Facebook, WhatsApp end BB 10 support
23 Mar 2016
Dead may eventually outnumber the living on Facebook
08 Mar 2016
According to researchers, Facebook will become the world’s biggest virtual graveyard by the end of this century as there will be more profiles of dead people than of living users
Brazil releases detained Facebook executive
03 Mar 2016
Facebook, MS, Google to back Apple decryption battle
27 Feb 2016
The internet giants, normally in fierce competition, plan a joint motion against the FBI demand that Apple create a backdoor entry into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, as they all share similar privacy concerns
‘Upset’ Zuckerberg distances himself from Andreessen comments
11 Feb 2016
Facebook founder Zuckerberg came down heavily on Facebook board member Andreessen for his offensive tweet that created uproar on the social media
Investor Marc Andreessen slams Trai, but eats his words
11 Feb 2016
Two days after the differential pricing regulation by TRAI put an end to Facebook's Free Basics programme in India, investor and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen took to Twitter to vent his ire, but ended up enraging Indians instead
Facebook for iPhone drains battery life: Report
09 Feb 2016
India opts for net neutrality, bars differential pricing
08 Feb 2016
The decision by Trai that "no service provider shall offer or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on basis of content" spells an end to Facebook’s Free Basics as well as other zero-rating schemes like Airtel Zero
PMO irate with Facebook, sets up panel on neutrality
04 Feb 2016
Facebook has been engaged in a war of words with Trai over responses made through the social networks' platform to a consultation paper on differential pricing of data services
Facebook, Instagram block online gun sales
30 Jan 2016
Facebook Q4 profit tops $1.56 bn as revenue zooms past $5 bn
28 Jan 2016
At $5 billion, Facebook's quarterly revenue is more than what internet giant Yahoo now generates in an entire year
Over 200 Facebook friends not possible: study
20 Jan 2016
Limitations on brain capacity and free time means humans cannot nurture more than about 150 true friendships on social media, just as in real life
Trai, Facebook in war of words over Free Basics campaign
20 Jan 2016
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has written a strongly-worded letter to Facebook, slamming the social media giant for the way it ran a campaign to save its zero-rating platform Free Basics
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