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Facebook News to launch in the UK

Facebook News, the social network’s dedicated section for news content, is to launch to its 51 million UK users tomorrow afternoon (January 27th, 2021) The UK is the second market […]

26 January 202118 February 2021 Chris Price Facebook, Facebook Applications, News

Facebook suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of apps

Facebook has said it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting in March 2018, […]

20 September 201921 September 2019 Chris Price Facebook, Facebook Applications, News

Facebook Messenger launches two multiplayer video chat AR games

Due to go live on Facebook Messenger today (August 8th, 2018) are two new video games using AR filter technology to allow users to challenge their friends at the same […]

8 August 20188 August 2018 Chris Price Facebook Applications, Gadgets, Social Media

The Digest: Video games don’t cause violence… and 5 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title=”Next”] US study finds no links between violent video games and violence | The Independent “A new long-term study into violent media in the US could help settle the […]

11 November 20146 February 2017 Stuart Apple, Computers, Facebook, Facebook Applications, Gadgets, Gaming, Internet, iPhone, Twitter, Video games, Windows

The Digest: Elon Musk’s next mission… and 4 other things people are talking about today

[nextpage title=”Next”] Elon Musk’s next mission: internet satellites | The Wall Street Journal “Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shook up the automotive and aerospace industries with electric cars and cheap rockets. […]

10 November 2014 Stuart Censorship, Facebook, Facebook Applications, Gadgets, Gaming, Internet, Microsoft, Nintendo, Science, Social Media, Space, Video games, Xbox One

Facebook launches new chatroom app … funnily enough, called Rooms

Facebook has launched a new app, called Rooms, that lets you create anonymous chatrooms and post about anything you want – without having to give your real name. Yes, because […]

24 October 201423 January 2018 Stuart Facebook, Facebook Applications, Internet

Now Facebook will pay users to experiment on them

Facebook appears to have learnt its lesson from the recent outcry over experiments that it carried out on its users. Sky News reports that Facebook is offering actual money to […]

31 July 201410 May 2019 Stuart Apps, Facebook, Facebook Applications

William Shatner is not a fan of Facebook Mentions

It’s Facebook, Jim, but not quite as you like it. Canadian actor William Shatner — variously famous as eccentric lawyer Denny Crane on Boston Legal, beat cop TJ Hooker, womanising […]

24 July 201430 July 2014 Stuart Facebook, Facebook Applications, Features

INTERVIEW: Kaspersky Lab's Costin Raiu on Android security, Twitter and cyber wars

Cybercrime is no longer exclusive to PCs and Macs, with hacks, spam, malware and trojans hitting smartphones, tablets and cloud storage services too. No-one knows this better than Costin Raiu of the security specialists at Kaspersky Lab. As the…

19 April 2011 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Facebook Applications, Features, Interview, Interviews, Mobile phones, OS X Leopard, OS X Lion, Social Media, Software, Tablet, Tech Digest news, Twitter, Websites, Windows 7, Windows 8

Facebook adds "I've Voted" button for General Election

If you're a UK resident and haven't been living under a stone for the last month, you'll know that today is vote-casting day in one of the most closely run General Elections in recent history. Facebook, recognising its platform's ability…

6 May 20103 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Facebook, Facebook Applications, Tech Digest news, Web 2.0

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