Facebook took on Etsy and eBay all the way back in 2016, with the launch of Marketplace, a feature within the main Facebook app that you can use to buy and sell goods. We’ve seen it work really well on a local basis because it’s so simple to see free and paid-forContinue Reading
The Russian government on Monday, March 21, officially banned Facebook and Instagram from the country for what amounts to failing to police discussion of Russia’s ongoing and deadly invasion of Ukraine. This is coming from a report monitored on TASS, a Russian state-owned media outlet, which notes that as of now WhatsApp,Continue Reading
Following the rumors last week that Facebook was planning on rebranding themselves, sure enough, it looks like the rumors were true. During the company’s Connect 2021 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be rebranded and will now be known as “Meta”. According to the announcement, “The metaverse will feelContinue Reading
Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, butContinue Reading
The new mantra: “more friends, less politics”. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Facebook. A series of outages made headlines last week, with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going down for a significant period of time. But perhaps more importantly, the social media giant is facing increased scrutiny over the potentiallyContinue Reading
When Facebook users had finished mocking the company over its calamitous global outage on Monday, October 4, many apparently flocked to rival apps in order to get back in touch with friends and family. The six-hour outage — caused by configuration changes to Facebook’s routers that prevented its computer systems from communicating in the usualContinue Reading
Router configuration changes affected tools and systems employees used in day-to-day operations Facebook revealed in an official blog post on Monday evening that the six-hour outage across its platforms including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and OculusVR were caused by configuration changes to its routers. Shortly before 5pm on Monday, the three social media services had confirmed on TwitterContinue Reading
Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part-time role whileContinue Reading
Facebook’s app back in the day allowed users to chat with friends while browsing the app. However, the company later opted to split up the feature by forcing users to download and use the Messenger app if they wanted to chat with friends or call them for video or audioContinue Reading
Cybercriminals and online scammers have begun setting up fake Facebook Pages for banks and other financial institutions in an effort to steal user credentials and other personal information. According to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm Cyren, one of the company’s security researchers recently discovered a fake Facebook page imitating their bank thatContinue Reading