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Facebook no sabe qué sucede con los datos que recopila
En un documento filtrado del año pasado, los ingenieros de privacidad de Facebook aparentemente admitieron que la empresa no sabe cómo maneja los datos de los usuarios. FacebookLos ingenieros de privacidad de aparentemente han admitido que la compañía no sabe cómo maneja los datos de los usuarios. La privacidad siempre ha sido un tema delicado…
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Facebook adds support for live streaming and video chats to Messenger games
Last November, Facebook launched Instant Games, a new platform for gaming with friends inside the Messenger chat app. Today, the company is announcing a couple of notable new features for this gaming platform, including support for live streaming via Facebook Live and video chatting with fellow gamers. The idea with Instant Games is to boost…
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The trouble with Sandberg saying Facebook allows fake news ads
If the Russian-bought election interference ads hadn’t been bought by fraudulent accounts, “Most of them would be allowed to run” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said this morning. “The responsibility of an open platform is to allow people to express themselves” she said during the first of an Axios interview series with Facebook execs. “The thing…
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Facebook survives Q4 despite slowest daily user growth ever
Despite worries about Russia and that passive News Feed scrolling hurts us, Facebook beat expectations again in its Q4 2017 earnings report. Facebook now has 1.4 billion daily users, up 2.18% compared to growing 3.8% to 1.37 billion users in Q3. That’s a sizeable slow down, and the lowest quarter-over-quarter percentage daily user growth ever…
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Facebook acquires biometric ID verification startup Confirm.io
Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s acquired… Confirm.io. The startup offered an API that let other companies quickly verify someone’s government-issued identification card, like a driver’s license, was authentic. The Boston-based startup will shut down as both its team and technology are rolled into Facebook, where it could help users who are locked out…
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Facebook launches Watch tab of original video shows
Facebook has a new home for original video content produced exclusively for it by partners, who will earn 55 percent of ad break revenue while Facebook keeps 45 percent. The “Watch” tab and several dozen original shows will start rolling out to a small group of U.S. users tomorrow on mobile, desktop and Facebook’s TV…
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Facebook is testing a feature to prevent profile pictures being abused by other users
Facebook is introducing a new feature to give users peace of mind around how their profile photo can be used and accessed by others. The social network today announced a pilot program in India that is designed to protect users who are concerned about other people gaining access to their profile image. The new ‘photo…
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The Walking Dead: Last Mile revela información para un juego masivo en Facebook
Se ha publicado nueva información sobre The Walking Dead: Last Mile, una experiencia de juego en línea masiva que tendrá lugar exclusivamente en Facebook. Skybound Entertainment y Genvid Entertainment han revelado más información sobre su nuevo The Walking Dead: La última milla juego, que se lanzará este verano como exclusivo de Facebook. Este comunicado de…
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Cómo mejorar la privacidad ocultando tus fotos de extraños en Facebook
Los usuarios de Facebook que no quieren que extraños vean sus fotos o álbumes pueden hacer que estos elementos sean privados. Esto se puede hacer en Android, iOS y la web. Facebook los usuarios que no quieren que extraños vean sus fotos o álbumes de fotos pueden hacerlos privados. Es una de las muchas opciones…