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Facebook has been in the news quite a lot recently over issues on data, the way it was collected and used by Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg even had to face some embarrassing moments in the chair facing the senate while answering some tough questions over him being comfortable sharing his own personal information. But as Facebook was waiting for the dust to settle, a new storm kicked to the fore, the Facebook fake news storm. The entire Facebook team has had their hands full with handling the uproaring backlash from their users and authorities over Facebook aiding in the spread of fake news. Facebook’s infowar has taken a new turn with the team looking to find solutions to curb the spreading menace as the authorities are breathing down heavily on them. Yet, this is not the beginning of the infowar. It is imperative to understand exactly what is infowars where Facebook finds itself in the middle of? It had all begun during the US presidential elections where Facebook was blamed to aid Do...

This year, we saw some notable changes in Instagram, the video and image sharing social network platform owned by Facebook, Inc. Instagram now has IGTV, @mention, ‘Add This to Your Story’ prompt in privately sent image messages and more. Also, on top of the feeds, there are ‘stories’ by your friends. Insta upgraded it later so that users can add soundtracks and boomerang too. Unarguably, all these changes bagged many positive reviews. Now, Instagram is rolling out some new features to the ‘Stories’ and adding up some new features in your feed. Reportedly, there is going to be an “Ability to Ask Questions” with the ‘stories’ with detailed and lengthy text content. Furthermore, Instagram is testing a new feature of ‘Stories’. So that the bar stays at the top of your feed as you scroll, making your friends’ stories almost impossible to ignore. At the moment, it remains at the top of the page for 24 hours of and disappears as you scroll. But not many Insta users sound excited about...

Facebook’s new Oculus Go is visibly a big win, and anyone who is coming across it wants one. Preface to VR, AR: A realistic 3D image or simulated/artificial environment; created by blending interactive hardware & software is a computer-generated scenario, for a ‘seemingly’ real or physical experience. It focuses on gaining complete immersion and the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. Whereas, augmented reality systems layers virtual information over a live camera feed into a headset or through digital devices giving the user the ability to view 3D images. Its easy example being Pokemon Go, you could see Clefairy in your environment through it when she is  not real ly there. Product:   Oculus Go Release Date:   1 May 2018 Oculus Venues , which allow users to connect with others and watch from any angle live social events like concerts, sports, or comedy nights is set to launch on Oculus Go and Gear VR on 30th May. Read More:...