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Facebook launches its Messenger Rooms group chat feature in select markets

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 14 November 2016

Facebook appears to be taking the lessons learned from its failed standalone Rooms app and integrate them into a new feature in its messaging platform called Messenger Rooms. FULL STORY >

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Facebook to host Africa’s first FbStart event at AfricaCom

By Press Release 11 November 2016

Facebook is having its first FbStart event in Africa on Tuesday, 15 November at AfricaCom 2016 in Cape Town – one of the largest and influential Africa-focused tech events in the world. FULL STORY >

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Accelerating innovation and powering new experiences with AI

By Press Release 9 November 2016

Facebook's long-term roadmap is focused on building foundational technologies in three areas: connectivity, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. We believe that major research and engineering breakthroughs in each of these... FULL STORY >

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Social media liability insurance a must in our digital world - SHA Specialist Underwriters

By Press Release 25 October 2016

SHA decided to launch a liability product through its broker database, that consumers can purchase to cover the legal fees and damages associated with defending themselves against allegations of privacy... FULL STORY >

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Google, Facebook and three others have joined forces for AI partnership

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 29 September 2016

A collaborative effort between Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM, the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society, will focus on AI best practices and standards. FULL STORY >

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Facebook CEO goes to Nigeria to witness Africa's tech revolution

By Press Release 31 August 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in Lagos, meet with developers and partners, and explore Nollywood. FULL STORY >

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Facebook launches teen-only social network called Lifestage

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 22 August 2016

Designed for users 21-and-under, Lifestage is an iOS-only social network app, created by a 19 year old Facebook product manager. FULL STORY >

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Facebook planning to rollout code to counteract Adblock Plus

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 12 August 2016

After Adblock Plus rolled out its code earlier in the week, Facebook has its own solution to counteract it ready and waiting. FULL STORY >

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Facebook's solar powered Aquila airplane takes to the skies

By Staff Writer 22 July 2016

As part of its initiative to connect people in remote locations to the internet, Facebook's Connectivity Lab completed its first full scale test for the solar powered Aquila airplane. FULL STORY >

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Facebook Live update hides comments and increases streaming length

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 July 2016

Aiming to help users stream better, Facebook adds three key elements to its Live app. FULL STORY >

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Facebook will soon be able to instantly translate posts into 44 languages

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 4 July 2016

With an estimated 1.5 billion users, Facebook is readying instant translation feature for posts that will cater for 44 different languages. FULL STORY >

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Facebook debuts new event listings for 10 American cities

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 28 June 2016

Curated by humans, and providing a weekend social calendar of sorts, Facebook announces its new Featured Events list. FULL STORY >

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Facebook debuts Reactions for its VR platform

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 23 June 2016

Comments, but for VR, Facebook debuts a new feature that allows VR users to see and leave reactions for videos. FULL STORY >

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Facebook believes new DeepText AI has near-human accuracy

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 2 June 2016

Facebook introduces its new DeepText AI platform, to better help users via its deep learning ability and near-human accuracy. FULL STORY >

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Facebook altering makeup of Trending Topics amid censorship reports

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 24 May 2016

Although not admitting to censoring stories in its Trending Topics feed, Facebook will introduce a number of changes to make the feed less bias in its news coverage. FULL STORY >

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