8 years ago0330Facebook Inc said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed to limit the reach of people known to frequently blast out links to clickbait stories, sensationalist websites and misinformation.
The move is another step by the world's largest social network to weed out spam, a battle Facebook has fought for...
8 years ago0453Google recently released its third diversity report since it began publishing such data in 2014. The latest report shows little has changed since then and reveals the tech giant still employs mostly white men with just 2% of its employees being Black and just 20% of its tech employees being women. Here's the summary of the current ethnic...
8 years ago0309Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had completed a second test of an unmanned aircraft designed to some day beam internet access to remote parts of the planet, and unlike in the first test, the drone did not crash.
Facebook plans to develop a fleet of drones powered by sunlight that will fly for months at a time, communicating with each...
8 years ago0393On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network now has 2 billion users (a number that is equivalent to more than a quarter of the world's population).
In a post announcing the milestone, Zuckerberg lauded the progress that was being made in connecting the world, and cited the company's new mission to bring the world...
8 years ago0357Following four violent terrorist attacks in three months in Great Britain, Facebook has announced plans to combat violent extremism being promoted online in the country. The announcement comes after warnings from Prime Minister Theresa May that social media giants and search engines must do more to keep the internet free of hateful...
8 years ago0492A long-running debate among marketers has been the effectiveness of advertising via social media networks. Almost everyone will agree that social media campaigns are great for boosting the number of likes or getting people to download a free resource. But how do these campaigns really affect the bottom line? Do they really provide a good...
8 years ago0412Facebook (FB.O) said it would not disclose information about political campaign advertising or related data such as how many users click on ads and if advertising messages are consistent across demographics, despite arguments from political scientists who want the data for research.
Details such as the frequency of ads, how much money...
8 years ago0342Facebook published the following post in its newsroom on June 21, 2017.
Part of our goal in building global community is understanding the needs of people who use Facebook in specific countries and how we can better serve them. In India, we’ve heard that people want more control over their profile pictures, and we’ve been working...
8 years ago0421What do LinkedIn, Monster, WayUp, DirectEmployers, CareerBuilder, and Facebook have in common?
That they're all places to find a job? Yeah, that.
But, now, job seekers can search for employment opportunities across all of those sites in one place -- Google.
Today, the ubiquitous search engine launched a new capability that...
8 years ago0357Major U.S. technology company chief executives sat down with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and other top Trump administration officials on Monday before meeting with the president on cutting government waste and improving information technology services.
Other officials meeting in 10 small group sessions with the executives...
8 years ago0537After a string of terrorist attacks in Western countries over the past couple of years, major technology companies have been the targets of criticism from European government officials, advertiser boycotts, and lawsuits from family members of those killed in terrorist attacks. As a result, such companies are increasing their counter...
9 years ago0338Facebook Inc (FB.O) launched a workplace version of its mobile app and website on Monday, marking the social networking company's first foray into the hotly competitive and crowded enterprise software arena.
The product, called Workplace by Facebook, has been in testing for more than a year and is now available to all businesses. It...
9 years ago0472In keeping with the nature of this column, social network giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was a major focus today, but so too was UK State backed Lloyds (LON:LLOY), retailer BHS and the Fed.
Facebook results even took analysts by surprise...
In keeping with the nature of this column, social network giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was a...
