Facebook and Twitter each announced their own deals that provide them with exclusive programming for two major U.S. sports. It’s the latest sign that an arms race in live-streaming is only beginning between traditional media companies and new-age tech giants. Beginning this year, it’ll be baseball on Facebook and soccer on Twitter. Major League Baseball already worked with Facebook...
Facebook doesn’t want to lose the momentum it currently has in messaging, so it’s going to be a big year ahead. In 2018, the company appears to be focused on cleaning up Facebook Messenger after years of packing various features and integration. Users responded positively to most of the features, but they’re not exactly stored within the app in an attractive layout. The current state...
It’s a cruel world out there, and children have a way of finding themselves in situations that they probably shouldn’t be anywhere near. Apps like Snapchat and Instagram have become hotbeds for bullying and harassment. Facebook Messenger, too, isn’t exactly the kindest place for young people. You never know who a child is talking to, and you never know what they’re sending. But there’s...
We all have photos we'd like to keep private for whatever reason, but the advent of cameras on every phone and laptop has made taking photos we'd rather forget easier than ever. And alongside that has been a proliferation of people posting these photos online without our permission. Facebook says it has a solution: "send'em our way." The social media juggernaut is working with the...
More than six years ago the world was introduced to Facebook Messenger. It started as a regular chat-based feature within Facebook’s web and mobile apps before getting released as standalone service. Since debuting in August 2011, Facebook Messenger has quickly grown to become one of the largest messaging platforms in the world. Whether you have a Facebook profile or not, you can still...
Apparently you can never have too much football in your life, so Facebook is adding exclusive content from the National Football League to its platform. Facebook and the NFL have reached a deal in which the league will provide highlights from every game as well as two studio shows through next season. NFL Films, the league’s award-winning production company, will handle the creation of...
Facebook is ready to show its muscle in live-streaming, but today it'll have another notch placed in the loss column. The social network, which behaves more like a media company these days, failed to secure streaming rights to the India Premier League. Facebook joined more than ten bidders vying for a mixture of broadcast and streaming rights to place on their respective platforms. The...
On Wednesday, Spotify announced that it has further expanded its Facebook integration by allowing users to create playlists with their friends in Messenger. The way it works is simple: open a chat in Messenger, tap the ‘+’ icon in the lower-left corner, select Spotify, create a playlist, then everyone in the conversation will be able to add songs. Best of all, your...
Over the course of the past few weeks, Facebook has been silently rolling out a new feature — dubbed Rocket Feed — to its mobile application. Accessible by pressing a rocket-shaped icon in the menu bar, Rocket Feed analyzes content you’ve liked in the past to produce a second News Feed filled with popular articles, photos and videos it thinks you’ll enjoy. If the feature...
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UPDATE: Two things, as we’ve received clarification from a PR rep. First, the total Zenimax in the suit was actually $6 billion, with $4 billion towards punitive and $2 billion to actual damages. Second, Oculus released this statement. “The heart of this case was about whether Oculus stole ZeniMax’s trade secrets, and the jury found decisively in our favor. We’re obviously...