Today is Mother’s Day. While most of the people are busy today sharing their love to their mothers, social media giant Facebook also couldn’t resist itself from doing so. Facebook has released a “Happy Mother’s Day” video, captioning it: “Remember the friend who’s been with you from the start.”
Facebook is fast becoming a popular platform for hackers who use blatant scams to lure the users and install malware on their machines. A recent barrage of videos about ghosts or other supernatural phenomenon makes use of this technique to possibly compromise user accounts.
Facebook has rolled out a new version of its Messenger app for iOS. The new versions is quicker and packs a whole plethora of new features including the ability to share videos, send voice messages and more.
Facebook has long been tried to mull its mobile user base in order to boost ad revenues. The company is finally succeeding as is evident in its Q1 earnings which show a huge profit growth and a mobile user base exceeding one billion users per month.
Fitness apps are fast becoming the hot deals of the tech industry. Facebook has joined the fray by acquiring Moves, a notable motion-tracking app which is available to both Android and iPhone users.
Facebook launched its Paper app a while ago, apparently as an attempt to enter the news business. While the app hasn’t exactly been successful, the social network is now launching a Newswire which will do breaking news.
Every now and then, social media giant Facebook releases new features. Yesterday, Facebook launched Nearby Friends feature which will share a user’s nearby location with all his/her Facebook friends.
Being the largest online social network with more than 1 billion users, Facebook is always looking for more ways of leveraging this audience. Reports now have it that the company is now planning to roll out its very own e-money service.