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Zuckerberg Gives Update on Steps to Battle Facebook's Fake News Problem
Nov 21, 2016Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has provided an update on what the company is doing to combat fake news on its platform, following a week of criticism about the extent to which misinformation could have influenced the US election. As a ...
Tags: Zuckerberg, Facebook
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Report: Facebook Too Afraid of Conservative Backlash to Kill Fake News
Nov 16, 2016In case you haven’t heard, Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States of America and half of the country (plus most of the world) is looking for someone to blame. Among those in the firing line are Mark Zuckerberg and ...
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Revealed: We Know When The iPhone Is Getting a Brand New Feature
Jun 20, 2016Bluetooth 5 has been confirmed and will be released in late-2016/early-2017, but when will it come to your smartphone? Let us reveal all. We spoke to an industry expert to find out when Bluetooth 5 will start featuring on mainstream ...
Tags: Bluetooth 5, iPhone
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Facebook Messenger Could Be The Next Apple Pay Partner… or Rival
Mar 30, 2016Reports on Monday suggest that Facebook is plotting to expand the Messenger app’s payment capabilities with an in-store option. Currently, some 800 million users of the standalone app are able to make personal payments, but The ...
Tags: Facebook, Messenger app, Apple pay
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Will Your Clothes and Accessories Change How You Live Your Daily Life?
Mar 14, 2014Will your clothes and accessories change how you live your daily life? Wearable devices like smart watches, glasses and activity monitors were a big topic of conversation at South By Southwest Interactive this week - specifically their ...
Tags: Wearable Tech, Consumer Electronics, fashion
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WATERPROOF. Sony's Smartphones Are Distinctive in Being Waterproof
Feb 28, 2014I typically have headphones on when I'm home in New York, whether it's during a jog or a commute. I often crank the volume up, at the risk of hearing loss, so that I could hear my favorite podcasts over loud subways and honking cars. I ...
Tags: noise-cancelling technology, WATERPROOF, in-ear headphones
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Sony Is Borrowing Innovations From Its Audio and Camcorder Businesses and Incorporating
Feb 27, 2014(AP)—Sony is borrowing innovations from its audio and camcorder businesses and incorporating its new Xperia Z2 smartphone with noise-cancelling technology and ultra-high-definition video recording. Noise cancellation works with an ...
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Facebook Has Agreed to Buy The Mobile Messaging APP WhatsApp for US$16 Billion
Feb 27, 2014Facebook, in a major push to expand its business on smaller screens, has agreed to buy the mobile messaging app WhatsApp for US$16 billion, the companies said Wednesday. Facebook plans to pay $12 billion in shares and $4 billion in cash ...
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Facebook Founder Gives Nearly $1 Billion of His Fortune to Charity
Feb 25, 2014Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was America's most generous donor in 2013, giving nearly $1 billion of his fortune to charity, according to a magazine report on Monday. The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which tracks charitable ...
Tags: Facebook, Zuckerberg, Donations, Warren Buffett
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Facebook Is Positioning Itself as a Mobile-First Social Network
Nov 6, 2013Facebook is positioning itself as a mobile-first social network, so its interest in the moves of major smartphone companies is natural. BlackBerry is a sinking ship searching desperately for a rescue, so its turning to any major mobile ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, smartphone, Blackberry
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Teen Interest in The Popular Social Media Website Is Waning
Nov 1, 2013Facebook has admitted that teen interest in the popular social media website is waning, even though the number of users grew marginally in the last quarter. "We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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BlackBerry Met with Facebook Executives
Oct 31, 2013Senior executives at ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry met with Facebook executives to find out whether the social media company might be interested in bidding for the Canadian firm. News of the meeting was reported in the Wall Street ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, smartphone
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Facebook Shares Have Risen to a Record High
Sep 13, 2013Facebook shares have risen to a record high, with the success of mobile advertising and expansions into new areas hailed as reasons for increased stock market confidence in the world's largest social network. Wednesday trading saw shares ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer Have Both Commented on The NSA Prism Revelations
Sep 13, 2013Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Facebook Has Blamed a Misunderstanding for an Embarrassing Incident Last Week
Aug 26, 2013Facebook has blamed a misunderstanding for an embarrassing incident last week in which founder Mark Zuckerberg's Timeline was hacked to draw attention to a security flaw a researcher believed was being ignored by firm. As QEDs go, what ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products