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Facebook Tests Its Features To Monetise WhatsApp
6Sep By reutersNo Comments
Tech

Facebook Tests Its Features To Monetise WhatsApp

Facebook Inc is gearing up to make money from WhatsApp, the messaging service used by more than a billion people every day, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. WhatsApp is testing features that would allow businesses to chat with their clients on the app, according to the report. It has started a pilot program that would feature a green badge next to a business contact, indicating that the business was verified by the messaging service, the WSJ reported. “We do intend on charging businesses in the future,” Chief Operating Officer Matt Idema told the Journal in an interview. Started in 2009, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for an eye-popping $22 billion in 2014. While WhatsApp had little revenue at the time of the deal, the purchase price was slightly more than the market...
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Facebook Users Face Outage; Company Restoring Services
27Aug By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
News

Facebook Users Face Outage; Company Restoring Services

Social networking site Facebook said a "technical issue" had caused some of its users to face troubles in accessing its platform. Yesterday, a section of Facebook users across the US, Europe and India had reported experiencing an outage as they "struggled" to access the popular social media platform. Some said they were facing log-in issues, while others had difficulty in uploading videos, liking or commenting on posts, loading pages, or saw error messages. There were also reports of some users of Instagram -- another Facebook-owned app -- facing issues. However, the number of users affected overall could not be ascertained. "....a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Facebook services. We quickly investigated and are currently restoring service for eve...
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Facebook Launches ‘Watch’ A Platform Exclusively For Shows On Facebook
10Aug By RishabhNo Comments
News

Facebook Launches ‘Watch’ A Platform Exclusively For Shows On Facebook

Realizing the power of the videos and the  count on how incredible a way it is to connect, spread information and foster communities, Facebook has recently launched an exclusive platform called Watch. "On Facebook, videos are discovered through friends and bring communities together. As more and more people enjoy this experience, we’ve learned that people like the serendipity of discovering videos in News Feed, but they also want a dedicated place they can go to watch videos. That’s why last year we launched the Video tab in the U.S., which offered a predictable place to find videos on Facebook. Now we want to make it even easier to catch up with shows you love." said Facebook Director of Product, Daniel Danker in a blog post. The blog shared by Facebook: Introducing Watch We’re ...
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Facebook To Roll Out Updates To Link To Faster Loading Webpages
5Aug By RishabhNo Comments
News

Facebook To Roll Out Updates To Link To Faster Loading Webpages

Facebook has repeatedly been hit by the complains of slow webpage loading in its News Feed. So it has decided to fix the problem by rolling out updates in the coming months to improve user experience and take loading time into account. It released the following letter announcing about the updates: (more…)
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Facebook Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Ozlo For Messnger
1Aug By RishabhNo Comments
ACQUISITION

Facebook Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Ozlo For Messnger

Facebook has recently acquired its former Head of Platform for Android, Charles Jolley's conversational AI Startup Ozlo.  The Ozlo team is expected to join Facebook to work on natural language processing challenges. Ozlo will be working with Facebook on building experience powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning in blog post shown below. The four-year-old start-up claims that its virtual assistants can understand and provide answers to questions which do not have simple "yes" or "no" answers. Ozlo launched with a consumer-facing app in Oct. 2016 and with this acquisition it is no longer independent and the conversational AI space grows just a bit more consolidated. “1.2 billion people around the world use Messenger to connect with the people and businesses the...
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WhatsApp Crossed Its 1 Billion Daily Users Milestone Globally
27Jul By PriyankaNo Comments
ANALYSIS

WhatsApp Crossed Its 1 Billion Daily Users Milestone Globally

Messaging app WhatsApp today said it has crossed the one-billion daily users milestone globally. "Just last year, we shared that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every month. Today, we are excited and proud to share that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every day to stay in touch with their family and friends," WhatsApp said in a statement. Its monthly user base -- people who use WhatsApp atleast once in a month -- stood at 1.3 billion. The Facebook-owned company said about 55 billion messages and 4.5 billion photos are shared every day globally on its platform. The app, which supports 60 languages, also sees 1 billion videos being shared on a daily basis. India is the largest market for WhatsApp with over 200 million monthly active users as of Febru...
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LinkedIn Launches Its Lite App Specially For India
20Jul By AnkitaNo Comments
News

LinkedIn Launches Its Lite App Specially For India

LinkedIn has also unveiled a Lite Version of its App finally long after Facebook and Twitter, as the professional networking platform attempts to bring in more users on board. The new LinkedIn Lite Android app is designed to reduce data usage by 80% and is less than 1 MB in size. In September last year, LinkedIn had launched a lightweight version of its mobile website. "LinkedIn Lite app is first being rolled out to members in India... LinkedIn plans to roll out the mobile web version and the Android app in over 60 countries shortly," LinkedIn said in a statement. Keeping in mind the Indian users, where the smartphones often come across problems like less space or network issues, this app will surely help LinkedIn find more space in smartphones. Also, with a significant chunk of the ...
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First Time Facebook To Build Houses in Silicon Valley
9Jul By reutersNo Comments
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First Time Facebook To Build Houses in Silicon Valley

The shortage of housing in California's Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed taking homebuilding into its own hands for the first time with a plan to construct 1,500 units near its headquarters. The growth of Facebook, Alphabet Inc's Google and other tech companies has strained neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay area that were not prepared for an influx of tens of thousands of workers during the past decade. Home prices and commute times have risen. Tech companies have responded with measures such as internet-equipped buses for employees with long commutes. Facebook has offered at least $10,000 in incentives to workers who move closer to its offices. Those steps, though, have not reduced complaints that tech companies are making communities ...
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