Tag: Facebook
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Google beats Facebook as top referral source for publishers
San Francisco : Google has beaten Facebook to become publishers’ main source of external page views over the course of 2017, a new data showed. Google used to be the main source of referral traffic for web publishers. Then Facebook eclipsed it, ReCode reported late on Monday. According to digital analytics company Parse.ly, Google sent…
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Facebook to introduce live streaming, video chats to Messenger games
San Francisco : More than a year after launching “Instant Games” — a new platform for gaming with friends on the Messenger chat app, Facebook has announced support for live streaming via Facebook Live and video chatting with fellow gamers. “First, we’re launching live streaming, which will start to roll out today, to gamers who…
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Facebook opens new office in London, to hire 800 people
London : Facebook has opened a new office in London and has announced that it would hire 800 people which will take the total strength of its employees in Britain to 2,300 workers by the end of 2018, the media reported on Monday. The new seven-storey office building in central London will make the British…
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Facebook to review advertising policies for ‘multicultural affinity’ groups
San Francisco : To ensure that advertisers do not use Facebook tools in a discriminatory way, company COO Sheryl Sandberg said that the social media giant would take a closer look at its advertising policies. In light of a ProPublica investigation and pressure from the Congressional Black Caucus, Sandberg announced the decision in a letter…
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Over 4 mn Indians join Facebook’s blood donation feature
New York : More than four million donors in India have signed up for Facebook’s blood donation feature and the company will now expand this feature to Bangladesh, the social media giant has said. In October, Facebook launched a new blood donations feature, starting in India, to make it easier for people to donate blood.…
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Facebook launches ‘bot makeover contest’ for small businesses
San Francisco : Inspired by small businesses who are using Facebook Messenger to connect with their communities and customers, the social media giant has announced the launch of the first-ever “bot makeover contest”. In partnership with the bot development platform ManyChat, the contest will have three winners who will receive $5,000 each in ad credits.…
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Russia-funded firms invested heavily in Twitter, Facebook: ICIJ
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Washington : As the US Congress investigates Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election by using social media giants, a new trove of confidential documents has revealed that Facebook and Twitter received major investments from firms with ties to Kremlin-owned corporations. The documents called “Paradise Papers”, were obtained by German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and reviewed…
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With 217 mn Indian users, Facebook to help businesses drive growth
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Mumbai : Facebook with over 217 million monthly active users in India is closely working with marketers and advertisers to discuss how the social media giant can help businesses drive growth. With 2.1 billion monthly active users globally, Facebook currently has 212 million monthly active users on smartphones in the country. “With over 217 million…
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‘126 mn Facebook users saw Russian ads during 2016 US election’
San Francisco : As Facebook, Google and Twitter prepared to face questioning on November 1 into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election, the tech giants were planning to tell the lawmakers that the Russian content on their respective platforms reached more users than reported earlier. According to a report in The Washington Post…
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Facebook to disclose details about political advertisers
San Francisco : Facebook has vowed to make political ads more transparent, allowing users of the social network to know more about the advertisers which may include their identity and location. The move comes ahead of the November 1 US Congressional hearings in which tech giants including Facebook will be questioned about Russian meddling in…