today, the company announced that it is adding video chat into the mix. Messenger Lite, first launched in 2015 was initially part of an effort from Facebook to build more apps to boost usage in developing countries, where… Read More... →

Речь может идти о технологиях обмена сообщениями... →

Компания подала в суд на Facebook за "кражу" интерфейса мессенджера .... →

Краткий пересказ материала американского писателя-фантаста и журналиста Брюса Стерлинга для The Atlantic о том, что ждёт людей с развитием технологий «умных» городов.... →

Производитель ПО BlackBerry подал в суд на Facebook и принадлежащие ей сервисы WhatsApp и Instagram. Об этом пишет Reuters.... →

Сервис трансграничной доставки товаров Grabr привлек $8 млн в раунде А. Об этом пишет Venturebeat. Сделку возглавил Foundation Capital. Также участниками раунда стало несколько бизнес-ангелов, среди которых исполнительный директор Facebook Хавьер Оливан и инженер Square Гокул Раджарам. О Grabr Grabr – сервис доставки товаров, запущенный Дарьей Ребенок и Артемом Федяевым в апреле 2016 года. Позволяет заказывать товары из любой страны мира, доставляют их обычные люди, которым с товаром «по пути». В приложении... →

Imagine a tool that’s a kind of Facebook for data inside large organizations. You could build data projects and teams, upload and share data sets, then discuss your raw data and findings with colleagues in a community setting. That’s precisely what Data.world, an Austin startup, released today. Data is the lifeblood of most modern organizations and Data.world has tried to build a… Read More... →

Mobcrush, the unified mobile gaming streaming service for Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and YouTube, is shaking its moneymaker for the first time with the unveiling of its advertising platform. “There’s what you’re able to do while begging for tips and subscriptions and then there’s being able to connect with real brands,” says Mobcrush’s shade-throwing… Read More... →

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Если тест будет успешным, доступ к нововведению откроют для большего числа издателей... →

Развитием стратегии Facebook в области видеоконтента займется бывший глава BuzzFeed Studios Мэтью Хэник.... →

Matthew Henick, formerly the head of BuzzFeed Studios, is joining Facebook’s media partnerships team, where he will serve as head of content planning and strategy. In a post on Facebook, Henick argued that the social network is “a storytelling platform at its core,” and it sounds like he wants to help Facebook take advantage of those storytelling opportunities: Good stories… Read More... →

After months of speculations, France’s economy minister Bruno Le Maire announced in an interview with the JDD that Europe’s new tax model for tech giants is happening. The plan will be unveiled in the next few weeks. Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook have all faced different issues when it comes to tax optimizations. They’ve been routing their revenue through Ireland… Read More... →