Social Media Ads Pulled, Facebook Down $7.2 Billion
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June 29, 2020
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Starbucks is the latest major firm to join the growing list of companies – which includes the likes of Unilever, Honda Motor,... Read More
#StopHateForProfit: More Brands Pull Advertising From Facebook
Popular outdoor clothing company Patagonia is the latest company to join the #StopHateForProfit campaign, confirming that they will be pulling all ads... Read More
Facebook Launch New Shopping Portal For Retailers & SMEs
Facebook has sought to further challenge e-comm giants like eBay, with news it will launch a virtual shopping platform (‘Facebook Shops’) specifically... Read More
How The ACCC Proposes To Make Google & Facebook Pay For Content
The ACCC has just released its concept paper for the mandatory code to address the bargaining power imbalances between Australia’s media companies... Read More
Facebook Ad Revenue Slows Up
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has reported revenue growth of 18 percent in Q1, its slowest ever, as ad sales rose 17 percent to... Read More
Investors Bet Big On Tech Giants’ Pandemic Power
Investors appear to betting on big-tech stocks during the coronavirus pandemic, with Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google-parent Alphabet now comprising more... Read More
Facebook’s ‘Messenger Rooms’ Set To Take On Houseparty And Zoom
Facebook has launched ‘Messenger Rooms’, which will expand the number of people users can have on a group video call on Messenger... Read More
Facebook Cops Fake-News ‘Virus’
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is struggling to deal with a virus of its own – millions of viral links to fake news and... Read More
Facebook Retains Top Spot, But Younger Australians Prefer Vids
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April 16, 2020
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Overall, Facebook is still the most popular social network in Australia, used by 84% of the population, followed by YouTube, with 76%.... Read More
Facebook Gives $100m To Small Biz To Offset Impact Of Coronavirus
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook plans to award US$100 million in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 small businesses in more... Read More
Facebook Sues Domain Registrar
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is suing Arizona domain name registrar Namecheap and its proxy service Whoisguard for allowing people to register domain names... Read More
OAIC Takes Facebook To Federal Court Over Cambridge Analytica Breach
The Australian Information Commissioner has lodged proceedings against Facebook, alleging that the social media giant breached Australia’s Privacy Act during the period... Read More
Did Facebook Try To Take On Apple By Developing a ‘Facebook Phone’ With HTC?
Facebook’s move to launch a co-branded smartphone in collaboration with HTC back in 2013 ultimately failed, but its initial vision was much... Read More
Facebook The Latest Coronavirus Victim, Cancels F8 Event
Facebook has revealed its cancelling F8 – its annual conference for developers – over mounting fears of the coronavirus outbreak. The potentially... Read More
Tech Gone Wrong: CNN Reporter’s Live Cross Fail
Have you ever seen a TV reporter do a live cross with googly eyes? Or a wizards hat? Thanks to Facebook’s face... Read More
Millennials Slammed As Lazy & Don’t Want To Do An Apprentership
Millennials who want high salaries but don’t want to put the time in learning a trade are walking out on apprentership claiming... Read More
ACCC Set To Take On Digital Giants With New Laws
The competition watchdog is running more than 10 investigations into digital platforms following its long-running review and is planning to introduce new... Read More
Coronavirus: PlayStation & Facebook Exit Game Developers Conference
The coronavirus has been causing mass event cancellations over the past few weeks, including Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, and now both Sony... Read More
US Tax Agency Sues Facebook For $9bn In Unpaid Taxes
US tax heavy, the Internal Revenue Service, is suing Facebook, claiming the social media network giant owes a cool US$9 billion (A$13.46... Read More
Social Media Giants Face Lawsuits For Defamatory Reviews
Online digital giants Facebook and Google are likely to face further court orders that will force them to identify people behind potentially... Read More
How The Coronavirus Is Disrupting Facebook’s Global Business
Misinformation and fake news about the novel coronavirus outbreak are proliferating on Facebook, prompting the global digital giant to talk to the... Read More
WhatsApp Hits 2 Billion Users, Vows To Protect Encryption
WhatsApp has exceeded over two billion active users across the world, and its leader is now vowing to protect its end-to-end encryption... Read More
Facebook Fined $550 Million For Facial Recognition Misuse
In 2011, Facebook users started to notice the company was tagging them in photos without their consent. That was the year when... Read More
Wuhan Virus: Tech Giants Close China Locations & Suspend Employee Travel
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple are among some of the biggest tech giants to have announce travel restriction to and from China... Read More
