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Airtel Africa and Facebook launch Free Basic Services in 17 African countries

Airtel Africa and Facebook launch Free Basic Services in 17 African countries

Free Basic Services will provide access to services like health, educations, jobs, communication and local content at no additional cost The launch in all markets to be completed by March 2016.Bharti Airtel Africa (www.Airtel.com), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 17 countries across Africa, today announced its partnership with Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) which will […]

The Problem With the French Flag on Facebook

The Problem With the French Flag on Facebook

The outpouring of support for France in the wake of the Friday the 13th terrorist attacks is impressive. The Obama administration immediately issued a statement in support of America’s oldest ally. Even Chinese President Xi Jinping promptly contacted French President Hollande offering condolences and pledging cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Support for the French […]

Turning Down Billions: Grading 15 Tech Companies that Declined Big Takeover Offers

Turning Down Billions: Grading 15 Tech Companies that Declined Big Takeover Offers

If you were to ask legendary investor Peter Thiel about the most important moment in Facebook history, he would point to an exchange in July 2006. Yahoo had made the lucrative offer of $1 billion for Facebook, and Peter Thiel as well as board member Jim Breyer got called into a meeting about the deal […]

Facebook, Eutelsat Partner To Get More Africans Online

Facebook, Eutelsat  Partner To Get More Africans Online

Facebook has partnered with Eutelsat, to launch a new satellite that is going to provide internet coverage to large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa as part of its Internet.org initiative. Making the announcement through his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg CEO Facebook, said, “I’m excited to announce our first project to deliver internet from space. As part […]

Facebook Managers, Chris Marra And Alex Sourov Explain Recent Updates

Facebook Managers, Chris Marra And Alex Sourov Explain Recent Updates

People are coming online at a staggering rate in emerging markets and, in most cases, are doing so on mobile via 2G connections. In order to make sure another billion people can connect using Facebook we need to design features of the product that work seamlessly regardless of mobile network and device. What this means […]

Social Media – an Unlikely Stage for Ethiopian Social Discourse

Social Media – an Unlikely Stage for Ethiopian Social Discourse

On June 19, 2015, the White House Press Secretary announced that President Barack Obama would be visiting Ethiopia. In what transpired to be a historic moment, a sitting US President visited the East African nation, a critical ally of America in the global fight against terrorism, and the African Union (AU) headquarters located in Addis […]

Harvard student Aran Khanna loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws

Harvard student Aran Khanna loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws

Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth. His application, called Marauder’s Map — a clever name that Harry Potter fans will appreciate — was a Chrome extension that used data […]

Australian woman ‘arrested in UAE over Facebook photo’

Australian woman ‘arrested in UAE over Facebook photo’

An Australian woman has reportedly been arrested in Abu Dhabi for posting an image on Facebook of a vehicle blocking two disabled car spots at her apartment block. Jodi Magi was arrested and jailed for writing “bad words” on social media, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Tuesday. The report said that the 39-year-old […]

Facebook opens first Africa headquarters in Johannesburg

Facebook opens first Africa headquarters in Johannesburg

Facebook has opened its first headquarters in Africa as it looks to add to its existing 120 million users on the continent. The new office in Johannesburg will focus on growing markets in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, it says. About one in five people in Africa have internet access, but almost double that figure […]

Facebook Develops Photo-Recognition Breakthrough

Facebook Develops Photo-Recognition Breakthrough

Facebook said it had developed a way to recognize people in photos even if their faces are obstructed. “We can easily picture Charlie Chaplin’s moustache, hat and cane or Oprah Winfrey’s curly volume hair,” Facebook said in a paper presented earlier this month. “Yet, examples like these are beyond the capabilities of even the most […]

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