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Facebook Launches Rebuilt Messenger App to Be Smaller and Faster

Facebook's rewritten Messenger app reduces the codebase by 84%, allowing the app to be smaller,…

Facebook Sues Analytics Firms That Stole User Data Through Third-Party Apps

Facebook is suing data analytics firm OneAudience after the company paid third-party apps to use…

LinkedIn Starts Testing LinkedIn Stories

LinkedIn wants to catch the next generation of users with a new Stories format, internally…

Facebook Cancels Its Annual Developer Conference Amid Coronavirus Concerns

Facebook is cancelling its annual developer conference, F8, due to concerns over coronavirus. It will…

Tweeten 5 Natively Supports Windows on ARM

Mehedi has updated his Twitter client, Tweeten, to version 5, adding native support for Windows…

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WhatsApp Now Has Two Billion Users

Facebook-owned WhatsApp now has 2 billion users around the world, joining Facebook itself in the…

Instagram Reportedly Generated $20 Billion in Revenue Last Year

Instagram reportedly generated $20 billion in ad revenue for Facebook in 2019, beating YouTube's $15…

Twitter Will Start Banning Deceptive, Fake Media

Twitter is finally taking serious actions against fake media on the platform, and will start…

Facebook Brings Off-Facebook Activity to Everyone

In celebration of Data Privacy Day, Facebook is bringing its Off-Facebook Activity tool to everyone…

WhatsApp Is Finally Getting a Dark Mode

WhatsApp is finally getting a dark mode, but it is only available to users of…

Little Tech Takes on Big Tech in Boulder

Emboldened by the “techlash,” some smaller tech firms went public with the abuses they’ve suffered…

Facebook is Working on Its Own Operating System

Facebook is working on its own OS, and original Windows NT team member Mark Lucovsky…

Facebook Acquires Cloud Video Gaming Company PlayGiga

Facebook continues to invest on its gaming business, acquires Spanish cloud video gaming company PlayGiga…

Twitter Finally Makes Use of the iPad’s Screen Space

Twitter is finally fixing the interface for its iPad app, introducing a new multi-column layout…

Instagram Now Lets You Share Multiple Photos on Stories

Instagram continues adding new Stories mode, it's now introducing a new mode for sharing multiple…

Instagram Now Asks You to Think Twice Before Posting Offensive Captions

Instagram continues to improve its online safety tools, now uses AI to review potentially offensive…

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