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TechCrunch: “Facebook Stories replaces Messenger Day with synced cross-posting” 2018

November 14, 2017

TechCrunch: “Facebook Stories replaces Messenger Day with synced cross-posting” 2018

#Facebook #Links #Updates

Facebook is cleaning up the redundancy in its Snapchat Stories clones. Today Facebook is killing off the Messenger Day brand and merging t...

Vanity Fair: “This Could Be the End of Facebook” 2018

November 06, 2017

Vanity Fair: “This Could Be the End of Facebook” 2018

#Facebook #Links #Politics #USA

It’s worth recalling, of course, that it wasn’t the makers of Tylenol who put cyanide in the pills that killed seven innocent people; nevert...

Recode: “Facebook may finally have to compromise its user experience in order to keep growing” 2018

Recode: “Facebook may finally have to compromise its user experience in order to keep growing” 2018

#Economics #Facebook #Links

Unlike intent-driven interfaces like YouTube, the News Feed is a passive experience, where it is easier to scroll than to engage. A News Fee...

Privacy News: “Apple Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention can not prevent tracking” 2018

Privacy News: “Apple Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention can not prevent tracking” 2018

#Apple #Facebook #Google #Links #Privacy

Furthermore, whereas Apple’s approach to tracking scripts with Safari is welcomed - it would be incredibly naïve to believe that this techno...

The Guardian: “Google, democracy and the truth about internet search” 2018

The Guardian: “Google, democracy and the truth about internet search” 2018

#Facebook #Google #Links #News #Search

They have created a web that is bleeding through on to our web. This isn’t a conspiracy. There isn’t one person who’s created this. It’s a v...

Slate Star Codex: “Silicon Valley: A Reality Check” 2018

Slate Star Codex: “Silicon Valley: A Reality Check” 2018

#Facebook #Google #Links

When Capitol Hill screws up, tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis get killed. When Wall Street screws up, the country is plunged into rece...

BuzzFeed: “Climbing Out of Facebook’s Reality Hole” 2018

BuzzFeed: “Climbing Out of Facebook’s Reality Hole” 2018

#Facebook #Future Tech #Links

“With augmented reality,” Zuckerberg said, “you’re going to be able to create and discover all sorts of new art around your city.” Yes, som...

The Verge: “No one is using Facebook stories, so it turned your friends into ghosts” 2018

The Verge: “No one is using Facebook stories, so it turned your friends into ghosts” 2018

#Apps #Facebook #Links #Mobile #Social

Facebook launched a new story feature in its main app last week, adding a Snapchat-esque feed of ephemeral pictures and videos to the top...

Select All: “Why Facebook is Trying to Turn Itself into Snapchat” 2018

Select All: “Why Facebook is Trying to Turn Itself into Snapchat” 2018

#Apps #Facebook #Links #Mobile #Updates

At the top left is Facebook’s new camera functionality. Top right takes you to Messenger, which is a separate app. Below the camera is Dire...

Facebook Newsroom: “New Ways to watch Facebook Video” 2018

February 17, 2017

Facebook Newsroom: “New Ways to watch Facebook Video” 2018

#Facebook #Links #TV #Updates #Video

Videos in News Feed have previously played silently — you tap on a video to hear sound. As people watch more video on phones, they’ve come ...

Ars Technica: “Why stop at assistants? Facebook has grander ambitions for modern AI” 2018

January 31, 2017

Ars Technica: “Why stop at assistants? Facebook has grander ambitions for modern AI” 2018

#AI #Facebook #Links #Software

The obstacles to teaching computers to reason like humans are significant. And with his 30 years of research experience in the field, LeCun...

The New York Times: “Is Social Media disconnecting us from the Big Picture?” 2018

January 30, 2017

The New York Times: “Is Social Media disconnecting us from the Big Picture?” 2018

#Facebook #Links #News #Social

What happens when we would rather look inward? I have found something of an answer in a short story called The Great Silence , by Ted Chian...

BuzzFeed News: “Renegade Facebook Employees form Task Force to battle Fake News” 2018

November 15, 2016

BuzzFeed News: “Renegade Facebook Employees form Task Force to battle Fake News” 2018

#Facebook #Google #Internet #Links #Social

It’s not a crazy idea. What’s crazy is for him to come out and dismiss it like that, when he knows, and those of us at the company know, th...

The New York Times: “Relaxing Privacy Vow, WhatsApp will share some data with Facebook” 2018

August 29, 2016

The New York Times: “Relaxing Privacy Vow, WhatsApp will share some data with Facebook” 2018

#Apps #Facebook #Links #Mobile #Social

“We don’t know your birthday. We don’t know your home address”, Mr. Koum wrote in a blog post at the time. “None of that data has ever bee...

The Verge: “Facebook 2026” 2018

August 29, 2016

The Verge: “Facebook 2026” 2018

#Facebook #Links

But in our discussion, Zuckerberg spoke with deep conviction about the benefits that programs like Free Basics were already bringing to the...

Vanity Fair: “How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus” 2018

Vanity Fair: “How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus” 2018

#Facebook #Google #Links #Office #Social

Google Plus was Google finally taking note of Facebook and confronting the company head-on, rather than via cloak-and-dagger recruitment sh...

New Scientist: “Facebook can map more of Earth in a week than we have in history” 2018

New Scientist: “Facebook can map more of Earth in a week than we have in history” 2018

#AI #Facebook #Links #Maps #Science

We just learned that Facebook’s artificial-intelligence software can probably map more in a week than humanity has mapped over our entire h...

Aeon Essays: “How the internet flips elections and alters our thoughts” 2018

Aeon Essays: “How the internet flips elections and alters our thoughts” 2018

#Facebook #Google #Internet #Links

A study by Robert M Bond, now a political science professor at Ohio State University, and others published in Nature in 2012 described an...

Talking Points Memo: “A Huge, Huge Deal” 2018

Talking Points Memo: “A Huge, Huge Deal” 2018

#Facebook #Links #Social

Now sure enough, this evening Forbes reported that the bankroller of the Hogan suit is none other than Peter Thiel , a prominent Silicon V...

The Wall Street Journal: “What to Know About Live Video, Social Media’s Latest Craze” 2018

The Wall Street Journal: “What to Know About Live Video, Social Media’s Latest Craze” 2018

#Facebook #Links #Mobile #Social #Video

Why live video? My cynical take: It’s the latest gimmick to get us to record, share and watch more video. By 2020, 75% of the world’s mobil...