Month: May 2018

Facebook’s latest olive branch to rekindle some goodwill on the privacy front is modeled after a feature found in web browsers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Tuesday that he would introduce the social network’s new Clear History feature at its F8 annual developer conference in San Jose, Calif. He wrote, “In your…

Facebook is ready to try and push virtual reality more mainstream. At its annual F8 developer conference today in California, the company announced its Oculus Go VR headset is finally for sale. The hardware, which will begin shipping today, will be a standalone headset that doesn’t require a smart phone or powerful PC for use….

As if the Arrested Development Easter egg slipped into Avengers: Infinity War wasn’t enough of a treat for fans of the cult comedy, the show’s creator has created a remixed version of Season 4, which will debut Friday on Netflix. On Twitter, Creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed that the new version will be called Arrested Development…

Twitter unveiled a slate of live streaming and original programs at the company’s NewFronts presentation Monday night, coupled with new video advertising services for brands on the platform. Twitter has doubled its programming partners from 16 last year, the first year Twitter hosted a promotional NewFront in an attempt to find blue-chip brands to back… Continue reading »

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Facebook will enable users to see and control data it receives about them from outside apps and websites that use the company’s ads and analytics tool.

If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. That seems to be the clich? that many large media companies are hiding under as the NewFronts get underway. This year, Gannett (parent of USAToday), Bloomberg, the Washington Post and Hearst are all sitting on the sidelines of the IAB’s annual showcase where…

Facebook’s Oculus Go headset is really the first of its kind: an affordable, simple and powerful way to explore virtual reality.

Facebook seems to be testing a new tool that would allow users to manually identify whether a post includes hate speech. For a brief time this morning, every post in a Facebook user’s News Feed displayed a question: “Does this post contain hate speech?” The user was then given the option to click “yes” or…

The tech giant, trying to navigate an age of heightened political disagreement, struggles to tame a workplace culture of nonstop debate. Often organized by small groups of employees, the discussions have turned the tech giant’s headquarters into something resembling a college campus.

For the national launch of vitaminwater active, which was released regionally last year, the Coca-Cola brand wanted to let audiences know the sports drink is not just for fitness fanatics. The brand turned to Los Angeles independent agency Zambezi for a personification of its positioning as “a sports drink for the rest of us.” Zambezi’s…