L to R: Kendall Jenner as influencer Billie, Tom Brady as sports enthusiast Bru, and heiress Paris Hilton as detective Amber.Screenshot: Gizmodo Meta’s flirtation with innovation has been, at best, poorly panning out and,...
Photo: Samuel Corum (Getty Images) When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for...
Facebook has been quietly testing a new group video chat app, called Bonfire, which allows up to eight friends to engage in conversation as well as use special effects, similar to those you’d find...
Facebook wants content creators to earn money, but not at the expense of the family-friendly social network it’s built, or the integrity of its advertising clients. So today Facebook established formal rules for what...
From Frankenstein to I, Robot, we have for centuries been intrigued with and terrified of creating beings that might develop autonomy and free will. And now that we stand on the cusp of the...
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is leaving the Facebook-owned messaging app to start his own non-profit business. Acton announced the decision on Facebook, of course: After 8 years at WhatsApp, I have decided to move...
Shripriya Mahesh Contributor Shripriya Mahesh is a partner at Omidyar Network. More posts by this contributor: In our new episode of the Founder’s Corner podcast, I spoke with my longtime friend and former colleague...
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP), the Facebook-backed open-source hardware and software group of over 450 telecom stakeholders like Broadcom, Intel, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica, SK Telecom, Juniper Networks, today announced a new project group that...
While Facebook prepares to offer readers a way to subscribe and pay for news directly from inside its app, the social network continues to tinker with how it presents publishers’ content elsewhere. In the latest development, TechCrunch...
Another privacy-related fine for Facebook in Europe: The Spanish data protection regulator has issued a €1.2M (~$1.4M) fine against the social media behemoth for a series of violations regarding its data-harvesting activities. Spain’s AEPD...
