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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
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 privacy
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
Facebook Denies Blocking Right Wing Political News
Social media giant has been accused of hiding conservative opinions in its Trending Topics news feed
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
Brazil Blocks WhatsApp For 72 Hours
Brazilian judge orders operators to block access in latest battle between country and WhatsApp
Facebook Triples Profit As Advertising Revenue Soars
Facebook nearly doubles its revenue, as advertising budgets shun traditional media and move online
Facebook Wants To Launch Its Own Camera
Standalone camera app would give Facebook and Instagram more access to your photos
Researcher Finds Hackers’ Traces On Facebook Server
Taiwanese researcher finds evidence of an earlier data breach whilst participating in Facebook's bug bounty programme
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
Facebook Messenger Launches Group Calls
Up to 50 people can now conflab together thanks to new expansion of messaging app
Hootsuite Unveils Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Instagram Video Integrations
Video is "crucial" to organisations as they evolve their digital transformation strategies, says Hootsuite
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 you know about it?
Facebook Wants To Build Some ‘Badass’ Technology
Social media giant signs up former DARPA and Google executive to head new Building 8 projects
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 more about users
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
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
Attention, Londoners! Facebook Wants You To Vote
Newsfeed campaign looks to encourage Facebook users to register to vote in upcoming May 6 mayoral elections
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
Facebook Messenger ‘Plans’ In-Store Payments
Next evolution of Facebook Messenger looks to add direct payments and secret conversations
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 the craic
Google Is Finally Ready To Open Source Its Data Centre Infrastructure
Google joins Facebook's Open Compute Project as web giant starts work on standardised racks for artificial intelligence, machine learning
Facebook Fixes Account Takeover Bug
The bug could have allowed a user to take over anyone's Facebook account using a simple brute-force attack
WhatsApp Adds Document Sharing On iOS And Android
WhatsApp adds more features in drive to add more users to its messaging platform
Facebook To Pay Millions More In UK Tax
Sales from big advertisers will no longer will routed through Irish tax haven as pressure mounts on Facebook to pay more corporation tax
Brazil Arrests Facebook Executive As WhatsApp Row Deepens
Facebook brands Brazilian decision to jail executive as “extreme and disproportionate”
Social Media – A Great Add-On To Existing Marketing Strategies
Helen Armour, marketing manager at Really Simple Systems, believes a perfect marketing strategy should never ignore social media
Facebook To Release Detailed AI Population Maps
The maps were created by using artificial intelligence techniques to recognise human-built structures
Facebook Launches Collaborative Telecoms Infrastructure Project
The Telecom Infra Project will aim to stimulate the development of new infrastructure technologies through open collaboration