Facebook Messenger Getting a Redesign, Will Remove Discover Tab: Report

Facebook Messenger has ditched chat bots and removed Discover tab as part of a larger redesign process to remain simple and catch more eyeballs. The changes will appear next week, reports TechCrunch, in a move to focus on speed and simplicity. “The changes are part of a larger Messenger redesign that reorients the People tab … Read more

Facebook Says It Will Ban Misleading Ads About Coronavirus

With the window to submit comments on India’s proposed personal data protection law closing on Tuesday, a period of anxious wait for final version of the Bill started for social media firms. This comes even as global Internet companies have called on the government for improved transparency related to intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules and allay … Read more

Facebook to Pay Users for Voice Recordings in Bid to Improve Speech Recognition

Facebook has announced it will pay select users who agree to record their voice to improve its speech recognition technology. According to The Verge, the social networking giant company will pay select users to record snippets of audio through a new programme called “Pronunciations” in its Viewpoints market research app. If you qualify to be part … Read more

Sony, Facebook Skipping GDC 2020 Over Coronavirus Concerns

Sony and Facebook have decided to skip this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) scheduled for March 16 in San Francisco. Both companies have cited coronavirus concerns as their reason for not attending the conference. This comes a day after Sony said it won’t be attending PAX East that is scheduled for February 27. Facebook, on … Read more

Facebook, Google, Others’ Encryption Said to Be Threatened by Planned New US Bill

US legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, and it aims to curb the distribution of child sexual abuse material on such platforms. The bill, proposed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham and … Read more

Facebook Invests in Indian Education Startup Unacademy

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday joined others such as General Atlantic and Sequoia India for a fresh $110 million (roughly Rs. 788.48 crores) round of funding into one of India’s fastest growing education technology start-up Unacademy. “We thank General Atlantic and Facebook who have joined us in this journey and our existing investors who … Read more

Facebook Faces US Tax Court Trial Over Ireland Offshore Deal

Facebook is slated to begin a tax trial in a San Francisco court on Tuesday, as the Internal Revenue Service tries to convince a judge the world’s largest social media company owes more than $9 billion linked to its decision to shift profits to Ireland. The trial, which Facebook expects will take three to four weeks, … Read more