Belles beware! Facebook bandits are on the prowl
18 Jan 2016
A racket has been unearthed where Facebook pictures of attractive Indian women – or even pictures taken clandestinely in public places – are being morphed and misused to promote sex chats and pornographic content
Apex German court rules Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ illegal
15 Jan 2016
Upholding the rulings of two lower courts, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice declared illegal the ‘Friends Finder’ feature, which allows Facebook to vacuum up addresses from a user’s address book and invite non-Facebook users to join the service
Facebook joins telcos in favour of differential pricing
13 Jan 2016
Facebook has become the only internet firm to join telecom operators in favour of differential pricing for data services amid a debate over net neutrality principles
IIT, IISc faculty oppose Facebook’s Free Basics
30 Dec 2015
Faculty from India's top institutes have asked Trai to reject Facebook’s 'Free Basics' to protect the citizens’ rights to use the internet as they wish
Trai tells RCom to pull plug on Facebook's Free Basics
23 Dec 2015
Still dithering over whether Facebook's free service violates net neutrality norms, the telecom regulator has asked Reliance Communications to stop providing Free Basics till it makes up its mind
Facebook top app of 2015
21 Dec 2015
Facebook goes all out to push Free Basics in India
17 Dec 2015
Facebook users are being confronted with a message supporting Facebook’s stand on Free Basics which the users are expected to forward to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Facebook’s new update allows users to share live videos and collages
05 Dec 2015
The new feature will enable 1.5 billion Facebook users use their smartphones to shoot video so other people can see what they are doing as it happens or, alternatively, watch live video of friends and family doing something fun
Facebook CEO and wife pledge 99% of shareholding to charity
02 Dec 2015
The donation, amounting to $45 billion at Facebook's current value, will not, however, be made immediately, but over the course of the couple's lives
Facebook launches Free Basics pan India via Reliance
25 Nov 2015
Mark Zuckerberg today through a Facebook post announced that all Reliance subscribers across India can now access free internet, for limited basic services, via Facebook’s controversial Free Basics
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave
23 Nov 2015
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is going on two months paternity leave after the birth of his daughter
Ire on Twitter as piece on Modi vanishes from FB
21 Nov 2015
Stressful to have over 300 FB friends: research
20 Nov 2015
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