In an effort to make personal data more manageable across platforms and services, Apple has joined forces with the Data Transfer Project.
Apple joins the Data Transfer Project with Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and others
Eight US states could separately launch antitrust investigations of Apple & others
Following the unusual step of announcing a broad antitrust review of major Silicon Valley platform giants on part of the United States Department of Justice, a new report released Friday alleges that eight US states could separately probe the tech giants.
FTC officially announces it’s slapping Facebook with a $5 billion fine
The United States Federal Trade Commission officially said today it's leveling a $5 billion fine against Facebook less than two weeks after The Wall Street Journal first reported on the fine.
Facebook reportedly fined $5 billion by FTC due to privacy violations
The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has reportedly leveled a massive fine against Facebook over privacy violations.
WhatsApp testing posting statuses directly to Facebook, Instagram and other apps
WhatsApp Status, an Instagram Stories-like ephemeral sharing feature, may soon let you republish your status directly to a story on Facebook, or send it to an app of your choice.
Instagram is adding ads to the Explore page
Did you think that you could see more advertisements in Instagram? Well, lucky for you the Facebook-owned social network has the same feelings. And they're fixing it promptly.
Facebook’s head of global affairs says some tech companies are an ‘exclusive club’, praises Facebook’s free business model
Facebook is built around a free business model for users, letting them access the social network without paying anything to do so. But that also means the company is pretty forthcoming with user data to third parties, too. At least one executive at Facebook doesn't see this as a problem.
Instagram is trying to make it easier to recover a hacked account
Instagram is one of the most popular social networks out there, which makes some profiles a prime target for hacking. And unfortunately for some account owners, the current state of security on the platform doesn't make it easy to get a hacked profile back. But Instagram is looking to change that.
How to turn off your online active status in Facebook and Messenger
Learn how to turn off your active status on Facebook and Messenger on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web so your friends can't tell you're online.
‘Status Ads’ arrive in WhatsApp beginning in 2020
WhatsApp has grown increasingly popular over the years. Even being owned by Facebook has not slowed the messaging platform down. Can advertisements shoved into the app change that? We'll find out beginning in 2020.
Instagram is finally supporting landscape video on IGTV
The Facebook-owned Instagram launched its long-form video content platform, IGTV, back in 2018. Since then, the company has been all-in with vertical video, meant to be viewed on smartphones without switching to landscape. But it looks like that focus has shifted, and landscape video will finally be supported.
Instagram’s IGTV gets a new streamlined interface
It has been just under a year since the Facebook-owned Instagram launched IGTV, its platform for creators to publish original content for the platform. Since then, there have been changes along the way in an effort to get more people to use it. Instagram's latest effort takes a more dramatic approach.