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Ultra-local 'Facebook' turning city neighbours into friends
AFP, Published on 30/07/2015
» VIENNA - Perched on makeshift seats next to a buffet with fresh fruit, elderflower cordial and homemade muffins, neighbours laugh and chat on a leafy patch amid modern apartment blocks in Vienna's 15th district.
Google throttles back vision for its social network
AFP, Published on 28/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday said it is throttling back on its vision of having profiles at its social network serve as people's identities across its range of online offerings.
Reddit takes back reins from users at a risk
AFP, Published on 19/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Reddit became one of the most visited websites in the world on the backs of users devoted to the online bulletin board where people could post just about anything.
Google adding 'buy' buttons to mobile search ads
AFP, Published on 16/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google is looking to make it easier for people to shop while using its website, launching a trial run of a feature allowing smartphone users to make online purchases from their search results.
Facebook hands some news feed controls back to users
AFP, Published on 10/07/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook unveiled a new tool Thursday giving users more control of what they see in their news feeds, allowing them to override the choices made by algorithm.
Twitter buys artificial intelligence group Whetlab
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - Twitter on Wednesday acquired the artificial intelligence startup Whetlab, bolstering the analytics capacity which is becoming increasingly important for social networks.
Oculus virtual reality headsets set to ship in 2016
AFP, Published on 12/06/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook-owned Oculus on Thursday unveiled Rift virtual reality headsets that it will begin selling early next year.
Ukraine accuses Facebook of pro-Russia bias
AFP, Published on 15/05/2015
» KIEV - A senior aide to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday accused Facebook of political bias, ahead of a question-and-answer session with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook not an information bubble: researchers
AFP, Published on 08/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - Social media networks like Facebook are not putting users in an ideological information bubble, despite fears to the contrary, a new research report said Thursday.
Snapchat reveals government requests
AFP, Published on 03/04/2015
» WASHINGTON - Snapchat, the social network for users who like the security of disappearing messages, released its first transparency report Thursday showing hundreds of requests from US and foreign law enforcement agencies.