Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
17 Results
-
Facebook data breach: Where is Mark Zuckerberg?
With Facebook getting mired in its biggest-ever controversy following a massive data breach, everyone is asking one question: Where is its CEO Mark Zuckerberg? Not only Zuckerberg has remained quiet so far, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg who has been the face of the company’s PR strategy is yet to speak on the data scandal. According …
Continue reading "Facebook data breach: Where is Mark Zuckerberg?"
March 21, 2018 -
‘Secret police’ chasing information leakers at Facebook: Report
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly deployed “secret police” to catch and punish information leakers at his company. According to a report in The Guardian, an unnamed employee was called to a meeting in 2017 under the guise of a promotion. However, he found himself face to face with the secretive “rat-catching” team led by …
Continue reading "‘Secret police’ chasing information leakers at Facebook: Report"
March 17, 2018 -
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes in users for fixing fake news content
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shown confidence in users’ ability to choose what is right and wants them to dictate the veracity of news by ranking the content on the platform. During a conference call with analysts, he said he does not want Facebook to edit news because its users can do it better. “What …
Continue reading "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes in users for fixing fake news content"
February 3, 2018 -
Facebook will use public survery to prioritise trustworthy news: Mark Zuckerberg
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Zuckerberg said it's important that News Feed promotes high-quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.
January 20, 2018 -
Facebook expected to lose $23 billion with Zuckerberg’s vision of ‘News Feed’ tweak
Facebook was on course to lose 17 billion pounds ($23 billion) of its value after it announced it was making changes to its News Feed feature that will allow users to see more updates from family and friends than posts from businesses, brands and media. Facebook share fell 4 percent within hours after Facebook CEO …
January 15, 2018 -
Exposing the truth
Sean Parker, the first president of Facebook, has a disturbing warning about the social network, “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.” Speaking to the news website Axios, the entrepreneur and executive talked openly about what he perceives as the dangers of social media and how it exploits human “vulnerability.” “The thought …
Continue reading "Exposing the truth"
December 16, 2017 -
Mark Zuckerberg’s sister sexually harassed on flight, probe on
Randi Zuckerberg, the former Director of Market Development of Facebook and the sister of the company’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, was sexually harassed on an Alaska Airlines flight, she said in a Facebook post. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur took to the social media platform to explain her ordeal and how the flight attendants brushed …
Continue reading "Mark Zuckerberg’s sister sexually harassed on flight, probe on"
December 1, 2017 -
Zuckerberg, wife give $12M public service grant to Harvard
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving Harvard University USD 12.1 million to help low-income undergraduate students pursue public service jobs. The Cambridge, Massachusetts, school announced yesterday that the grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will provide financial support for up to 2,300 students over the next 15 years. The school’s …
Continue reading "Zuckerberg, wife give $12M public service grant to Harvard"
November 15, 2017 -
Facebook reports 2.07 billion monthly active users, 79 percent increase in Q3 profit
With 1.37 billion daily active users and 2.07 billion monthly active users, Facebook again topped expectations when it reported 79 percent increase in its quarterly profit and nearly 50 percent rise in revenues in the third quarter. With apparently no influence of the ongoing hearing regarding its role in Russia meddling, Facebook late on Wednesday …
November 3, 2017 -
Facebook Founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg visits China again, meets students
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on an annual trip to China with the aim to finally enter the world’s largest internet market by users in 2018. In his Facebook post on Saturday, Zuckerberg said he was in China for an annual meeting of the advisory board at Tsinghua School of Economics and Management …
Continue reading "Facebook Founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg visits China again, meets students"
October 30, 2017 -
Facebook CEO apologises for dividing people on his platform
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for hurting and dividing people through his social media platform and said he would work to do better. In a post written after Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews, concluded on Sunday, Zuckerberg said, “We reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness for our …
Continue reading "Facebook CEO apologises for dividing people on his platform"
October 2, 2017 -
Zuckerberg wants to sell 35-75 mn Facebook shares
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to sell 35-75 million Facebook shares in the next 18 months to fund the company’s work in education, science and advocacy. “Over the past year and a half, Facebook’s business has performed well and the value of our stock has grown to the point that I can …
Continue reading "Zuckerberg wants to sell 35-75 mn Facebook shares"
September 24, 2017 -
Zuckerberg, wife’s Facebook profiles cannot be blocked
The Facebook profiles of Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan cannot be blocked because they have reportedly been blocked so many times that the social media giant is stopping it happening. When people do not want to see your posts, they will either unfriend you, stop following you or they will block you. If …
Continue reading "Zuckerberg, wife’s Facebook profiles cannot be blocked"
September 2, 2017 -
Microsoft patents augmented reality controller
A patent filing by software giant Microsoft has revealed that the company is working on a wand-like controller for augmented reality (AR) and “HoloLens”. On Tuesday, Microsof published a new patent that revealed the design for “an AR input device”. The wand-like controller looks like a cross between a motion controller and a pen, The …
Continue reading "Microsoft patents augmented reality controller"
August 25, 2017 -
‘OurMine’ claims it hacked PlayStation’s social media accounts
Days after taking over the social media accounts of US television network Home Box Office (HBO), infamous hacker group “OurMine” has hit again, this time claiming to have hacked Sony PlayStation’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts. The hacker group is known for breaching into high-profile figures and companies’ social media accounts, including, those of the …
Continue reading "‘OurMine’ claims it hacked PlayStation’s social media accounts"
August 22, 2017 -
Facebook is developing augmented reality glasses
A patent application filed earlier this week has revealed that Facebook is working on developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that could blend digital objects with the physical world. According to a report in Quartz on Friday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously shown photos of similar glasses, saying that they would be the future of …
Continue reading "Facebook is developing augmented reality glasses"
August 19, 2017 -
Mark Zuckerberg to take two-month paternity leave
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to take two months of paternity leave when his second daughter is born. Zuckerberg announced his leave in a Facebook post late Friday, saying he had also taken two months leave when his first daughter, Max, was born in 2015. “I will always be grateful I could spend so much …
Continue reading "Mark Zuckerberg to take two-month paternity leave"
August 19, 2017