Facebook Sued For Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct
Four companies are suing Facebook in the US Federal Court for alleged anti-competitive conduct, saying the social network inappropriately revoked developer access... Read More
Google Hits $1 Trillion In Value: Joins Apple, Amazon & Microsoft
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has become America’s fourth company to achieve a $1 trillion market value – joining the elite group that... Read More
Facebook’s Virtual Reality Quest Proves A Hit
Facebook’s risky Virtual Reality conquest has proven to be a hit. And it’s about time. It comes nearly six years after the... Read More
Facebook Warning To Terror Suspect ‘Killed’ Investigation
European law-enforcement officials say they were tracking the online movements of a suspected terrorist with links to IS in October last year,... Read More
ACCC, Morrison Gov Crack Down On Tech Giants
The ACCC has urged Facebook and Google to reach an agreement with traditional media companies soon, or face intervention from the body,... Read More
Facebook Hack Leaks Millions Of Private User Data
The names and phone numbers of up to 267 million Facebook users have been leaked online. The private information was shared to... Read More
Facebook Steps Up Systems to Smash Out Competitors
Multinational media giant, Facebook Inc., is building their own operating system software to reduce their dependency on major competitors, such as Apple... Read More
Google To Pay $480 Million To ATO In Tech Crackdown
In a win for the Australian Taxation Office, search engine giant Google has agreed to pay $481.5 million in taxes to the... Read More
FANGS No Longer Being Seen As Good Places To Work
Big tech companies like Facebook and Google are no longer seen as some of the world’s most desirable workplaces. According to IT... Read More
Government Warn Facebook & Google, ‘We Will Not Hesitate To Act’
Facebook and Google have been put ‘on notice’ by the Australian Government following their long-awaited response to the National Watchdogs Digital Platforms... Read More
Facebook Cuddles Up To Retail Association
Facebook has cut a deal with the recently restructured Australian Retailers Association that they claim delivers ‘deeper industry cooperation’. The move follows... Read More
Fake News: Senate Probe To Examine Social Media
In a bid to stamp out the pernicious use of “fake news”, fuelled by foreign actors on social media, the Morrison Government... Read More
Big-Tech Tax Gap Hits $100bn As Silicon Six Plead Innocent
The so-called Silicon Valley Six, – Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple and Netflix – have a combined “tax gap” (read shortfall) of... Read More
Morrison Gov Worried Tech Giants Might Have To Pay More Tax
Despite posting a corporate tax bill of just $26.5 million and $11.8 million for Google and Facebook respectively, the Morrison government has... Read More
ACCC Calls On Facebook And Google To Pay For News
Google and Facebook have been engaged in a process of “atomising” media news as they attempt to become the source of all... Read More
Oz Regulators Tipped To Request Facebook Probe
Eight Australian regulators are reportedly expected to force a probe into Facebook after the social media company failed to reassure officials regarding... Read More
Oz Social Commerce Still On The Rise
Since social media platforms began adding purchase links to posts four years ago, millions of consumers have taken up the convenience and... Read More
Facebook Marketplace Threatens eBay, Gumtree
Online marketplaces, popular with distributors and retailers for selling excess or aging stock, are reportedly coming under threat from the Facebook Marketplace,... Read More
Facebook Open To Currency-Backed Stable Coins For Libra
Facing growing scepticism over its Libra digital currency project and major backers deserting the project, Facebook says it will consider a system... Read More
Murdoch To Make Headlines For Facebook News Feed
Headlines from the Wall St. Journal and other News Corp publications are the main features of Facebook’s upcoming news tab which will... Read More
Tougher Regulations On Big Tech To Remain On ACCC’s Agenda
ACCC chief Rod Sims claims the watchdog will continue to push for tougher regulations on technology giants like Facebook and Google, according... Read More
OECD Tech Giants Tax Plan
International economic body, the OECD, has published new proposals aimed at making global tech companies pay more tax. The proposals would give... Read More
WhatsApp Users Urged To Update
WhatsApp users are being urged to update their app, due to the possibility of a dangerous cyberattack. Cyber crooks have worked out... Read More
Shipping Cost Deter Oz Online Shopper
Australians are reportedly being turned away from online shopping when compared to other countries in the APAC region due to rising shipping... Read More
PayPal, Visa, Mastercard Wary Of Facebook Libra
PayPal, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly on the verge of quitting Facebook’s digital currency project called Libra, as the social media giant... Read More
‘Social Shopping’ Costing Aussies $16bn A Year
A new era of “social shopping” is burning a hole in Aussie pockets, with the national bill totalling more than $16 billion... Read More
