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The Facebook scandal has taught me a valuable lesson this week. When the inevitable zombie-virus apocalypse hits us, the whole world will be infected because a few people didn’t wash their hands. No matter how prepared we are, how many vaccinations we’ve stockpiled or how many faceless soldiers...

Mr Zuckerberg says he will not step down Despite the turmoil that continues to surround his company, Mark Zuckerberg has insisted he is still the best person to lead Facebook. "When you’re building something like Facebook which is unprecedented in the world," he said Read more via BBC News...

Mr Zuckerberg has seen shares in his company fall steeply since the start of the Cambridge Analytical scandal Facebook’s chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple. Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the...

It was one of hundreds of cute questionnaires that were shared widely on Facebook and other social media, like “Which Pokeman Are You?” and “What Are Your Most Used Words?” This one, an app called “thisismydigitallife”, was a personality quiz, asking questions about how outgoing a person is, …...

UN investigators have said the use of Facebook played a "determining role" in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the team probing allegations of genocide in Myanmar said Facebook had "turned into a beast." About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since...

Facebook is testing a new "downvote" button that will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them. However, the social network denied that the new feature was a "dislike" button, which many Facebook users have requested. The downvote button is being tried out … Read more via BBC...

Cryptocurrency is all the rage now where we have seen people put in their life savings into buying the likes of BitCoin, Litecoin or XRP in the hopes of turning in a profit. This escalated highly last year as we saw the price of Bitcoin, for example, jump via Techweez –...

A Nigerian Facebook User, Mazino Oyolo shared on Facebook, the definition of a primitive Nigerian… using “Davido” as an example. He wrote: A primitive Nigerian is one that makes money without a university degree and begin to claim education is scam. He boastfully glorifies his ignorance all...

Photo: Getty Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants you to remember a time when you curated your list of favorite movies, showed off your new pair of shoes, shared some good news, and didn’t see using Facebook as a pseudo-masochistic act of poor impulse control. He wants you to forget the time …...

Image by Jim Cooke Facebook has long said that it doesn’t use location data to make friend suggestions, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t thought about using it. In 2014, Facebook filed a patent application for a technique that employs smartphone data to figure out if two people might know each …...

Facebook and Twitter could see their businesses destroyed by the public unless they deal with fears about how they operate, a top academic is warning. Dr Damian Tambini of the London School of Economics says social media giants need to get a grip on issues such as how … via News | Mail...

A Facebook user who goes by the name Enderlin Chinenyenwa Ambrose, has issued out some sort of advice to all the females in the world. According to her, Ladies need not underestimate their vagina, as it can get them a mansion. via Naijaloaded – http://ift.tt/2AoewZh ----- Get More Nigeria...

According to Bloomberg, the Facebook founder is expected to sell between 35 to 75 million shares in the next 18 months. At current rates, 75 million shares will be valued at over $12 billion. Bloomberg

A 50 year old ex-employee of Facebook is suing the company over what he claims was a culture of ageism that was condoned from the top down. Gary Glouner, who worked for the tech giant for two years, alleged that he was on the receiving end of many ageist jokes which included 'old people do not...

Facebook's Mark Zukerberg has come out strong against people using the platform to interfere with elections across the world especially looking at the US elections and the Russian connections to campaigns. The platform had been criticized from profiting from fake news over the US and French...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan welcomed their second child, a girl on Monday. While people all over the world sent their congratulations, a Nigerian man named Amoo Joshua Oluwatimilehin took time to blast him He wrote "Why do you give birth to daughters alone, no one...

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook returned to Harvard University to give a commencement speech, 12 years of dropping out. READ: Mark Zuckerberg Returns To Harvard, Graduates 12 Years After Dropping Out Read full text of Zuckerberg's speech : Harvard Commencement 2017 President Faust, Board...

Facebook has banned the popular ''Men are thrash'' quote from its platform. Facebook is reportedly tagging the quote as hate speech. Gizmodo is reporting that users who put up a photos with the ''men are thrash'' were blocked. A statement from a Facebook official said, it would only allow...

Social media giants, Facebook has moved its Johannesburg offices into new premises in a bid to expand its reach and saturation in Africa. The launch will see Facebook create a new home from which it will work with partners to boost innovation and provide solutions to business owners in Africa...

Facebook has officially entered into the Marketplace feature, in a move that could rival sites like eBay and Craigslist. The new feature will debut in the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, BBC quoted the firm having said that in a blog post. The new feature puts Facebook in direct...