Facebook Pay is testing the use of person-to-person QR code payments, allowing users to instantly transfer money with a simple scan. That’s according to MacRumors, which reported on the proposed rollout Tuesday (April 6) before clarifying that the new payment method is still in the...
Facebook founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said stores on its eCommerce portal Shops have topped 1 million sellers and more than 250 users interacting with merchandise, AdWeek reported on Friday (March 19). “It’s still obviously early, but we now have more than 1...
Facebook has unveiled three new ways content creators can monetize the work they share on the social media platform. “Content creators — digipubs, video creators, gaming creators, media companies, cultural institutions, businesses of all sizes and more — build vibrant communities on Facebook,” the company...
Open Instagram on your phone and there’s no telling what you might see: your niece’s first steps, a celebrity’s breakfast, scenes from a city on the other side of the world. But these interesting or inspiring scenes aren’t always available to everyone. While nearly everyone...
A Facebook executive confirmed that the social media giant could release facial recognition glasses this year in partnership with Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban, Buzzfeed reported on Thursday (Feb. 25). Andrew Bosworth, vice president of augmented and virtual reality at Facebook, told employees that the...
U.K. regulators have officially started a probe into Facebook’s now-completed acquisition of Giphy, a GIF-making and sharing website. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority officially notified the parties to the case of the investigation. The press release said that the deadline for the authority “to...
Facebook will increase its security offerings, especially for high-profile users, the social media giant announced Tuesday (Dec. 22). The company will support the use of security keys on mobile devices so anyone logging into an account will need more than just a password, a Facebook...
Facebook has proposed easing antitrust concerns by letting a rival company license access to its code and its users’ network of relationships to foster the easier development of a competing social platform, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday (Dec. 22), citing unnamed sources. Facebook made...
Facebook’s messaging app WhatsApp is introducing a beta version of voice and video call capabilities on its desktop app, WABetaInfo reported on Friday (Dec. 18). WhatsApp is the second-most popular messaging app after Facebook, with over 2 billion users around the world. WhatsApp already offers...