Netflix claims it never accessed private messages from Facebook users
It’s been something of a wild, if not downright controversial, year for Facebook. While the company was simply content to remain a social networking behemoth …
Facebook tracks your location even if you think you opted out
If you’ve ever felt like Facebook always knows where you’ve been in spite of adjusting settings in its mobile apps to stop the app from …
Instagram really wants you to interact more with your friends
Facebook would really like Instagram users to interact more with each other, especially in Instagram Stories, which is a feature that lets you share ephemeral …
How to check if your private photos were exposed due to Facebook’s latest bug
Facebook had to acknowledge another security issue late last week which impacted up to 6.8 million users. The bug exposed private photos, Facebook explained, allowing apps to …
Facebook thinks you might actually pay for and watch HBO on its social network
If you’re not posting as many status updates these days, Facebook is hoping it can at least convince you to open the app and watch …
New Facebook bug exposed private photos from millions of users
It seems that we can’t even go a few weeks without some new story about a worrisome Facebook bug emerging. Earlier today, the social networking …
Mark Zuckerberg’s response to leaked Facebook emails: We’re actually the good guys
Facebook’s brutal year of one bad news cycle after another has continued pretty much interrupted, with today offering the latest bit of fuel for the …
Facebook considered selling user data to advertisers, which should shock no one
For all the chaos and confusion surrounding Facebook over the past several months, one thing that the social media giant had to hang its hat …
YouTube and Facebook are learning it’s not so easy to make shows people want to watch
As soon as Netflix hit it big with House of Cards, and Amazon followed suit with a breakout hit, Transparent, one tech giant after another started …
Facebook doesn’t think it should have to pay a fine over Cambridge Analytica
It was one of the biggest tech stories of the year, and arguably set Facebook’s “annus horribilis” in motion, when it was disclosed that the …
The Facebook feature that tells you how much time you waste on Facebook is rolling out now
Following Apple and Google, which both have launched features for iOS and Android that allows users to track their smartphone usage, Facebook in early August …
Facebook might use your photos to target your entire family with ads
Facebook is getting slammed from all sides at the moment. Over the past 24 hours or so, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff compared the company’s negative …
Even British royals are now criticizing tech giants like Facebook for dodgy practices
Britain’s Duke of Cambridge has launched a full-throated attack on US tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google in a speech at the BBC, an …
Facebook Messenger’s unsend feature is rolling out now on iOS and Android
Facebook users have been begging for a way to unsend messages for years now, and after a lengthy wait, they are finally going to get …
Facebook goes down in a widespread outage across the U.S. (update: it’s back up now)
If you tried logging into Facebook this morning and got an error message, here’s why. The beleaguered social networking giant suffered a rare widespread outage, …
Facebook swears its Portal video chat devices that go on sale today won’t spy on you
Facebook being Facebook, the social networking giant has decided to assuage some fears and pre-empt the launch of its new Portal video chat devices that …
Facebook will let you unsend that dumb thing you just sent on Messenger
One of Gmail’s best features is the ability to unsend emails. Made a mistake? No problem, you’ve got a few seconds to undo it and …
It’s only a matter of time until ads start creeping into WhatApp’s Status feature
We’ve known for a while that WhatsApp will not remain ad-free, as reports in the past few months confirmed Facebook’s intentions to monetize its biggest …
Study: Tracking of personal data by third-party apps is getting out of control
Not that something like this should really come as a surprise anymore, but chances are that Google and, to a lesser extent, Facebook are either …
While usage of the main app drops, Facebook hopes a simpler design boosts Messenger
Facebook is finally slowing the brakes and doing an about-face on a trend that was starting to see its standalone Messenger app slowly turning into …
Another Facebook exec heads for the door – this time it’s Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe
Another Facebook executive is moving on. This year has seen the departure from Facebook of several key leaders like the founders of Instagram and the …
If ads are so important to Facebook, why does it suck this bad at them?
Facebook is the social media mega-titan that it is partly because it has such a strong money-making operation underneath the whole thing that has powered …
Yes, Facebook’s smart speakers will collect data about you that could be used for ads
When Facebook unveiled its Portal smart speakers last week, it insisted that the devices will protect your privacy even though they’re equipped with a camera …
Facebook is coming for your TV next, with a set-top box codenamed ‘Ripley’
Undaunted by privacy scandals and the conventional wisdom that trust in the company’s ability to handle consumer data has eroded considerably in recent years, Facebook …
How to find out if your Facebook account was hacked
Weeks after announcing that almost 50 million accounts on its website had been breached, Facebook adjusted the number to 30 million last Friday. Facebook also …
A new Instagram feature will make it even easier to waste your time patrolling feeds
Facebook recently announced that it’ll also tell you how much time you spend on its apps, joining a brand new trend in tech these days, …
Facebook’s new Portal smart speakers could be worthy challengers to Amazon’s Echo
We first heard rumors that Facebook would make a foray into smart speaker hardware a few months ago, well before the Cambridge Analytica scandal came …
Report: Facebook wants to use your Instagram location history for targeted ads
If you fear that Facebook will turn Instagram into a cash machine now that the Instagram creators are out the door, then you’ll want to …
The most recent Facebook hack is way worse than you probably realize
Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s vice president of global marketing solutions, was as ominous as she could be during an Advertising Week panel today in describing whoever …
Facebook crosses a new line in the never-ending quest to monetize its users’ data
Picture this: Someone needs an emergency contact phone number from you. Let’s say it’s an employer. So you cough it up, expecting it to rarely …
