Sue Black left school with just a handful of qualifications. She found herself a young single parent raising three small kids in social housing in London. Yet today – after studying mathematics at night school, learning to code, and a successful career working for the likes of the European Commision, … …

In addition to allowing users to temporarily turn off notifications for all of their conversations at once, did you know that Facebook Messenger also allows users to mute individual conversations temporarily, or even indefinitely? When a user mutes a conversation, they won't be notified when they receive … Read More

Facebook said women 18 through 24 accounted for more than one-fourth of conversation about International Women's Day on the social network over the past three months, leading discussion at a rate three times higher than other topics on Facebook. The social network added that 43 percent of pages … Read More

BlackBerry, a former messaging powerhouse, is suing Facebook, a current messaging powerhouse, for patent infringement, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in California. BlackBerry claims that Facebook “created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry's innovations,” and … Read More

BlackBerry has sued Facebook for patent infringement in federal district court in California. The claim is that Facebook's various messaging tools, including WhatsApp, are using and infringing on BlackBerry's intellectual property. Reportedly, the companies were involved in licensing discussions, which … Read More

Facebook on Wednesday reversed a decision to take down a video posted by a Hungarian political aide that blamed crime on immigrants, saying it was making an exception to its usual ban on hate speech. The incident was the latest test of how Facebook, the world's largest social media network, …

A screenshot posted by Lazar online said the post had been removed for violating Facebook's community guidelines. Facebook was not immediately available for comment. In the video Lazar posted to his page on Tuesday, he addresses the camera in a street in Favoriten, the district of Vienna with the … Read …

Onavo is an Israeli mobile analytics startup that Facebook acquired in 2013. Now Facebook is using Onavo's technology to market it as a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. The way the VPN works is that it connects a user's device — in this case those that have downloaded Onovo — …

First up, Facebook is finally launching a new Community Finder tool for its #SheMeansBusiness program, which will connect female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses in 23 countries, including the U.S., Vietnam, Australia, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, and India. Originally launched in 2016, and … Read More

Pew Research has released a new report summarizing social media usage and found, of the 68 percent of Americans using Facebook, 74 percent check the site daily and 51 percent say are on the platform several times a day. Conducted over the phone during a three-day period early in January, …