Facebook – Page 25 – channelnews

[newsletter_form]

Australia’s #1 technology news source

[newsletter_form]

[bd_sorted_posts]

SPECIAL REPORT: Google Facing Tax & ACCC Investigation As Their Hardware Fails To Deliver

David Richards December 4, 2017 No Comments

They are already under investigation by the Australian tax office for not paying their fair share of taxes, now the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is moving to investigate Google…

ATO Goes After Harvey Norman & JB Hi Fi Suppliers

David Richards November 30, 2017 No Comments

Overseas tech and appliance Companies who sell goods via Harvey Norman and JB HI Fi have been targeted by the Australian Tax Office, high on the list is Microsoft, Google,…

Facebook Upgrades VR App To Be More ‘Real’

Roma Christian October 12, 2017 No Comments

Facebook has announced a variety of new features for its VR app, Spaces, designed to enable friends to better interact together in VR, as though in real life. First launched to the Oculus Rift…

Social Media Can’t Police Fake News, Says Ballmer

Computer Daily News October 11, 2017 No Comments

With big technology companies facing criticism over potential manipulation by Russians trying to influence the US presidential election, Twitter shareholder and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said technology companies can’t…

Facebook Backtracks On Anti-Patent Troll License

Computer Daily News September 26, 2017 No Comments

Social network Facebook has caved in and will relicense some of its popular open source projects without a controversial anti-patent troll clause, following an outcry from the developer community. The…

Amazon & Facebook Go After UK Premier League Streaming Rights, Potential Blow To Optus

David Richards September 25, 2017 No Comments

Amazon and Facebook is understood to be interested in snapping up the worldwide rights to stream the UK Premier League, a move that could hurt Optus who currently holds the…

Facebook’s AI Assistant Can Help Pick Movies

Roma Christian September 22, 2017 No Comments

Launched in 2015, Facebook had large aspirations for its AI assistant (named ‘M’), and as the company continues to roll out new features to amp up its offering, from today users…

Facebook To Face US Senate Over Election Meddling

Roma Christian September 20, 2017 No Comments

Facebook employees are expected to face a US Senate hearing, to testify in an analysis of Russia’s use of its social media platform to influence the result of 2016’s American…

Facebook Details Aust. Tax Deals

Computer Daily News September 20, 2017 No Comments

Facebook has told the Federal Parliament that a majority of its revenue raised in Australia is booked overseas with its Irish and American offices, and is therefore not subject to…

Facebook Tests ‘Instant Videos’ For Reducing Data Usage

Jon Bragg September 12, 2017 No Comments

Facebook has begun testing a new feature called ‘Instant Videos’ that automatically downloads videos through the Facebook app when connected to Wi-Fi. These videos can then be played back later without…