YouTube strikes back in increasingly important mobile video battle
No sooner does Instagram make its mobile video move than YouTube and Snapchat counter-attack in an area of growing commercial significance to telcos too.
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Facebook turns to interactive video to re-engage community
This week Telecoms.com has 16 year-old Shannon O’Connor joining the team for work experience, and today she looks at Facebook’s new interactive video features in the quest to be relevant once again.
Facebook takes fight to YouTube on mobile with IGTV
Facebook subsidiary Instagram has launched a new app dedicated to long-form video on mobile devices that seems designed to compete with dominant incumbent YouTube.
We’re blindly walking the path to digital monopolization – think tank
British think tank ResPublica has claimed current competition law is not fit for purpose, running the risk of companies such as Google and Facebook creating digital monopolies and ultimately a losing position for the consumer.
Facebook under renewed pressure from data sharing deal with Huawei
Social networking giant Facebook has data sharing partnerships in place with Huawei and at least three other Chinese smartphone makers.
Facebook’s shareholder meeting reveals investor tensions
Investors are demanding and sometimes inconsiderate of the ebbs and flows of the business world, but Facebook’s Annual Shareholder meeting demonstrated the frustrations and fears surrounding the company’s precarious position.
GDPR seems to benefit Silicon Valley but harm US relations
The initial effects of GDPR seem to be that the biggest companies have benefited but the US government thinks it’s harming relations.
Teens prefer cat videos to online stalking – Pew Research
The Pew Research Centre has released new research which questions whether we can continue to call Facebook the king of social media.
Mobile direct traffic to media surpasses Facebook referrals for the first time
Online media traffic analyst Chartbeat has published new data that claims direct traffic from mobile devices has overtaken Facebook clicks.
WhatsApp forced to enter India mobile money market early
The WhatsApp online payments trial received rave reviews in February, however the team is being forced to launch the market-ready version ahead of schedule for fear of being left behind by competitors.
Facebook and Google accused of GDPR ‘forced consent’
It turns out that imposing extra layers of bureaucracy on companies can bring about unintended consequences, who knew?
Qualcomm gets involved with Facebook’s Terragraph FWA project
Facebook reckons fixed wireless over 60 GHz is the answer to a number of urban connectivity challenges and Qualcomm seems to agree.
Freedom From Facebook demands break up of social media empire
Considering the size of the fish which are circling Facebook, you have to wonder whether a group harbouring such unrealistic demands will even register on the social media giants radar.
Facebook is quietly exploring satellite broadband delivery
Through an almost non-existent subsidiary, Facebook is seemingly exploring how it can play a role in the delivery of connectivity through low-orbit satellites.
Microsoft launches its own personalised advertising platform
Despite all the flak Facebook has been receiving for its hyper-targeted advertising platform, Microsoft has decided now is a perfect time to launch its own version.
Key announcements from Facebook’s developer conference
This year’s edition of Facebook’s developer conference was always going to be an interesting one, with executives scuttling away from the Cambridge Analytica fallout.
Zuckerberg threatened with summons next time he enters UK
Damian Collins, Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, has given Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg two choices; testify voluntarily or we’ll issue a formal summons next time you enter British jurisdiction.
WhatsApp boss exits, possibly over privacy concerns, but we’re not convinced
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum is exiting the Facebook family under the guise of privacy concerns, but he might just have gotten all of his bonus.
The trend of social media news feeds is starting to become dangerous
Social media is turning a one-stop-shop, with consumers using the platform for every aspect of their lives, including news. At some point we have to question whether this is healthy way for an individual to stay informed.
Facebook and YouTube reveal their offensiveness offensive and intolerance of intolerance
Facebook and Google-owned YouTube have both attempted to offer some transparency when it comes to one of today’s haziest trends: abusive, offensive or ‘inappropriate’ online content.
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