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Luck running out for Kiwi companies using Facebook for free
Marketing Technologies

Luck running out for Kiwi companies using Facebook for free

Kiwi businesses using Facebook for free will see a decrease in advertisement and follower engagement, warns a new survey by Mosh.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Nov 2017

Global Stories

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far
Data Analytics

Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018
Google to follow Facebook's lead on banning cryptocurrency ads
Crypto

Google to follow Facebook's lead on banning cryptocurrency ads

Google will ban cryptocurrency ads from June 2018, tightening its Financial services policy, following Facebook's similar move to combat scams.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Mar 2018
Sony's Xperia 3D Creator app brings 3D scans of your food (or anything else) to Facebook
Sony

Sony's Xperia 3D Creator app brings 3D scans of your food (or anything else) to Facebook

Sony's innovative 3D Creator app now lets Xperia users share 3D scans of their food and more directly on Facebook, revolutionising food photography.

By Darren Price • 2 min read • Sun, 25th Feb 2018
Got a spare Zuckerbuck? Social networks may give cryptos weight
Crypto

Got a spare Zuckerbuck? Social networks may give cryptos weight

Social networks like Kik and Telegram delve into cryptocurrencies, aiming to boost revenue and user engagement while facilitating self-sustaining economies.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018
Facebook says 'no more': Cryptocurrency ads banned from social network
Crypto

Facebook says 'no more': Cryptocurrency ads banned from social network

Facebook has now banned all advertising for financial products such as cryptocurrencies, binary options and initial coin offerings.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Feb 2018
Marketing and messaging trends shaping Facebook Messenger this year
Marketing Technologies

Marketing and messaging trends shaping Facebook Messenger this year

Improved group chats, realtime features, and visual messaging are just a few of the features in store for messaging app.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
Facebook, Apple, Twitter missing from 2018's top software companies ranking
Microsoft

Facebook, Apple, Twitter missing from 2018's top software companies ranking

G2 Crowd's 2018 Top 100 software companies rankings are out, with Facebook, Twitter, and Apple missing from the list. Slack leads the chart.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018
Facebook Messenger launches augmented reality extras
Digital Entertainment

Facebook Messenger launches augmented reality extras

Facebook Messenger has launched its World Effects technology on the Messenger camera, allowing people to drop 3D objects in their surroundings...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 19th Dec 2017
Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform
Virtualisation

Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform

Kasten unveils its K10 platform at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, offering innovative data management for stateful containerised apps across Kubernetes deployments.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Huge tech leaders come together for open source licensing initiative
Open source

Huge tech leaders come together for open source licensing initiative

Red Hat, Facebook, Google and IBM have come together to promote greater fairness and predictability in license enforcement.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Dec 2017
Cumulus Networks expands into data centre interconnect market
DataCentre infrastructure

Cumulus Networks expands into data centre interconnect market

​The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit is currently under way in Santa Clara, California – and has already yielded some big news.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 8th Nov 2017
Facebook, Amazon & NTT Com build Japan - Philippines subsea cable
Network Infrastructure

Facebook, Amazon & NTT Com build Japan - Philippines subsea cable

NTT Com's Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) cables will connect with Jupiter cable.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2017
Zuckerberg jumps into the frying pan with 'insensitive' VR live-stream
Digital Entertainment

Zuckerberg jumps into the frying pan with 'insensitive' VR live-stream

Facebook faces backlash after Mark Zuckerberg uses VR to show hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Some defend his intentions.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Oct 2017
Facebook announces Oculus Go, one of the cheapest VR headsets yet
AR, VR & Metaverse

Facebook announces Oculus Go, one of the cheapest VR headsets yet

Without a cable or the need for a mobile phone, standalone headsets represent a totally new phase of VR hardware...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Oct 2017
Is social media now almost impossible to monetise unless you're an industry giant?
Facebook

Is social media now almost impossible to monetise unless you're an industry giant?

MarketLine asks whether a social media business model based on building popularity before monetisation is fundamentally flawed.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Following Facebook's lead: Males fear taking parental leave - here's why
Facebook

Following Facebook's lead: Males fear taking parental leave - here's why

54% of Australian men skip full parental leave fearing financial impact, with 34% worried about job commitment perceptions, a Hays survey finds.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 20th Oct 2017