Stories with tag: Facebook

Clearview Gives Privacy Advocates a Big Jolt

The app is called Clearview and comes from a little-known developer Hoan Ton-That whose only notable contribution to the digital world has been an app that allows users to transpose Donald Trump’s golden mop to their heads. Today, the company is making news by claiming it brings technology that helps solve the hardest crimes.
Team TechTree, 20th Jan 2020
Is Mark Zuckerberg Preparing for US Presidency?

The Facebook head honcho’s manifesto for the next decade appears full of political statements that could make the best of politicians let out a knowing smirk
Team TechTree, 11th Jan 2020
Facebook’s Solution to Political Ads Is All Bunkum

Instead of banning political ads or exercising an oversight option, Zuckerberg is suckering users into a false sense of control through steps that appear specious at this point
Team TechTree, 10th Jan 2020
Apple Returns to CES 2020 With a Boring Privacy Pitch

Looks like the company used the occasion to further troll its competitors on the privacy front, that too using a former Googler to lead the offensive
Team TechTree, 09th Jan 2020
Facebook Says Satyamev Jayate; Cracks Down on Deep Fakes

After months of dilly-dallying, Facebook has decided that it wants to be on the side of truth in the digital world though the new policy is far from perfect
Team TechTree, 08th Jan 2020
Facebook Acquires PlayGiga, Stacks Up Gaming Business

This is the Menlo Park giant’s second acquisition following its buyout of Beat Games last month and suggest that the social media giant is gung-ho about social gaming
Team TechTree, 20th Dec 2019
Are Politicians Getting a Free Run on Instagram?

The photo and video sharing platform has acquired the devil-may-care attitude of its parent Facebook when it comes to allowing politicians to spread misinformation
Team TechTree, 18th Dec 2019
What Does the Future Portend for Facebook?

Four years ago, Facebook got into trouble over its fake news and data privacy issues in the US Presidential elections. Now the company faces a tough year ahead as Trump seeks re-election
Team TechTree, 17th Dec 2019
Democratising Pleasure: Sex Tech and Social Media

The banning and then the un-banning of the Osé pleasure device from CES 2019 prompted some introspection on sex tech and e-commerce in India
Team TechTree, 12th Dec 2019
Facebook Offers Photo Transfer Sop to Users

The question though is while one can transfer data from Facebook to another platform, wouldn’t the company retain the value it garnered by analysing one’s photos in the past
Team TechTree, 03rd Dec 2019
Facebook Acquires VR Game Studio Beat Games

This signals a deliberate shift in the company’s strategy from social sharing to gaming and other virtual reality associated activities on the platform
Team TechTree, 28th Nov 2019
Another Data Leak from Facebook, Twitter?

Though this time it isn’t the fault of these social platforms as the data exposure due to a bug in the app store for Android
Team TechTree, 26th Nov 2019
Now, Facebook Experiments with Market Research

Not surprising, given that the company has more than 2.4 billion monthly active users, at least some of whom may not be averse to partaking in research for a few dollars
Team TechTree, 26th Nov 2019
Facebook Seeks to Narrow Down Friendships

The company is reportedly borrowing Instagram’s feature that allows sharing of content between a closed unit group of friends with guaranteed privacy
Team TechTree, 25th Nov 2019
Google opts for Middle Ground in Political Ads Debate

The company is taking a tougher stance than Facebook on this contentious issue but hasn’t gone the whole distance on it like Twitter did
Team TechTree, 23rd Nov 2019