Facebook’s new Business Suite to help SMEs manage business across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

September 18, 2020

Saviour Adugba Facebook has launched a new business suite to help small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) manage their businesses more easily across all Facebook-owned platforms. Announcing the launch of the Facebook Business Suite in a blog post, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, noted that small businesses have had to depend on Facebook’s free tools […]

COVID-19: WhatsApp places new limits on message forwarding

April 7, 2020

  WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one “chat” at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content which is provocative but likely to be false. […]

Twitter orders all employees worldwide to work from home

March 12, 2020

Twitter orders all employees worldwide to work from home

All Twitter employees must work from home until further notice in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the company announced on Thursday. Twitter had already “strongly encouraged” employees to do so in an announcement early last week, but is now making the directive mandatory across the world. Twitter will continue to pay contractors, […]

Facebook warns revenue growth slowing, costs remain high

January 30, 2020

Facebook warns revenue growth slowing, costs remain high

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off. The news raised concerns that Facebook’s days of astronomical growth were firmly in the rearview mirror, and shares of the […]

WhatsApp to stop working on Windows phone devices from Dec 31

December 31, 2019

WhatsApp to stop working on Windows phone devices from Dec 31

Social messaging app WhatsApp will stop working on phones running on Windows mobile operating system from December 31. A FAQ section on the instant messaging app’s website stated, ‘You’ll no longer be able to use all Windows Phone operating systems after December 31, 2019”. Further, the company said WhatsApp app had been removed from the […]

Facebook’s Libra 2020 launch plan still unclear – Board member

December 19, 2019

Facebook’s Libra 2020 launch plan still unclear – Board member

Facebook’s Libra project has no solid strategy yet for how or where it will be introduced in 2020, a board member of the body overseeing the hotly-anticipated cryptocurrency told Reuters on Thursday. “Libra is on track to launch in 2020, however, the scope of the roll-out depends on talks with regulators,’’ said Patrick Ellis, one […]

Twitter to update privacy policies globally

December 3, 2019

Twitter is set to update its privacy policies globally for the sole purpose of giving users more information about what data advertisers might receive. The company is also launching a site that will provide clarity on its data protection efforts. The new privacy policies, which are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020, would be complying […]

Facebook’s Libra drive interest as bitcoin reaches 18-month high

June 26, 2019

Bitcoin jumped to an 18-month high on Wednesday, a surge analysts say is caused by nervous traders looking for safety in alternative investments and expectations that Facebook’s Libra could turn cryptocurrencies mainstream. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency has surged in value since April and was trading close to $13,000 on Wednesday. It is now up 240 […]