Facebook is expanding the capabilities of its WhatsApp Business messaging app, which the company says now has about 50 million users. The company said in its announcement of new features that it is making the changes because “people need easy ways to get in touch...
With advertising boycotts aplenty, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now out $7 billion, Bloomberg reports. The social media giant has faced backlash and losses in partnerships from companies like Unilever, Verizon and Hershey, which have decided to sever ties due to what they say is...
The German Federal Court has ordered Facebook to comply with an order from the country’s antitrust regulator and stop data collection of users in the country, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 23). The ruling is a setback for the U.S. social media giant, which also could...
Facebook has purchased Mapillary in the social media giant’s efforts to expand open mapping efforts, Mapillary said in a blog post. The company will still remain available for users to upload imagery and use map data, the post assures users; but now, the company will...
President Trump’s war with Twitter and Facebook is spilling out onto a new stage. The U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General William Barr, has released a proposal on Wednesday (June 17) that would rescind legal protections that have shielded such internet platforms from...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI), the nation’s antitrust police, is investigating Facebook Inc.’s purchase of a 10 percent stake in Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.’s digital assets. Commission Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta told Bloomberg News the role of the panel is to prevent misuse of...
Facebook is drawing scrutiny from U.K. regulators. The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog is investigating Facebook’s recent purchase of Giphy, the animated picture platform. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Friday (June 12) the probe will determine whether the transaction will reduce competition and raise prices for...
Facebook has launched, what it calls, a new way to train artificial intelligence (AI) in chatbots. Researchers at the social network giant described how data about human conversations is the key to improve shopping chatbots, according to a technical report shared by VentureBeat. Dubbed “Situated...
Facebook is introducing the world to Venue, an app designed to offer at-home users a digital second-screen experience at live events. Instead of livestreaming events directly, Venue was created as a platform that allows various expert hosts – journalists, athletes, social media personalities, etc. – to...
