This week, Facebook introduced its Canvas Creation API, allowing developers to create solutions for advertisers; to help them take advantage of the interactive full-screen, mobile experience that Canvas offers. In case you are not familiar with Canvas - …
Facebook is now allowing some Pages to link to, and post to groups they admin, to bolster community-building. Facebook Groups have seen many great updates in the last 12 months. And today, over a billion users …
Facebook wants to make it easier and a lot more fun for people to get creative with their photos and videos - and share them with their friends. And to make this possible, the company is launching …
Facebook is not averse to innovation. But now, the company could be take a giant leap forward, possibly creating the first ever "mind reading" device. Freaky? Facebook could actually be working, not on one, but four new …
Just over two weeks ago, we brought you the news that Facebook was testing reactions on Messenger. Well, today reactions are rolling out on Messenger for one on one conversations, as well as group chats. A new …
In December, Facebook announced that it was starting to allow users to add colourful backgrounds to their status updates. Since then, the feature has appeared only on Android devices. Now, it seems to be rolling …
As you scroll through your News Feed every day, there are many posts and conversations you care about, and might want to keep tabs on. Sure, you could always save a post, but what about …
Following updates made to metric names and definitions last November, and several tweaks to its ad reporting, Facebook is now updating its metric names again, to bring more clarity to the reporting process. Facebook got into some trouble …
Facebook has been rattled with backlash over the inaccurate video metrics it provided to advertisers for months and months - but it will now make sure you don't miss a single second of a video. How is this going to happen? …
Following Twitter's aggressive entry into live sports streaming, Facebook has also been working hard to increase its live sports offering. The latest deal with Univision will bring over 22 Major League Soccer (MLS) games live …
As part of its Journalism Project, and in response to ongoing conversations with publishers, Facebook has announced that it will be updating its Instant Articles feature in order to grant publishers more flexibility and monetisation control. Ever since …
Last year, Oculus announced Oculus Rooms and Parties, to make VR a fuller social experience. Now, the company is updating its Gear VR with more social features, including VR Livestreaming. It's not hard to imagine why VR …
After Instagram and WhatsApp, now Messenger is becoming the latest Facebook property to launch its own version of (Snapchat) Stories. Snapchat may have been the precursor, but Stories are now available on almost every app owned by …
We hear about "fake news" on a daily basis. So much so, that it has become "big news." And something had to be done about it. Now, Facebook IS starting to do something about it. In February Mark …
It seems like the wait could be over. We are finally getting a dislike button on Facebook. Just not where we had imagined it to be. Reactions have been a success for Facebook, and the the company is …
Reactions turned one the other day, and have been used over 300 billion times. Facebook is about to use the information it has been harvesting, to update its News Feed once again. Facebook is constantly updating …
Look, I won't tire you with my "Facebook is the new primetime" quote. This is now established in our collective consciousness. Facebook, is testing ad breaks in its live and pre-recorded videos. We have already experienced this (rather annoying) feature on YouTube, …
Facebook To Test GIFs In Comments For The First Time
After years of resistance, Facebook is ready to give in, and allow us to use GIFs in comments. GIFs were not always welcome on Facebook. Then it started allowing us to share GIFs on our timelines and …