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by Alex Pigman Agence France Presse TALLINN, Estonia (AFP) — Google and Facebook may face higher tax bills in Europe as the EU rushed Saturday to change rules so that more of Silicon Valley’s mega profits fall into public coffers. Public anger against the billions of euros earned by online behemoths is growing louder in Europe and EU finance ministers meeting in Estonia pledged to make sure the companies pay a fairer tax. But […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Monday said that pages that make a habit of linking to bogus news stories will no longer be able to advertise at the world’s leading online social network. The move is the latest shot fired by Facebook in its war against ‘fake news’ used to deceive instead of enlighten. “If Pages repeatedly share stories marked as false, these repeat offenders will no longer be allowed to advertise […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife welcomed their second daughter — August — to the world on Monday with a post on the leading social network. As they did with after the birth of their first daughter, Maxima, in late 2015, the couple wrote the girl a letter, but this one spoke of reveling in the wonder of childhood instead of visions of a better world on the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Monday made it simpler to see whether friends have checked in as “safe” on the online platform during disasters or other dangerous events. A Safety Check feature was given its own dedicated tab along with friends, groups, events and other main categories at the leading social network’s mobile application and desktop pages, according to the California-based company. “Safety Check helps our community let loved ones know they […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Facebook’s sneaky launch of a photo-sharing app in China, where its social network is banned, gives it a small taste of the massive market’s potential, but it may have to settle for just that for now. The United States tech giant acknowledged last week that it was behind the Colorful Balloons application, which is similar to its Moments app but omits any mention of Facebook’s brand name. Facebook has strived to […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook’s interest in China has led it to discretely create a photo-sharing application released there without the social network’s brand being attached. “We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country in different ways,” a Facebook representative said Friday in an email response to an AFP inquiry. “Our focus right now is on helping Chinese businesses and […]
Bloggers and other social media “influencers” who have more than 5,000 followers will be eligible for official press passes to cover Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his aides said Thursday. The government said giving bloggers presidential press accreditations reflected the new media landscape in which social media personalities were competing with traditional institutions such as newspapers. “We have to recognize new media and their influence,” assistant presidential press secretary Kris Ablan told reporters. He said Margaux […]
by Glenn Chapman with Rob Lever in Washington SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter shares were hammered Thursday after the company reported no gain in its user base in the past quarter, raising fresh fears about the future of the service as it loses more ground to Facebook. Twitter, which has been struggling to keep pace in the fast-moving world of social media, reported a net loss of $116 million in the second quarter, […]
by Glenn Chapman with Rob Lever in Washington Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter shares were hammered Thursday after the company reported no gain in its user base in the past quarter, raising fresh fears about the future of the service as it loses more ground to Facebook. Twitter, which has been struggling to keep pace in the fast-moving world of social media, reported a net loss of $116 million in […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday reported a surge in profits in the past quarter, fueled by strong growth in money-making ads to its more than two billion users. Net profit in the second quarter leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion while revenue climbed 45 percent to $9.3 billion. In after-hours trade, Facebook shares rose some 3.4 percent to $171.35 on the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Facebook on Tuesday said that advertisements will begin popping up on Messenger home screens globally after promising tests with users in Australia and Thailand. “Messenger ads are going global,” the Facebook-owned mobile messaging service said in an online post. “People will see Messenger ads in the home tab of their Messenger mobile app.” Facebook enticed businesses to take advantage of a new tool for creating ads for Messenger, which […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Friday unveiled plans to transform its Silicon Valley headquarters campus into a “mixed-use village” complete with housing and retail shops. Impetus for the “Willow Campus” includes inadequate housing and public transit, making it tough for Facebook workers to live and commute where the leading social network has its headquarters, according to vice president of global facilities and real estate John Tenanes. The plan, a final version of […]
