Facebook Share Price Rise Following Kylie Jenner Snapchat Tweet
With great power comes responsibility and all that, so when reality star Kylie Jenner tweeted to say she doesn't open Snapchat anymore, it's share prices were reported to have dropped an eye-watering $1.3billion (£1bn) shortly later. However, while it was a rough day for Snapchat, rivals Facebook … Read More
Facebook drops shooting game demo at conservative event
Facebook has said it regrets promoting a virtual reality shooting game on its stand at a US conservatives' event. The game allows the player to shoot imaginary weapons against enemies in a public train station. Facebook said it removed the display at the Conservative Political Action Conference “out of … Read …
There’s one way to hold tech companies hostage and fix the spread of hoaxes, conspiracy theories …
Hoaxes and fake news continue to be promoted on big tech platforms run by Facebook and Google. The companies have proven in the past that they can make big changes when properly incentivized. Advertisers could pull their ads from Facebook and Google in order to force the companies to fix …
This Facebook recruiting initiative turned a psychology major into a sought-after product manager
Xu's internship experiences attracted the attention of a Facebook recruiter, who reached out to her via LinkedIn. As the recruiter explained, Xu was a prime candidate for Facebook's Rotational Product Manager (RPM) program — a recruiting initiative the company started in 2011 that takes inexperienced … Read More
Mangaluru activist abused on Facebook, files FIR
On February 18, Shruti Kotian took to Facebook expressing her support for Katipalla, who is the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for Mangaluru City North Assembly constituency. The activist was taken aback when she was faced with a stinging volley of abuse. “I should have known that if I … …
Facebook Removes Shooting Game ‘Out of Respect for’ Parkland Victims
Facebook has removed a virtual reality shooter game demo from a booth it has set up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, after people drew attention to it online and questioned whether it was appropriate in light of the shooting last week in Parkland, Florida. A video of … …
Facebook Pulls VR First-Person Shooter Game From Demo at Conservative Political Conference
Facebook found itself in the spotlight of gun-violence controversy after showing off a first-person virtual-reality shooting game at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week. Facebook was demo'ing futuristic combat-simulation game “Bullet Train” in its booth at CPAC in Maryland just outside … Read More
Facebook’s 2FA bug lands social media giant in hot water
News reports of the issue led several security experts and privacy advocates to slam Facebook for leveraging two-factor authentication numbers for what many viewed as Facebook spam. Critics assumed the Facebook 2FA notifications, which alerted users about friends' activity, were intentional and part … Read More
Facebook removes a virtual-reality shooting demo from its booth at CPAC
Facebook removed Friday a virtual-reality shooter game demo from a booth it has set up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), after people drew attention to it online and questioned whether it was appropriate in light of the shooting last week in Parkland, Fla. A video of attendees … Read …
Facebook pulls violent virtual reality games from CPAC booth after Parkland
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook pulled violent virtual reality games, including one in which players pretend to shoot people in a train station, from its booth at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference after public criticism. Facebook's vice president of virtual reality, Hugo Barra, apologized for … Read More