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Facebook Shakes Up VR Strategy

Fergus Halliday April 5, 2017 No Comments

With the main-engine behind their efforts in the virtual reality space facing setback after setback, Facebook have changed up their approach to the market – specifically in South Korea. Reports…

Embattled Oculus Creator Leaves Facebook

Fergus Halliday March 31, 2017 No Comments

It’s been revealed that Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus (bought for $2 billion by Facebook in 2014), is set to part ways with the social media giant this week. In…

Facebook Drop Messenger Support For Windows Phones

Fergus Halliday March 30, 2017 No Comments

Bad news for the less than 1% of the global smartphone market still clinging to their Windows-powered handsets – Facebook have said they’ll be dropping support for their popular Messenger…

Gotcha! Morrison Gets Facebook To Pay Aussie Tax

Computer Daily News March 23, 2017 No Comments

Social media giant Facebook is the latest international IT outfit to agree to book its Australian revenue in Australia rather than in Ireland, Treasurer Scott Morrison has told Federal Parliament.…

US Digital Ad Market Up 16pc

Computer Daily News March 16, 2017 No Comments

Total digital ad spending in the US will increase 16 percent this year to US$83 billion (A$110 billion), led by Google’s continued dominance of the search ad market and Facebook…

Facebook Hunts TV Content

Computer Daily News March 7, 2017 No Comments

Facebook execs are on the hustings to hook up with purveyors of TV-like original video programming in a bid to compete more aggressively for television ad dollars. Executives for the…

Facebook Set To Challenge YouTube With Music Licensing Deal

Jon Bragg February 14, 2017 No Comments

Facebook is in negotiations with record labels to license music for user-generated content and music videos on the social media site. Bloomberg reported Facebook has met with labels, music publishers and…

Foxtel Moves To Block Bootleg Livestreamers

Fergus Halliday February 13, 2017 No Comments

Reports say that Foxtel will be working directly with Facebook in order to curb the use of its Facebook Live video steaming service as a tool for broadcasting live sport…

Revenue Soars As Facebook Plots Content Streaming Play

Fergus Halliday February 2, 2017 No Comments

Facebook’s latest earnings report has managed to outperform both last year’s results and the expectations of analysts as the company closes in on two billion monthly users. For the final…

Mark Zuckerberg Shills VR In Court Hearing

Fergus Halliday January 18, 2017 No Comments

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified in court over accusations that Facebook-backed VR player Oculus is built on stolen technology, saying “we are highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology.”…