Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases against the social media giant, Reuters reports. One source told Reuters that FTC staff has recommended that commissioners sue Facebook...
Facebook is rolling out new cloud-based games in beta for Android and Windows operating systems that are free to play and don’t require downloads, the social media giant announced on Monday (Oct. 26). The service was tested with 200,000 people playing Facebook’s cloud-streamed games weekly...
While the five commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) debate if an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook should be pursued, FTC staffers are in favor of moving forward with the case, according to a Wall Street Journal report (WSJ) on Friday (Oct. 23), citing sources...
Social media giant Facebook is bringing its online dating tool to Europe after seeing success in the 20 countries where Facebook Dating is already offered, the company said in a statement on Thursday (Oct. 22). Facebook said there have been 1.5 billion matches so far,...
When it comes to upstart rival Nextdoor, Facebook appears to be engaging in some not-so-neighborly behavior. The social media giant has begun testing a new feature in Canada, dubbed Neighborhoods, that would steal a page from Nextdoor’s playbook and allow users to link up through...
In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial decision by Irish regulators is allowed to stand. Yvonne Cunnane, Facebook Ireland’s head of data protection and associate general counsel,...
Facebook is accelerating its push into eCommerce as the coronavirus pandemic upends shopping habits across the world. The company on Thursday (Sept. 17) unveiled plans for a new app aimed at helping small businesses that rely on the social media giant to hawk their wares...
A day after Facebook generated headlines with twin announcements about smart glasses and upcoming work on wearable augmented reality, the company’s chief scientist said in a Reuters report that the company is unlikely to fully integrate the two for five to 10 years. True augmented reality...
Facebook and French eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica are collaborating on the development of smart glasses, and plan to launch their first product, Ray-Ban branded smart glasses, in 2021, the companies announced Wednesday (Sept. 16). “We’re passionate about exploring devices that can give people better ways to connect...
