We wanted to show, in a tongue in cheek way, the current mood of publishers as Facebook continues to shift its often awkward and overbearing relationship with media. We carried the theme throughout the issue: Look for tributes to Frogger, Qbert, Pac-Man and Punch-Out, among other classics. Read More

Just under eight weeks since Facebook's algorithm change, which many expected would hike ad prices, things are mostly business as usual. That's according to a group of top media buyers who gathered in New Orleans this week for the Digiday Media Buying Summit. “We've literally had no changes … Read More

Accepting strangers into your Facebook life gives them access to such personal information. Even information like friends names, holiday plans, likes and dislikes can be compiled and stolen and of course you can potentially give away more sensitive information like your photos, phone number and … Read More

Facebook's news-feed changes have already killed LittleThings and Cox Media-owned publisher Rare and are threatening other viral ones. But their knock-on effects are expected to reverberate past the publishers themselves to the companies that supported and enabled Facebook strategies that are … Read More

This drawing from a Facebook patent shows the self-balancing robot. A self-balancing robot could be used to expand its video conferencing offerings. Facebook has offered video calls on Messenger since 2015. With video conferencing on a telepresence robot, a friend could virtually follow you around … Read More

Expected to lose nearly 2 million users younger than 25 in 2018 to growing social platform Snapchat, many are wondering whether Facebook will remain a prominent business partner beyond 2018. Interestingly, Snapchat, a photo-sharing platform, has established itself as a lucrative business partner for … Read More

blackberry-facebook-lawsuit.jpg Facebook said it will fight BlackBerry's lawsuit over messaging patents. (File photo). BlackBerry on Tuesday said it filed a lawsuit against Facebook, and its companies WhatsApp and Instagram, for patent infringement. BlackBerry claims Facebook violated its intellectual … Read More

Tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google are taking steps to police terrorists and hate groups on their sites but more work needs to be done, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Tuesday. The organization released its annual digital terrorism and hate report card and gave a B-plus to Facebook, a B-minus … …

Blackberry has filed a lawsuit in the US accusing Facebook of copying features from Blackberry Messenger in a violation of its patent rights. Blackberry, which was once a leader in the smartphone market, says Facebook used the features and technology in its WhatsApp and Instagram apps. The claims … Read More

BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. Litigation over patent infringement is part of BlackBerry chief executive John Chen's strategy for making money for … Read More