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These features, which are currently part of the standalone Messenger app, were originally spun out of the company's main app in 2011 and officially removed in 2014. (PTI Photo)

Facebook testing to add video, voice call features back to its main app

Adding the voice and video call feature to the Facebook app makes about as much sense as spinning off Messenger in the first place

24 Aug 2021 6:10 PM

The move comes days after Facebook said its U.S. employees must get vaccinated to step into offices. (PTI Photo)

Facebook delays return to office for employees until January

Tech giants including Alphabet Inc's Google, Uber Tech Inc have also said all their US employees have to be vaccinated before returning

13 Aug 2021 1:47 PM

Right after he graduated from Berkeley, he took time to reflect upon the things that took him to where he was. — By arrangement

How A University Of California Graduate Is Generating 7 Figure Revenue

Coming from an Indian family with a conservative mindset, Rishi was prepared to bear the burden of his parents’ expectations

03 Aug 2021 11:47 PM

The plea said the traceability requirement forces the company to break end-to-end encryption. (Photo: PTI/File)

Delhi High Court to hear pleas of Facebook, WhatsApp challenging IT Rules in August

The new IT Rules, 2021 were announced by the government on February 25

30 Jul 2021 1:24 PM

Now, just like Google's stored cards, PayPal integrations, Amazon Pay, and others, Facebook Pay is opening itself up for use in transactions with participating retailers. (Photo: PTI)

Facebook's payment system will extend to online retailers in August

Facebook launched its payments system for use across the main site, as well as WhatsApp and Instagram

17 Jul 2021 4:15 PM

Delhi Riots: SC dismisses plea by Facebook India's Vice President

SC said that he has the option of not answering questions before the committee if they fall within the prohibited domains

09 Jul 2021 12:36 AM

The case relates to the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging app's new privacy policy. (Photo: PTI/File)

HC refuses to stay CCI notice to Facebook, WhatsApp in privacy policy matter

The high court had on May 6 issued notices on the appeals and asked the Centre to respond to it

23 Jun 2021 4:26 PM

The court had said it saw no merit in the petitions of Facebook and WhatsApp to interdict the investigation directed by the CCI. (Photo: PTI/File)

Facebook, WhatsApp urge Delhi HC to stay CCI notice in privacy policy matter

A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh said it will pass an order on the application

21 Jun 2021 2:46 PM

Facebook also intends to add podcast clips feature going forward that will allow listeners to create and share snippets of podcast episodes. (Photo: PTI)

Facebook to add new podcasts tab to its news feed

According to Mashable, the company announced the upcoming feature back in April

18 Jun 2021 11:28 AM

The game is available on both the Oculus Store and on Steam. (Photo: YouTube)

Facebook acquires 'Population: One' maker, BigBox VR

'Population: One' has been a hit, earning more than USD 10 million on the Oculus Store

15 Jun 2021 9:54 AM

Twitter had marked several tweets by ruling BJP leaders on an alleged strategy document of Opposition to target the government over COVID as containing 'manipulated media', which prompted the police to visit its offices late on Monday. (PTI)

Google, FB, WhatsApp share details with IT Ministry; Twitter yet to follow

On Thursday, the row over Twitter's handling of certain messages had escalated into an all-out war of words

29 May 2021 9:51 AM

In December, Facebook announced it would be nixing posts that contained false information about the coronavirus vaccines. (Photo: AP)

Facebook reverses policy, allows posts claiming that COVID-19 was made in a lab

This shift in policy comes after months of targeting content that the social media site deemed misinformation regarding the pandemic

27 May 2021 10:58 AM

The lawsuit escalates a growing struggle between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and tech giants. (Photo: PTI)

WhatsApp sues Indian govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy

The WhatsApp complaint cites a 2017 Supreme Court ruling supporting privacy in a case known as Puttaswamy

26 May 2021 10:55 AM

The company, however, did not divulge additional details. (Photo: PTI)

Aim to comply with IT rules, working to implement operational processes: Facebook

The social media giant, however, said it continues to discuss a 'few of the issues which need more engagement' with the government

25 May 2021 1:00 PM

Twitter is slightly different from Facebook and pretends to have more independence and pretends to be a guardian of free speech. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter’s action on BJP ‘manipulation’ is rattling govt

India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government’s desire to control the messaging

25 May 2021 7:34 AM

The billions of tax dollars avoided by multinational e-commerce, whilst feeding off the commercial data generated by their customers, often without explicit permission and without compensation and we have a fishbowl of growing global inequity. (Photo: AFP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The social media djinn: Excluding and unsocial

India women are 26 per cent less likely to access mobile Internet due to misogyny, harassment and revenge porn

09 May 2021 12:00 AM

This file photo taken on October 23, 2019 shows a giant digital sign at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California. - Facebook said on February 23, 2021 it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages "in the coming days", after the government agreed to amend a world-first media law fiercely opposed by the tech giant. (Josh Edelson / AFP)

Facebook to restore Australia news pages as deal reached on media law

Prime Minister Scott Morrison had angrily accused Facebook of making a decision to 'unfriend' Australia

23 Feb 2021 10:30 AM

There is a move in Australia from the unions calling for any revenue shared by the Internet giants to go into newsrooms rather than board rooms. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Big Tech must pay

Australia has joined France in pushing Internet giants like Google and Facebook to share their advertisement revenue with news outlets

22 Feb 2021 4:03 AM

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

EXPLAINER: What's up between Google, Facebook and Australia?

Google has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said it blocked users in the country from viewing or sharing

18 Feb 2021 10:55 PM

WhatsApp: A lot to explain

It is largely true that netizens sign off much of their rights over prized personal information when they sign on to social media platforms

19 Jan 2021 9:54 AM

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