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Google said it is working with many of the developers to answer any technical questions and help them implement the changes without customer disruption.

Google bans apps that facilitate sale of marijuana

Developers only need to move their shopping cart option outside the app to comply with the new policy.

30 May 2019 12:24 PM

There is a positive relationship between the severity of daily stress, the intensity of Facebook engagement, and the tendency to develop a pathological addiction to the social networking site. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Social media addiction can result from stress

Stress leads to pathological Facebook addiction: Study.

29 May 2019 8:00 PM

'Consumption and time spent on our platforms does indeed increase,' said Ramez Shehadi, Facebook's managing director for Mideast and North Africa. (Photo:AP)

Data shows Ramadan in middle-east is for fasting, facebook and youtube

People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during Ramadan and watch more YouTube videos.

29 May 2019 3:18 PM

Dog fighting is illegal in a number of nations around the world. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook under scanner for allowing dog fighting content on platform

An organisation further found more than 2,000 posts promoting dog fighting or trafficking animals used for fighting.

29 May 2019 11:31 AM

Last month the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau complained that the world’s major social media companies were not doing enough to help combat potential foreign meddling in the vote and said Ottawa might have to regulate them.

Microsoft, Facebook to help tame internet ahead of Canada's election

Government officials say they fear bad actors - some linked to Russia - will try to interfere in the vote.

28 May 2019 9:37 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party workers welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrive at the party headquarters to celebrate the party’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Foreign investors hope India dials back policy shocks after Modi win

Protectionism concerns 'are small hurdles you have to go through', said Fairfax Financial chairman Prem Watsa.

25 May 2019 5:55 PM

This audio system will keep the ears open, thereby keeping the wearer aware of the ambient sound. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook's patent gives a peek into its AR glasses project

The patent describes that the audio system including a sensor and a controller will be located behind the ear of the wearer.

25 May 2019 10:35 AM

WhatsApp status page will be filled with ads.

Oh no! WhatsApp to begin showing ads in 2020

Next year, you will be forced to see ads in the WhatsApp Status page.

24 May 2019 12:31 PM

Chtrbox termed the reports of private data being leaked as "inaccurate" and acknowledged that "a particular database for limited influencers was inadvertently exposed for approximately 72 hours".

Database inadvertently exposed but did not include personal data: Chtrbox

On Tuesday, Facebook-owned Instagram said it is investigating whether a third-party - Chtrbox - improperly stored its user data.

22 May 2019 10:26 AM

These maps provide an insight into where people live, how they are moving, and whether they have connectivity.

Facebook shares new disease prevention maps to tackle health emergencies

The three maps include population density maps with demographic estimates, movement maps, and network coverage maps.

21 May 2019 3:32 PM

The post left many intrigued while others wanted to know how the owners would deal with the cow dung owner. (Photo: Facebook)

Want to keep your car cool? Cover it with cow dung like this Ahmedabad man

Photos of the ‘cooling hack’ were shared on Facebook and they quickly went viral.

21 May 2019 2:42 PM

The social networking giant shared details about three additional areas of research, including model-based reinforcement learning (RL) to enable robots that can teach themselves through trial and error.

Facebook research wants to build more capable AI using self- learning methods

The researchers were able to get a six-legged robot to teach itself to walk.

21 May 2019 1:44 PM

According to Facebook's Ad Library Report, there were 1.21 lakh political ads with a total spending of more than Rs 26.5 crore between February and May 15 this year.

Political ad spend on Facebook, Google tops Rs 53 crore

Ad spend on Google, YouTube, and partner properties since February 19 stood at Rs 27.36 crore with 14,837 ads.

19 May 2019 2:47 PM

The engagement with post links will also determine the ranking in the News Feed.

Facebook retweaks News Feed to show relevant content on top

Facebook will also take into account which friends are the closest based on the number of photo tags.

19 May 2019 11:53 AM

The company is owned by Facebook Global Holdings II in Ireland and will focus on developing the hardware and software for digital currency-related functions.

Facebook building its cryptocurrency

The social networking service has reportedly started working on its virtual money.

19 May 2019 10:22 AM

Fortunately, reclaiming and redefining what it means to be a sanskari brown woman, Nupur Saraswat aka The Sanskari Girl has been knocking off the tenets of patriarchy and sexism with her performances.

Peeling back the layers

A performance poet’s upcoming show in the city reflects on the complicated dynamics between a woman’s brown identity and her search for love.

19 May 2019 5:07 AM

Facebook, Google and Twitter are still falling, the EU executive said in its report on their efforts in April.

Google, Facebook, Twitter rapped for not doing enough in EU fake news fight

The tech giants took a voluntary pledge last October to combat the spread of fake news.

18 May 2019 10:10 AM

The EU antitrust chief was asked about Facebook at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris after leading US Democratic politicians and one of Facebook’s co-founders recently spoke in favor of a break-up of the company.

Facebook breakup would be solution of last resort

Chris Hughes this month used a New York Times opinion piece to urge US regulators to break up the tech giant.

18 May 2019 10:06 AM

Following a fire at Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral in April, Russian media outlets in Europe blamed Islamist militants and Ukraine’s pro-Western government. (Photo: AFP)

Who burned Notre Dame? Brussels goes after fake news as EU election nears

By funding fact-checking organisation Brussels hopes to shield the 427 million people eligible to vote for 751-seat EU chamber on May 23-26.

16 May 2019 2:26 PM

Facebook plans to extend these restrictions to other areas over the coming weeks, including preventing people from creating ads on the platform.

Facebook imposes stricter restrictions to curb abuse

Facebook is adopting stricter 'one strike' policy to Live.

16 May 2019 9:50 AM

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