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Belgian Appeal Strikes Down Facebook Privacy Ruling

The appeal annuls a ruling that had prompted Facebook to block access to its Belgian site for non-users

9 years ago

WhatsApp Users Make 100m Calls Every Month

WhatsApp continues to find success in over the top communications, with 1,100 calls made every second

9 years ago

Lessons From Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Networking Account Breach

ANALYSIS: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a mistake that many, perhaps most, people make and reused passwords for…

9 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Hit By LinkedIn Password Hack

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg attacked after login details allegedly leaked in LinkedIn breach last month

9 years ago

Instagram Adds Analytics, Contact And Promotional Tools For Businesses

Instagram looks to boost advertising revenues by giving businesses more features

9 years ago

Facebook To Track Non-Users To Aid Advert Push

Social network giant will begin tracking people without Facebook accounts as part of advertising growth

9 years ago

Microsoft And Facebook Team Up To Build Transatlantic Data Cable

Set to be completed in 2017, new MAREA cable will help speed up cloud and online services at both companies

9 years ago

Irish Watchdog Refers Facebook Data Transfers To European Court

Debate over data privacy reaches next level as Facebook's transfers to the US are pushed up the legal ladder

9 years ago

Instagram Patches Two Brute Force Login Bugs

Instagram lacked basic security protections on its mobile and web logins, a researcher has found

9 years ago

Facebook Open-Sources Its Capture The Flag Competition Platform

Security gamification technology has already been used for hundreds of contests, helping to improve the state of security education

9 years ago

Facebook Moments Photo App Launches In Europe Without Facial Recognition

Moments launches across Europe – but without any facial recognition tools as Facebook deals with long-running legal cases concerning user…

9 years ago

WhatsApp Launches Desktop Apps For Windows And Mac

New desktop apps will sync to your smartphone to make sure you never miss another WhatsApp message

9 years ago

Facebook Denies Blocking Right Wing Political News

Social media giant has been accused of hiding conservative opinions in its Trending Topics news feed

9 years ago

Facebook Blocked From Taking Biometric Data From Users

California court rules that social media giant should not have access to personal details garnered from photographs

9 years ago

Brazil Blocks WhatsApp For 72 Hours

Brazilian judge orders operators to block access in latest battle between country and WhatsApp

9 years ago

Facebook Triples Profit As Advertising Revenue Soars

Facebook nearly doubles its revenue, as advertising budgets shun traditional media and move online

9 years ago

Facebook Wants To Launch Its Own Camera

Standalone camera app would give Facebook and Instagram more access to your photos

9 years ago

Researcher Finds Hackers’ Traces On Facebook Server

Taiwanese researcher finds evidence of an earlier data breach whilst participating in Facebook's bug bounty programme

9 years ago

Why Bots Aren’t Ready To Replace Mobile Apps

Everybody's hyping bots as a solution to out-of-control mobile apps. Don't believe the hype

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger Launches Group Calls

Up to 50 people can now conflab together thanks to new expansion of messaging app

9 years ago

Hootsuite Unveils Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Instagram Video Integrations

Video is "crucial" to organisations as they evolve their digital transformation strategies, says Hootsuite

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Facebook

Facebook is the world's biggest social network and one of the most influential firms in Silicon Valley, but what do…

9 years ago

Facebook Wants To Build Some ‘Badass’ Technology

Social media giant signs up former DARPA and Google executive to head new Building 8 projects

9 years ago

Facebook’s Internet.org Offers Developer Simulator For Free Basics

Facebook presses ahead with controversial Free Basics service for Internet.org , allowing developers to test their services and find out…

9 years ago

Facebook Gives Developers More Tools, APIs To Monetise Apps

Facebook offers new integrations, monitoring tools that it says will help companies build better apps and make more money

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger And WhatsApp Are ‘Three Times More Popular’ Than SMS

Two apps process around 60 billion messages a day, Facebook reveals as it launches new open API platform for chatbots

9 years ago

Attention, Londoners! Facebook Wants You To Vote

Newsfeed campaign looks to encourage Facebook users to register to vote in upcoming May 6 mayoral elections

9 years ago

Facebook Is Doubling The Size Of Its Irish Data Centre

Facebook's County Meath data centre gets extension approval as work starts on 621,000 sq ft site

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger ‘Plans’ In-Store Payments

Next evolution of Facebook Messenger looks to add direct payments and secret conversations

9 years ago

What Are Tech’s Biggest Companies Up To In Ireland?

On St Patrick's Day, we take a look at the biggest tech firms attracted to Ireland by talent, taxes and…

9 years ago