UK site The Guardian drops Apple News in bid to boost ad & subscription revenues

Prominent U.K. newspaper The Guardian on Friday pulled out of two major app-based initiatives, Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles, in a bid to reclaim revenue.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 24

Facebook reveals full Apple Music integration in Messenger, AR initiative at F8 conference

At Tuesday's keynote speech for Facebook's F8 developer's conference, Facebook announced full Apple Music integration with Messenger is coming soon, plus an assortment of technologies and developer programs intended to boost augmented reality adoption for all users of the social media platform's apps.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 2

Facebook steps up 'false news' crackdown with tips for spotting and reporting bogus stories

This week, users on Facebook began receiving a public service announcement from the social networking site regarding what it has branded as "false news," offering tips on how to spot a fake story.

Neil Hughes 9 years ago 39

How to use Facebook Messenger's new Live Location feature on iPhone

Facebook this week introduced Live Location to its Messenger app for iOS, letting people temporarily track each other when trying to rendezvous. Here's how to make use of the feature on your iPhone.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

Facebook rolls out Snapchat-like Stories & in-app camera for Apple's iPhone

Following a limited test, Facebook began rolling out Stories to all its iOS and Android users on Tuesday, coming alongside a new in-app camera with masks, filters, and other effects.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 1

Facebook updates Messenger for Apple's iPhone & iPad with Live Location sharing

Facebook on Monday began rolling out a new feature — Live Location — to its Messenger apps for iOS and Android, just days after Google announced a similar feature for Google Maps.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

Facebook hires former Apple designer Michael Hillman to take charge of VR hardware at Oculus

Facebook is taking on Michael Hillman — a person with 15 years at Apple, including key work on the company's Mac desktops — as the head of hardware at its Oculus VR division.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 14

Editorial: An ad-free, premium social network... from Apple

Apple has several elements of a social network already, with evidence pointing to plans for expansion. Here's why the company needs a strong social strategy, and how a social network from Apple could uniquely address the issues of online harassment, fake news, surveillance advertising, clickbait and viral plagiarism.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 90

Corporate brands, UK government pull ads from Google's YouTube over extremist hate group videos

A series of major brands have pulled ads from Google's YouTube following reports that their ads are being shown next to terrorist, hate group and other offensive or controversial videos.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 17

Facebook's latest Snapchat Stories clone, Messenger Day, rolls out worldwide

Facebook on Thursday announced the global availability of Messenger Day, a feature within its Messenger app for Android and Apple's iPhone and iPad that appears to be directly based off Snapchat's Stories feature.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 0

Oculus Rift won't support Apple's Mac anytime soon, co-founder says

In an interview on Wednesday, Oculus co-founder and head of Rift operations Nate Mitchell said that while support for macOS is not currently on the company's roadmap, it might revisit the topic of Apple integration in the future.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 25

How to find and watch Facebook Live streaming video with your Apple TV

Facebook has recently launched its Videos app for the Apple TV, providing shared videos to users freed from most of the commentary the social network provides — AppleInsider examines the offering.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 4

Facebook Video launches for Apple TV with support for live streams

Facebook on Tuesday launched Facebook Video, a new tvOS app that allows fourth-generation Apple TV owners to view pre-recorded video content, including live streams, on the big screen.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 2

Apple Inc. valuation now more than $134 billion greater than Alphabet's Google

Shares of Apple are collectively worth $713.96 billion as of today's market close, while the market cap of Alphabet Inc (which includes Google) closed today at $579.15 billion, a difference of $134.81 billion. However, Google's search results still point to year-old stories touting Google briefly surpassing Apple in market cap twice last spring.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 33

Apple at peak of Fortune 'Most Admired Companies' list for 10th straight year

Racking up a 10-year streak, Apple on Thursday claimed the top spot on Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" list for 2017, based on the opinions of 3,800 executives, directors, analysts, and experts.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 6

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