Свежие новости и отзывы о Facebook

24 марта 2015 года. Сеть пиццерий «Додо Пицца» Федора Овчинникова в 2015 году планирует открыть свой первый филиал в США. Об этом руководитель компании сообщил на своей странице в Facebook.Обновлено 24 февраля 2016 года. Тестовый запуск первой пиццерии «Додо Пицца» в США состоится 25 февраля, полноценное открытие намечено на начало марта.... →

EXCLUSIVE: A Facebook executive said yesterday that Facebook’s Messenger would be opening itself up to marketing, but he avoided using the word “ads” to describe the service, in what appeared to be a subtle correction of a report released last week saying Facebook will soon “launch ads” within Messenger. That report, published by TechCrunch, cited leaked documents that outlined how Messenger is getting ready to […]... →

WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to trial new versions of the WhatsApp software. Meanwhile, on WhatsApp’s side, it should be simpler to distribute new releases and features as they become available. Of course, WhatsApp… Read More... →

Facebook wants to get everybody online, whether that’s through regular networks or high-flying drones. But to do that, it has to know where people actually are. The best population maps available today aren’t precise enough for Facebook’s needs. So instead of waiting for somebody else to build a better map for it, Facebook decided to take high-res satellite images and use… Read More... →

WhatsApp is making it easier to trial new features on Android by opening up its beta testing program on Google Play. Up until now, the Facebook-owned messaging app has required people to manually install an .APK file directly from the WhatsApp website, but now beta-testers can join the beta-testing program on Google Play which means […]... →

Posted by ronell-smith[Estimated read time: 9 minutes] In 2009, I wrote a magazine story about a Japanese lure company selling high-end fishing lures in the US for $20 to $50 each. With anglers buying the lures in droves, it was only a matter of time before competitors followed suit, creating carbon copies of the best sellers, which lead to a market frenzy the industry had never seen. Months later, I interviewed the owner of the lure company everyone was copying. His comments were eye-opening and accurate. ... →

Birthdays on Facebook have become a dystopian chore. Typing “HBD” or just “Happy Birthday!” on a friend’s profile is basically the least human way to interact with them. So Facebook is pushing people to record more intimate greetings with its new Birthday Cam feature launching today on iOS. A banner on the birthday boy or girl’s profile will solicit up to… Read More... →

BARCELONA, Spain — Mark Zuckerberg made his second annual appearance at the mobile industry’s big event as a keynote speaker where he discussed everything from his 3-month-old baby to his love of virtual reality. Zuckerberg was interviewed on stage at the Mobile World Congress 2016 by Wired’s Jessi Hempel in a Q&A that sometimes left the […]... →

Facebook had a high profile setback when its Free Basics mobile connectivity program got blocked in India earlier this month over net neutrality issues, but its CEO Mark Zuckerberg is adamant — even upbeat — about the social network continuing to look for other ways to provide services to more users anyway, including laser transmissions from light aircraft and some 10,000… Read More... →

Helsinki-based Lifeline Ventures launched a new 57 million euro ($63 million) fund to invest in startups. Founded in 2009, Lifeline Ventures has set up three funds and invested in 55 early stage startups with a number of successes. “We’ve had exits to King.com (NonstopGames), Facebook (Moves app) and Unity 3D (Applifier). Before 2012, we were the first investors in Supercell. We… Read More... →

Компания будет развивать VR-технологии для расширения возможностей связи и дистрибуции контента... →

Yelp будет предоставлять свои данные Sprinklr – компании, которая работает в области социального мониторинга и аналитики. Финансовые условия сделки не раскрывались. Клиентами Sprinklr являются крупные бренды. Например, McDonald's использует Sprinklr, чтобы отслеживать отзывы клиентов по таким платформам, как YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, WeChat и другим. Теперь к их числу присоединится Yelp. Среди клиентов Sprinklr также значатся Microsoft, Samsung и Nike. «Yelp – определённо интересный источник ... →

At the 2015 Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona today, Facebook announced the formation of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an effort that resembles the Open Compute Project (OCP) that Facebook kicked off five years ago but is narrowly focused on development of new telecommunications networking hardware. This isn’t just another internal effort at Facebook. […]... →

With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail. Facebook Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR (powered by Oculus), Google Cardboard and its Magic Leap investment (and perhaps even Google Glass’ second coming), Sony PlayStation VR and Microsoft HoloLens are public. And the eventual entry of Apple… Read More... →

GUEST: Facebook’s recent quarterly earnings showed just how important mobile has become to the company, with mobile advertising making up a significant chunk of the company’s 52 percent jump in revenue. Facebook is clearly investing in improving the mobile ad experience, and Canvas – its new mobile ad unit — is a great example of that […]... →

Zuck shocked everyone by appearing on stage for the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event for MWC 2016. He wasn’t there to push Samsung’s new phones or talk about Messenger, his time onstage was all about virtual reality. Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook (which, in case if you’ve forgotten, is the parent company of Oculus) will be bringing its dynamic streaming technology for 360… Read More... →

BARCELONA, Spain — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered a much-needed shot of adrenaline to Samsung’s Unpacked press conference by making an unannounced appearance on stage to talk virtual reality and to praise his South Korean partner. “VR is the next platform, where anyone can create and experience anything they want,” Zuckerberg said. “For right now, […]... →

Facebook today announced a few updates for its virtual reality (VR) efforts. The company said it has established a formal Social VR team that will build on the achievements of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Of course, the new team will collaborate with the Facebook-owned Oculus group, which has given birth to the Oculus Rift […]... →

Uber has confirmed one of its drivers, Jason Dalton, is the suspect in a shooting rampage across Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dalton allegedly picked up riders and pocketed fares in between the shootings, which have so far killed six people and gravely injured a 14-year-old girl Saturday evening. The girlfriend of one of Dalton’s customers posted on Facebook that her boyfriend was picked up by a… Read More... →

Facebook запускает функцию Live (возможность прямой видеотрансляции) на международных рынках, включая Россию. Об этом сообщило информационное агентство RNS со ссылкой на представителей соцсети. В ближайшие недели функция будет доступна 100% пользователей в России. Чтобы воспользоваться функцией, пользователь должен нажать на обновление статуса и выбрать иконку «Запустить трансляцию». Пользователь может выбрать аудиторию, с которой хочет поделиться трансляцией. Также будет доступна функция отслеживания коли... →