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16 Oct
Why Facebook might be hiring people with national security clearances
Facebook is on the hunt to recruit people who have national security clearances, as part of a broader push to address meddling on the social network ahead of general elections.
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11 Oct
What is Facebook Spaces, Facebook’s virtual reality hangout?
Using a major natural disaster to advertise your latest technology isn’t the smoothest of marketing strategies.
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4 Oct
Facebook has grown up and graduated from university — but can it get a job?
According to Facebook, the average person (and that’s globally) spends 50 minutes a day on its various platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
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3 Oct
Google abandons “first click free” policy: will it help news publications?
Google will no longer force news providers to offer free content if they want articles to appear high in the search engine’s results.
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28 Sep
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook isn’t anti-Trump, even though he says we are
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has responded to criticism from US president Donald Trump that the world’s largest social network has always been against him.
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22 Sep
Facebook ads: why the social media giant is helping Congress investigate Russia
Social media giant Facebook will share 3,000 Russia-linked political adverts with congressional committees investigating the Kremlin’s influence during the 2016 US presidential campaign.
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30 Aug
Messaging apps are beginning to work with cryptocurrencies — here’s why
Monetisation of the messaging market is in full swing, and many apps are starting to use advertising to keep the lights on.
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24 Aug
Facebook is going to change the way you read the news
A big change is coming to the way that publishers share their stories on Facebook.
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22 Aug
Apparently young people are done with Facebook
How do you tell when a social media platform is no longer cool?
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21 Aug
Google Glass is back (sort of) and other augmented reality glasses projects
Remember Google Glass, the first augmented reality glasses that Google released back in 2013?
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18 Aug
Facebook is going to begin suggesting news stories for you to read
Mark Zuckerberg wants to make Facebook the only website you ever visit.
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10 Aug
Facebook Watch is just another attempt to get you to spend more time on the platform
It’s been rumoured for a while that Facebook was going to be taking on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime with original shows and it has finally come to fruition.
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1 Aug
These are all the ways Facebook, Google and Twitter are trying to fight terrorism online
Social media is often criticised as being a hotbed of extremist content and a way for terrorists to spread their message online.
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1 Aug
Tech companies and governments to tackle extremism at the Global Internet Forum: here’s what to expect
The first Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) workshop takes place today in San Francisco.
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31 Jul
Does censorship in China and Russia mean the end of VPNs?
Tech giant Apple has pulled as many as 60 VPNs from its App Store in China to comply with state law.
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27 Jul
Facebook’s earnings show the company officially dominates social media now
Facebook released its quarterly earnings this week and announced a bigger profit than expected thanks to huge ad revenue growth.
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17 Jul
Australia and Indonesia turn on encrypted apps in the fight against terror
Another day, another government fight against encrypted messaging apps.
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14 Jul
Facebook is desperate to attract its next billion users — now it thinks it’s found a way to do it
The rejection of Facebook’s zero-rated Free Basics carrier partnership concept in India was a big growth setback for its ambition to attract its next billion users.
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13 Jul
Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code in an attempt to compete with Silicon Valley
The global investment bank Goldman Sachs has relaxed its corporate dress code for technology and engineering employees in a bid to attract talent amid growing competition.
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28 Jun
Facebook has more users than any single country’s population – and it’s still growing
Facebook has announced it now has 2bn regular users, making it the world’s largest social media network.
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26 Jun
You could be watching original Facebook TV shows as soon as August
Facebook has plans to launch original TV programmes by “late summer” according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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21 Jun
Winning the millennial pound: is Instagram the (major) 🔑?
How did things go so wrong for Topshop?
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19 Jun
Could AI technology change the way we consume news for the better?
Nicholas Borge left his well-paid consulting job of 10 years in January to do something different.
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19 Jun
Google steps up its fight against online terrorism with new strategy
The UK has been hit by three terror attacks, and a suspected fourth, over the past few months, causing death and pain to many people across the country.
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15 Jun
Facebook will use AI technology to remove terrorist content
Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to remove terrorism content from its site using artificial intelligence (AI).
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15 Jun
Amazon could be set to buy messaging startup Slack
The communications platform Slack, which aims to disrupt emails, could be bought by Amazon in a deal which would value the startup at $9bn.
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12 Jun
Uber’s algorithms: artificial intelligence’s problems are laid bare during a crisis
Uber has become an essential part of a night out for many around the world.
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6 Jun
Brand rankings: Amazon climbs as Google holds on to the top spot
US technology giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook have taken the top five places in a new ranking of the world’s most valuable brands.
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2 Jun
WeChat Pay has shown Facebook payments could actually work
In China, the mobile payment market is no longer monopolised by Alipay as competition from WeChat has dented its market share.
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27 May
Facebook founder calls for universal basic income in the US, but would it work?
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg said he supports the introduction of a universal basic income across the US.