31Facebook has just reported its earnings for Q2 2016. The social network’s growth continued on a steady pace at 3.63%, just slightly lower than last quarter’s 3.77%. The revenue for the second quarter increased 59% year on year totaling US $6.44 bn and $0.97 earnings per share (EPS). The company’s net income in Q2 rose…
23Facebook is rolling out several updates to its livestreaming feature Facebook Live. The users will now be able to choose full-screen mode for better viewing experience. The feature supports full-screen streams in portrait and landscape mode on iOS. However, full-screen on Android is available only in portrait mode at the moment with the landscape support…
12The largest social network Facebook has begun testing a new feature called Secret Conversations. This new feature will encrypt messages end-to-end. This means that a message send through such a channel can only be read by the intended recipient and only on one device. Nobody else will be able to gain access to such message….
04Facebook has started rolling out a tool that lets its users translate their posts to different languages. “People use Facebook to communicate and share in many different languages. In fact, 50 percent of our community speaks a language other than English, and most people don’t speak each other’s languages. Given that, we’re always thinking about…
22Live videos seem to be taking over the social media – Facebook, Youtube, Periscope and a number of other platforms already have them. Tumblr has followed suit by launching a new live video feature on Tuesday. Since this is largely a platform for bloggers, live videos may just be another way for users to share…
17Facebook announced today that users of its Messenger will now be able to use it to send and receive SMS and MMS, although the function will only be available on Android. “We know that people receive messages via both SMS and Messenger – for example your best friend sends you GIFs on Messenger whilst your…
14Facebook announced today it is now letting its users leave video comments in a move to intensify video content exchange and preserve leading positions on a highly competitive market. “At Facebook’s 50th Hackathlon early this year, we prototyped the ability to upload a video into comments and replies on posts, because we wanted enable more…
13A simple, pleasant way to speak with your team Typing is great. We love typing. And while there are many fine ways to communicate via typing — messaging in channels, direct messages, and group DMs — today we’re officially adding calls to the mix for everyone. After months of beta testing, all Slack users everywhere can now use our…
09Instagram released 8.2 update, bringing the feature to post directly to the app from Photos or other apps on iOS. The Share menu, which has long been available for posting on Facebook, Slack, Twitter and other apps without opening them, is now available also for Instagram. Choosing a photo you want to share on Instagram…
06Emojis have long become an essential part of any conversation in a messenger. We add them to express our feelings or define the mood of the message. In fact, nearly 10% of mobile sends in Messenger include emojis, according to Facebook. In the past, users could send and receive emojis in Messenger only by using…