Facebook passes two billion monthly active users
Facebook yesterday announced a new milestone: the social network now has a whopping two billion monthly active users.
Facebook bankrolling creation of its own video series, due later this year
To Facebook, funding original video programming is like priming the pump at an oilfield, giving creators a financial incentive to upload more video to the social network.
Facebook for iOS now lets everyone use animated GIFs in comments
Today marked the 30th anniversary of the GIF and Facebook just announced that all users on Facebook can now use animated GIFs in comments via the mobile app.
Facebook could let you subscribe to news publications directly from the app
Facebook is reportedly woking on a new feature that would permit users to subscribe to paywall’d news publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, directly from its mainland mobile app.
Social Downloader lets you download media from social networking apps
Social media apps are typically restrictive about saving media that other people post, but this jailbreak tweak helps you find a way around that.
Can Facebook win over the Snapchat audience with purported teen-centric Talk app?
Hints in the Facebook app’s code reveal that the company may be working on a new app that will further steal away Snapchat’s teenage user base.
Facebook is making Instant Articles compatible with Apple News and Google AMP formats
Facebook has released new tools to help publishers make their Instant Articles compatible with Apple News and Google AMP formats.
Facebook rolls out revamped Trending results page
Facebook’s redesigned Trending page makes it easier to discover other publications that are covering the story and see what your friends are saying about it.
Facebook signs video deals with Electronic Sports League and Major League Baseball
The latest deals signal a video strategy shift for Facebook.
Instagram exploring adding offline mode to iPhone app
Instagram for Android has gained an offline mode at Facebook’s F8 developer conference yesterday. The company is “exploring” adding the feature to Instagram for iPhone.
Messenger launches turn-by-turn games, M assistant gains food ordering
With over 1.5 billion games played in just the last 90 days, small wonder Facebook is doubling down on gaming with game bots and turn-by-turn games on Messenger.
Discovery in physical world with Messenger’s new parametric QR codes
With the newly introduced parametric QR codes, Messenger users who are out and about at events can simply scan the code to find out more from a bot for Messenger.