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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers, posing a challenge to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. The platform’s users will be able to find help-wanted posts at business pages on Facebook or by looking in a new ‘jobs’ bookmark on the leading social network’s mobile application. “Businesses and people already use Facebook to fill and find jobs, so we’re rolling out […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday announced it was rolling out apps to allow people to view videos posted on the social network on connected televisions. The new apps — for Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV and Samsung Smart TV — will provide a more convenient way for users of the social network to view videos on a large screen. The move could be a small step toward what some reports say […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday updated its Safety Check feature with a way for people to lend, or get, helping hands after disasters. A new “Community Help” feature provides a forum at the leading social network where assistance can be offered to victims of floods, earthquakes, fires or other kinds of natural or accidental tragedy, according to Facebook vice president of social good Naomi Gleit. “In times of crisis, connecting is […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook shares bounced Wednesday with word that profit more than doubled in the final quarter of last year, coming back down after a vow to spend heavily on the future. In earnings that topped most forecasts, Facebook said it made a net profit of $3.7 billion on revenue of $8.6 billion in the fourth quarter, as compared with profit of $1.6 billion on […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Under pressure to stymie the spread of fake news, Facebook on Wednesday modified its system for showing trending topics. The leading social network said that instead of simply showing a topic, it will include headlines from articles about the trending subjects along with sources publishing those stories. “This was the most requested feature addition since the last update we made,” product management vice president Will Cathcart said in a […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — The families of three Orlando nightclub shooting victims have filed suit against Facebook, Twitter and Google accusing them of providing “material support” to the Islamic State group by allowing the spread of extremist propaganda that inspired the attack. The assault by gunman Omar Mateen, who pledged allegiance to IS, left 49 people dead and 53 injured at the Pulse nightclub in June, in the deadliest mass […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Monday began testing a live audio streaming service that will let people essentially broadcast radio-style on the leading online social network. Partners working with Facebook to test “Live Audio” included BBC World Service, book publisher HarperCollins, British talk radio station LBC, and authors Adam Grant and Brit Bennett. The new feature comes as an alternative to a Facebook tool that lets people stream live video at the […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler” — named Jarvis — is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about 100 hours to making a system inspired by the “Iron Man” film character Jarvis as a virtual assistant to help manage his household. “In some ways, this challenge was easier than […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (AFP) — Facebook Inc said on Thursday (December 15) it will introduce tools to prevent fake news stories from spreading on its platform, an about-face in response to rising criticism that it did not do enough to combat the problem during the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election. The social network company has faced controversies throughout the year that involve its monitoring and policing of content produced by its 1.8 billion users. […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sydney’s famous New Year’s Eve fireworks, which traditionally kick off the world’s major celebrations, are set to be streamed live on Facebook for the first time, officials said Monday. The visual extravaganza in Australia’s biggest city is already watched by more than a million people at Sydney Harbor and a further one billion via a television audience. Organizers hope the live stream will be viewed by more than 10 million Facebook […]
SAN FRANSCICO, United States (AFP)- Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees, who asked for anonymity, as saying that the tool could filter news feeds at the social network in specific places. “We have long said that we are interested in China, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — WhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. Conversations with officials in Europe over the past few months resulted in the social network deciding to only tapping into WhatsApp user data there for purposes such as fighting spam, according to the source. The break was described as […]
