A US choose on Thursday rejected a request by means of fb to toss out a civil match accusing it of violatingprivateness with face-popularity software program to assist “tag” people in pics. A lawsuit filed by way of 3 Illinois residents underneath the auspices of the country‘s Biometric factsprivacy Act can continue, US District court choose James Donato stated. “The ... Read More »
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in advance of mother’s Day, facebook Is adding approaches for You to expose Affection
HIGHLIGHTS Messenger will get the brand new Flower function just for mom‘s day. fb is likewise testing ‘Flower’ reaction on its platform. fb‘s new ‘Flower’ response will now not be available inside the US. facebook is prepared to roll out multiple capabilities beforehand of mom‘s Day. facebook has addedtrying out a brand new feature on the Messenger app that lets ... Read More »
facebook Refutes file Claiming Bias in ‘Trending’ topics
fb workers have regularly neglected conservative political testimonies from the website‘s “trending” list, the era news site Gizmodo stated on Monday in a record that sparked tremendous comment on social media. An unnamed former fb employee told Gizmodo that employees “automatically suppressed informationmemories of interest to conservative readers,” in step with Gizmodo, at the same time as “artificially”adding different tales ... Read More »
‘Jugnoo Bot’ enables vehicle Rickshaw Bookings on facebook Messenger
HIGHLIGHTS users can e-book a trip by typing a textual content message in fb Messenger. It routinely authenticates customers through their facebook login information. The chatbot become advanced in association with US-based Fugu. auto rickshaw aggregator Jugnoo Tuesday announced the launch of Jugnoo Bot, which allows customerson fb to ebook a ride through facebook Messenger, Jugnoo’s internet site, or its ... Read More »
Facebook Rolls Out Suicide Prevention Tool to the UK
After a successful trial in the US and Australia, social media giant Facebook has rolled out its suicide prevention tool in Britain that allows users to notify it if a friend is in distress. Created in consultation with British charity Samaritans, the tool will allow users to report content to Facebook or reach out to their friends. “We worked with ... Read More »
Facebook Launches Telecom Infra Project, Partners With Intel and Nokia
Facebook over the weekend announced the launch of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), for which it is teaming up with partners from telecommunications industry to create an open source platform for hardware as well as software to build and deploy telecom network infrastructure. The social giant revealed that Intel and Nokia have “pledged to contribute an initial suite of reference ... Read More »
Google, Facebook Considering Brazil’s Spy-Proof Link to Europe
Google and Facebook are among companies interested in using a $250 million (roughly Rs. 1,713 crores) submarine cable that will link Brazil directly to Europe as part of the South American country’s attempts to avoid US electronic espionage, according to Brazilian Communications Minister Andre Figueiredo. The cable is expected to be operational in late 2017 and “should be funded by ... Read More »
Google Speeds News to Smartphones With AMP, Challenging Facebook
Google on Wednesday began delivering “blazingly fast” articles to smartphones and tablets in a stepped-up challenge to Facebook to be the leading mobile news hub. The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project that was announced late last year is now live, Google said. Challenging Facebook with its Instant Articles and the Apple News application,Google is using its massive computing power to ... Read More »
Facebook Moves to New Full-Screen Canvas Ads
Facebook on Thursday rolled out a platform for quick, immersive ads with the potential to become a tempting rival to television commercials. The leading social network made Canvas available globally as a free tool marketers can use to turn smartphone or tablet ads into “experiences” mixing videos, photos, text and “call-to-action” buttons. Mobile ads built with Canvas entice people to ... Read More »
Facebook Live Video Streaming Coming Soon to Android, More Countries
Facebook earlier this month started rolling out its Live Video streaming feature to countries other than the US. The feature was at first limited to select iOS users and celebrities and was later rolled-out to all the iOS users in the US. Now the social media giant has announced that the feature will be additionally rolling it out to 30 ... Read More »