I’m Getting Out …
Since leaving college in the summer of 2008, people have known me for running blogs … Today, that changes. A post shared by Arron Hirst | #STARRHINO (@arronhirst) on Jul 11, 2017 at 9:33pm PDT Here’s a...
View ArticleFacebook’s Next Target: Your Home
Not satisfied with gluing your eyeballs to the screen that resides in your pocket, Facebook’s latest patent reveals just what plans the company may have to eventually take over your home. The patent...
View ArticleTech Giants Work To Pen Letter Opposing Trump Immigration Order
It’s no secret that Silicon Valley has been expressly vocal about its complete opposition to the recent immigration order and travel restrictions that were enacted with the stroke of President Trump’s...
View ArticleMeet Facebook’s New App: “Stickered for Messenger”
Continuing the purposeful fragmentation of its core social services, and following the public controversy of the network splitting off its ‘messaging’ service into a separate app – with Messenger,...
View ArticleFacebook Introduces ‘Say Thanks’
YouTube isn’t the only one announcing a new service, this week. Say Thanks is a brand new experience launched by Facebook that aims to give anyone the tools they need in order to create a personalised...
View ArticleFacebook Faces Class-Action For (Allegedly) Colluding With The NSA
On Friday, Austrian activist and lawyer – Max Schrems – filed for a class-action lawsuit against none other than Facebook. The lawsuit accuses the global social network of (allegedly) colluding with...
View ArticleFacebook Commits To 4-Weekly Updates For iOS Client
Let’s face it. Facebook’s iOS client has been known to be less-than-stable in the past. That’s partly to be expected, given the amount of issues that can spring up with running, and maintaining, a...
View ArticleFacebook Begins Rolling Out New 'Discovery' Pane For iPad Users In U.S
Facebook has announced via its Developer Blog, this week, that it has begun a staged roll-out of a new “Discovery” pane within its official iPad app, that is aimed at highlighting both currently...
View ArticleMeet Facebook’s New Teens-Only App
Seeing its official App Store debut at the end of last week, Facebook’s brand new teen-targeting app Lifestage makes it “easy and fun to share a visual profile of who you are with your [entire] school...
View ArticleFacebook Testing “Secret Conversations” Feature for Messenger
Facebook has issued a whitepaper on a potential new feature it has begun testing, that could one day come to its official Messenger app. “We are starting to test the ability to create one-to-one secret...
View ArticleYou Can Now Group Call With Up To 50 People Using FB Messenger
Those who rely on Facebook Messenger in order to place voice calls with friends, family and colleagues – might appreciate the latest update to the messaging client. Rolling out right now to both...
View ArticleThe 10 Year Plan: Is Facebook Building Skynet?
Fans of the Sarah Connor chronicles who may have been watching the company’s F8 Developers Conference, earlier this week, could have been forgiven for thinking so … Outlining the social network’s...
View ArticleZuckerberg: “I Don’t Think Building Back Doors Is The Way To Go”
In the Facebook founder’s first real show of support for Apple, as the Californian firm faces its historic legal battle against the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mark Zuckerberg says...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger Adds Ability To Shoot 15-Second Videos
One of the more notable app updates that has popped up on the App Store, this week, involves the latest version of Facebook Messenger. First seeing its release on August 9, 2011, Facebook Messenger was...
View ArticleFacebook Will Now (Optionally) Listen For TV Shows, Music You Have Playing
If you’ve ever posted a status update to Facebook from your iPhone or iPad, and wished the service would automatically listen out to recognise that faint noise in the background is actually the latest...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger 4.1: Call Your Friends For FREE
Facebook Messenger has received a significant update in the last several hours. Likely in an effort to compete with WhatsApp‘s upcoming voice service for the iPhone, the company has this week added the...
View ArticleFacebook Set To Build Fleet Of Flying Drones. Here's Why.
Posting to his official profile over the weekend, Facebook CEO and founder – Mark Zuckerberg – has announced a new initiative that will see the company attempt to build a series of flying drones, for...
View ArticleZuckerberg On Building The Internet Of The Future: “It's Up To Us.”
Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has expressed his personal feelings on certain governments being able to spy on world citizens using the Internet. In a rare posting to his...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger Coming to Mac? [LEAKED] [PHOTO]
Fans of Facebook’s official Messenger app might be excited to hear that a version of the messaging client may soon land on Mac – too. Originally shared by TechCrunch – a leaked photo of the software...
View ArticleIntroducing Transportation on Messenger [VIDEO, HOW TO]
Facebook Messenger updated recently with a number of changes, including adding 3D Touch support. But it appears the social giant is also adding a new feature, that wasn’t initially mentioned in the...
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