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Facebook buys video ad firm LiveRail
Facebook has bought online video advertising platform LiveRail for a reported $500m (£292m), the Daily Telegraph reports. The Telegraph says that the San Francisco-based company's technology automatically pairs video ads with the videos that appear on many websites, such as…
Facebook faces UK probe into 'unethical' emotion study
Facebook is being investigated to assess whether an experiment in which it manipulated users' news feeds to study the effect it had on moods might have broken data protection laws, The Register has reported. The Information Commissioner's Office is said…
Here's why Facebook Slingshot is highly likely to fail.
Last night Facebook unveiled its latest attempt at taking on the young upstart that is Snapchat. The ephemeral messaging service has become wildly successful, taking on millions of users… especially young people.. and taking them outside of Facebook's sphere of…
Facebook is watching you – but soon you will be able to control how it uses that data
Have you ever wondered why Facebook showed you that advertisement for a new flatscreen TV, or a cheap flight to Bermuda? Soon you will be able to find out. Facebook has announced that it will soon give its users, starting…
Are Twitter and Facebook to blame for our surprise at the BBC's coverage of UKIP?
There's a lot of angry people on Twitter this morning. Its the night after the European and local elections and whilst not all of the results are in yet, everyone is furious about UKIP doing so well. The party has…
How Britain First took over social media: Are your Facebook friends accidentally fascists?
Today is European Election Day and across the country, and parts of Europe (the rest of Europe vote on Sunday) people exercising their democratic duty to choose the people who will make the big decisions. Online, the political debate over…
Facebook 'Slingshot' app to take on Snapchat
Facebook is reportedly working on a video-chat app, dubbed Slingshot, to rival the popular messaging service Snapchat. A report at PC Pro says that the rumoured app has been in development for some months, and could be launched within the…
Are Facebook about to give users… numbers?
Facebook seem to be trialling a new way to connect with friends. Why faff about with names or URLs, when you could simply use… a number. TheNextWeb spotted the tests, which appear to have been rolled out to a small…
Facebook pulls plug on Poke and Camera apps
Social network giant Facebook has removed the standalone Poke and Camera iOS apps from Apple's iTunes App Store. But as The Inquirer reports, the demise of Facebook Poke will not come as much of a surprise to many, with the…
[UPDATED] Facebook remove group campaigning against men who take unsolicited photos of women on trains
Facebook moderation is under a fire again following a decision by the company to remove a group campaigning against another, much creepier group. You might remember a group called "Women who eat on Tubes" that made headlines last month. The…
